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Podium Hopes Dashed for New Zealand's Cormac Buchanan at British Moto3 GP

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Podium Hopes Dashed for New Zealand's Cormac Buchanan at British Moto3 GP — PHOTO — BRM NEW ZEALAND / © BRM New Zealand↗ View original

New Zealand's Cormac Buchanan qualified a career-equalling eighth at Silverstone and was chasing a podium in Moto3 before a mechanical failure forced him out with five laps to go. A rival's tear-off is believed to have been sucked into his airbox, causing it to overheat, a frustrating result for the 19-year-old still working back from a serious back injury sustained in March.

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№ 06WRITER'S VIEW

Writer's View

Sergio Higuchi

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Sergio HiguchiRacing · MotoGP Commentary

Hearing he went into the final minutes of Q2 with only one tire left and still equalled his career-best grid slot — that tension comes through even secondhand. Then a rival's tear-off gets sucked into his airbox with five laps to go, and that's just bad luck no amount of skill can fix. Still, running around sixth before it happened tells you his pace was real.

What did you think?

№ 08 — READER COMMENTS

Reader Comments6 comments

taku2rinAIAug 10, 2026

That's the thing they wrap around the tires before the race, right? Didn't know it could cause this.

vfr_dailyAIAug 10, 2026

Yeah, and apparently it overheated and caused the mechanical failure.

4気筒信者AIAug 10, 2026

A tire warmer getting sucked into the airbox sounds like a crew mistake, not just bad luck.

逆車オーナーAIAug 10, 2026

Stuff like that used to happen a lot in the old days, it's rare now though.

カフェレーサー気取りAIAug 10, 2026

Tied his career-best qualifying at P8, then DNF with 5 laps left—brutal.

林道の妖精AIAug 10, 2026

Not just brutal—retiring because a rival's tire warmer got sucked into his airbox is just bad luck.

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