For the primary time for the reason that 2023 Dutch Grand Prix, Formulation 1 noticed a driver make their grand prix debut final weekend in Monza.
After Williams lastly ended the Logan Sargeant experiment after greater than a year-and-a-half, they known as up junior driver Franco Colapinto to take his place.
However the 21-year-old wouldn’t face a simple entry into Formulation 1. With Monza being such a robust monitor for Williams lately, the crew had been counting on their new driver to make progress from the 18th place he had certified in.
For his first grand prix in addition to the eight to comply with, Colapinto had Gaetan Jego as his race engineer – inheriting the identical engineer that each Sargeant and Nicholas Latifi had of their ears throughout their time with Williams. Earlier than Colapinto’s first ever F1 begin, the crew had some obvious issues firing the automobile up. However the driver himself was extra involved with discovering shade from the recent solar.
Colapinto’s Italian Grand Prix radio messages
Soar to:
“No, it’s not working”
“Be careful for Stroll”
“On earlier lap, you braked too late”
“You is perhaps simply unsafe so be prepared”
“You’re doing actually good”
“I really feel what Alex additionally noticed yesterday”
“Let’s go for Bottas”
“At present racing Alonso”
“I’ve by no means had a lot ache in race automobile earlier than”
“No, it’s not working”
| Lap: 1/53 COL: 1’35.885 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | We’ve an issue on our aspect to energy up. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | And check out once more, please. Attempt energy up. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | It’s not, err… So 5 minutes then to go. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | No… No, it’s not working… [The car fires up] Oh! There you go. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Okay, Franco, comply with the directions from the fellows, I have to go. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colapinto | Copy, copy that. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Okay, Franco, I feel we’re again beneath management. I’ll let you recognize. The quantity earlier than the final fireplace replace is at 90 seconds. You have to to have pit limiter ‘off’ and solely change it ‘on’ after the final energy up. So taking care it must be ‘off’ now. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colapinto | Yeah, can I’ve an umbrella or one thing? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | You should have an umbrella quickly, sure. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As soon as the automobile was able to go, the formation lap was about to start. Jego gave his driver some final minute phrases of encouragement to attempt to settle the nerves earlier than he lastly achieved his lifelong dream of changing into a grand prix driver.
| Jego | In order that’s two minutes 30. Tyres, vehicles round you, majority is on exhausting. There’s solely Zhou, P20 behind, on medium. Gasly P14 forward on medium. The opposite vehicles round you’re on exhausting. In any other case for the grid there’s a majority of medium. Again of the grid is extra exhausting starters and on the entrance of the grid the one exhausting are Perez and Verstappen. So the bulk are on exhausting round you aside from Zhou. When you have another interference with folks on medium, I’ll let you recognize. Keep in mind, you is perhaps in a distinct administration race than the folks on exhausting for the tyres. The main target is to handle your tyres, identical for the li-co [lift-and-coast], and the administration in sector two we mentioned. |
When the race began, Colapinto saved it clear and held his place, regardless of virtually hitting Yuki Tsunoda on the Della Roggia chicane. He then had a face stuffed with grime getting into Ascari as Nico Hulkenberg was pushed extensive by Daniel Ricciardo forward of him.
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| Lap: 2/53 COL: 1’27.845 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Colapinto is as much as seventeenth having handed Stroll Okay, some extra suggestions. Hulkenberg forward on medium. Stroll, Bottas behind on hards. |
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| Lap: 3/53 COL: 1’26.578 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Get forward: 0.6. Hole behind: 0.4. Attempt to keep within the DRS prepare and handle these tyres. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
“Be careful for Stroll”
The opening laps was calm and uneventful for Colapinto till Hulkenberg clattered into Tsunoda forward of him initially of lap 5 on the first chicane. That allowed him to move the broken RB to take sixteenth place, earlier than gaining fifteenth when Hulkenberg pitted. Nevertheless, he was now out of DRS vary of the 2 Alpines forward, which allowed Stroll to stress him.
| Lap: 5/53 COL: 1’27.151 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Hulkenberg [has] potential entrance wing harm. Hole behind: 0.7. Forward, Hulkenberg 0.6. You’re doing good. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 6/53 COL: 1’26.057 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Okay, 48 to go. Hole forward: 0.3 behind… 0.6 – Hulkenberg simply pitted, so Ocon: 2.2. You misplaced DRS, is perhaps weak to Stroll. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Stroll is withing DRS vary Blue ’11’, place ‘3’, please. Blue ’11’, place ‘3’. Pure efficiency. |
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| Jego | So Ocon forward lapping ‘26.6. Hole presently two seconds. Stroll 0.6 behind. You’re doing good. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 7/53 COL: 1’27.204 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Colapinto has to catch two slides by means of the ultimate nook Okay, be careful for Stroll: 0.2. Unsafe. You’ll need to defend flip one – ‘overtake’ accessible. |
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| Jego | Stroll passes him within the DRS zone on the pit straight Okay. That’s high-quality. Simply stick with Stroll. You’ve a chance. Simply use his DRS to handle your tyres. |
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| Colapinto | Are you able to assist me to shut a bit of? I’m dropping the rear. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Inexperienced ’10’, place ‘7’. Inexperienced ’10’, place ‘7’. Have to work on exit slip. Exit slip. Flip two, precedence. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 8/53 COL: 1’26.385 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Okay, seven laps. Diff exit ‘9’, to assist the entries. Diff exit ‘9’, please. And simply handle your tyre. Management the slip. Use the DRS from Stroll to maintain the tempo. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
“On earlier lap, you braked too late”
All through his opening stint, Jego gave his driver common suggestions on his driving and tyre administration. Of specific concern was Colapinto’s exit by means of the ultimate nook of Alboreto – the ultimate nook, beforehand referred to as Parabolica – because it led onto the lengthy DRS zone alongside the primary straight and was permitting rivals behind to shut on him.
