Complex sentence: Leading on the eighth lap, he missed a pylon, banked to turn around and try to pass the pylon properly, only to stall and crash into the ground, dying in front of 60,000 spectators.
Split into simpler sentences: Leading on the eighth lap, he missed a pylon. He banked to turn around and try to pass the pylon properly, only to stall and crash into the ground, dying in front of 60,000 spectators.