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Dupasquier's racing number to be retired from Moto3

A special ceremony to be held on Friday afternoon at this weekend's German Grand Prix will see Jason Dupasquier's racing number (50) officially retired from further use in the Moto3 class. The Swiss rider, 19, was tragically killed in a qualifying accident during the Italian GP event at Mugello last month. The retirement of Dupasquier's number - which will take place in the Sachsenring press conference room in front of his CarXpert Prustel GP team - follows a similar mark of respect for Luis Salom (Moto3), Shoya Tomizawa (Moto2), Marco Simoncelli (MotoGP) and Daijiro Kato (MotoGP), who also lost their lives on track. 2006 MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden's #69 was also retired following...
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