The Yamaha rider entered Sunday's race with a 52-point lead over Italian Francesco 'Pecco' Bagnaia, with an outside chance of wrapping up his maiden title.īagnaia looked certain to cut into Quartararo's lead when he led Sunday's race from pole and was pulling away from Marc Márquez with five laps to go.īut the Ducati rider lost control of his bike while heading into turn 15 at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli in Italy.īagnaia's crash was almost identical to his teammate, Australian Jack Miller, who crashed at turn 15 on lap four while in second.