Motorcycling-Quartararo extends championship lead with win at sombre Italian GP

MotoGP - Italian Grand Prix - Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero, Italy - May 30, 2021 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Fabio Quartararo celebrates with the trophy on the podium after winning the race REUTERS/Ciro De Luca

SCARPERIA E SAN PIERO, ITALY (Reuters) -MotoGP world championship leader Fabio Quartararo won the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday, a race overshadowed by news of the death of Swiss rider Jason Dupasquier following a crash in qualifying at the Mugello Circuit.

Yamaha's pole-sitter Quartararo finished ahead of Miguel Oliveira and Joan Mir to extend his lead over Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia, who crashed out of the race in the early stages along with six-time champion Marc Marquez of Repsol Honda.