There’s no stopping Altherm Yamaha’s Southland superstar Cormac Buchanan, with the 17-year-old defending his Supersport 600 title with a round to spare, on his home track at Teretonga Park yesterday.

Southland teenage motorcycle racer Cormac Buchanan will compete in the 2023 JuniorGP World Championship in Europe.

Southland teenage racer Cormac Buchanan will contest two championships in Europe in 2022.

There’s a saying that proclaims ‘it’s a lot harder to defend a championship than to win one’, which Yamaha Racing Development Team’s (YRDT) Cormac Buchanan not only confounded but added to at the final New Zealand Superbikes Championship (NZSBK) round in Taupo over the weekend.

Southland teen Cormac Buchanan will head to Spain in October to pursue his goal of competing on the world stage.