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Youthful Australian Jed Beaton capitalised on limited passing opportunities at the weekend’s third round of the 2018 MX2 World Championship, allowing him to lodge his second top 10 finish so far this season at the Redsand circuit in Spain.

Beaton highlighted the importance of making passes in the early stages of each moto after recording sub-par starts, stating passing opportunities became limited once the opening laps unfolded.

“The weekend started pretty slow on Saturday, but I enjoyed racing the long motos,” Beaton explained. “I didn’t really get great start which didn’t help me but all in all it was a decent weekend. I never gave up and charged hard during the first few laps each time to come back into the leading group.

“It was pretty easy to pass during the first couple of laps when everyone was close together, but later there was mainly one good line and that makes it difficult to make more passes. I’m happy to finish once more in the top 10; that’s my goal and we’ll keep on working to be closer to the top five.”

The F&H Racing Kawasaki rider finished up seventh overall with an 8-6 scorecard, adding to what has been an ultra-impressive start to his 2018 campaign. The Tasmanian-native is currently seventh in the championship standings as the series heads to the MXGP of Trentino in Italy on 8 April.