Kiwi Rider July 2025 Vol.2 | Page 91

ROAD NEWS

SAVE IT LIKE BUCHANAN!

If you haven’ t seen the save at Assen, and it has been viewed over 7 million times, check it out. Take a bow Cormac Buchanan. Memorable as the save was, one of the best, it wasn’ t a great weekend for the young Kiwi. After showing his class in Q1 in trying conditions with a P4, it all turned pear-shaped at pace in the race. Having a rider attempt a risky at best pass that took his front wheel out, both riders crashed at 245km / h. The fastest corner at Assen is not a place where you want things to go awry but, luckily, neither rider was badly hurt. It did look like the slide would have been scary but Buchanan seems to have taken it in his stride and is laser-focused on showing his potential at the Sachsenring round. Seriously, if you have been hiding under a rock and have not seen the save in qualifying, go and remedy that deficiency as soon as you can.

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