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MAC ATTACK SCORES IN MOTO3
It really is a sign of just how good and how mature his racecraft is when Cormac Buchanan says he is pretty happy with the weekend but not over the moon with his tenth place finish at Spain’ s Motorland Aragon. Southland teen Buchanan has become a regular contender at the pointy end of proceedings and the calm way he managed his tyres, patiently waiting until he knew they could go the distance, surged forward, showed maturity well beyond his 18 years. Putting himself in the podium hunt with six laps remaining, the result of the frantic freefor-all that is the final two laps in Moto3, tenth is a solid result but doesn’ t really show how close things were. As usual, there was plenty of contact, paint-swapping and outrageous passing as the riders jockeyed for position and tried to set up slipstreaming at the same time. One such contact punted Buchanan off his line and, in the blink of an eye, a potential podium was gone.
Although that top-ten may be bitter-sweet, his undeniable momentum in the field as he heads to Mugello means not just himself but his team are optimistic of even better results to come as the season wears on.
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