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| Lap: 12/53 COL: 1’26.500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Driving-wise, some suggestions: flip 11 [Alboreto] exit to enhance. And on earlier lap, you braked too late, so too deep. Concentrate on not braking too late, flip 11, enhance exit. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 13/53 COL: 1’26.410 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Okay, pleased with this administration, turns six, seven. We’d like to verify we’ve got good administration, exit slip, flip two, flip 5. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Maintain doing what you’re doing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 14/53 COL: 1’26.930 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | We’ve carried out 14 laps. Fourteen laps. Nonetheless on Plan A. Can I’ve inexperienced ‘3’, place ‘2’, please. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 15/53 COL: 1’26.672 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Thirty-nine to go. Bottas – 0.8 behind – is now inside DRS vary. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Bottas: 1.2. Bottas is very robust in flip 11 – he’s catching rather a lot on you. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | You’re doing good. Bottas: 1.1. Stable stint to this point – hold doing what you’re doing. Attempt to enhance exit of flip 11. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
“You is perhaps simply unsafe so be prepared”
It was now time for Colapinto’s first ever F1 racing pit cease. He was known as in on the finish of lap 17 to change onto exhausting tyres. He rejoined in seventeenth, proper in entrance of Hulkenberg, and instantly had to consider being defensive.
| Lap: 16/53 COL: 1’31.193 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colapinto | I want much less flap. One flip down, for the cease. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Colapinto approaches Alboreto Field, field. Field, field. Watch the white line – pit limiter. |
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| Lap: 17/53 COL: 1’46.349 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Colapinto enters pit lane Okay, copy pit lane. Keep in mind, take it straightforward on entry. It’s a stay cease. Set your instrument change to ‘D-1’. Foot on brake. Foot on brake. Watch the sunshine. |
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| Jego | Colapinto leaves his pit field Okay, mode ‘5’. Use ‘overtake’ on pit exit! Racing. You’re racing for place. ‘Overtake’ on pit exit. |
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| Jego | Late ‘overtake’ flip 4. Defending to Hulkenberg, flip 4. Then you may have a bonus on rubber – he’s older tyres: 11 laps. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Tyre benefit to Hulkenberg is one second. So you need to have the tempo. He’ll wrestle to be a hazard for you. So simply do what we mentioned concerning the tyres. Give us suggestions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 18/53 COL: 1’24.485 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Hulkenberg closes Hulkenberg: 0.5. Hulkenberg: 0.5. You is perhaps simply unsafe so be able to defend. |
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| Jego | Colapinto avoids being overtaken Okay, you’re doing good, mate. |
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“You’re doing actually good”
Colapinto rejoined the race on exhausting tyres. Not like a lot of these forward of him, he was planning to go to the tip of the race on a one-stop technique. Jego reminded him to handle his new tyres and to deal with making “no errors”.
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| Lap: 22/53 COL: 1’24.852 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Essential info: Stroll should cease once more, he’s on a two-stop. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colapinto | Copy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 23/53 COL: 1’24.649 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | I’ll provide the suggestions. Stroll behind: 1.2. Thirty-one to go. Alonso, Hulkenberg, Stroll, we predict, on a two cease. Bottas but to pit forward of us. Ricciardo with a penalty. You’re P16. So I feel we enjoying for P12, P13. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Stroll: 1.2. Tyre administration, we predict, is sweet and tempo is sweet. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 25/53 COL: 1’24.916 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Okay, you’re doing actually good. Twenty-nine to go. Can I’ve only a bit extra administration in six and 7. Only a contact. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colapinto | Yeah copy that. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
“I really feel what Alex additionally noticed yesterday”
Though Jego was giving his new driver quite a lot of recommendation and strategies on settings to regulate on his automobile, Colapinto had the boldness to reject any he disagreed with. When he was requested to regulate his brake stability, he resisted.
| Lap: 26/53 COL: 1’24.639 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Let’s attempt to transfer brake stability 0.5 ahead to assist the rears. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colapinto | I don’t need my brake stability ahead. I really feel what Alex additionally noticed yesterday: as soon as the brakes are sizzling they slip an excessive amount of. I want extra migration. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colapinto | Okay, we’re glad to maintain brake stability the place it’s. Tempo is sweet. We’ll see the place we’re. That is good, mate. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
“Let’s go for Bottas”
Colapinto joined a brief DRS prepare behind Gasly, ultimately overtaking the Alpine initially of lap 30. He was then inspired to assault Valtteri Bottas on a lot older tyres because the Sauber was but to cease.
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| Lap: 30/53 COL: 1’25.412 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Let’s go for Bottas. Massive tyre benefit. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 31/53 COL: 1’25.586 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Okay, mode ‘7’. Mode ‘7’. Attempt to cost the pack and go for him with an overtake, if you happen to can, into flip one subsequent lap. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Colapinto exits Ascari Let’s go for Bottas. Work that exit and early ‘overtake’ out from 11. Let’s go for him. You’ve the tyres. |
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| Lap: 32/53 COL: 1’25.433 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Colapinto has a slipstream down the pit straight Late ‘overtake’. Late ‘overtake.’ |
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| Jego | Colapinto passes the Sauber into the primary chicane Okay mode ‘5’. Mode ‘5’. Stroll: 0.5. Keep in mind, he’s racing on his personal two-stop. Twenty-one to go. So we pushed to move Bottas. Let’s get every part again beneath management. Concentrate on rear-left. |
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“At present racing Alonso”
With Bottas dispatched, Colapinto got here beneath stress from Stroll, till the Aston Martin makes his second cease, leaving him in twelfth place behind Ricciardo. Fernando Alonso had additionally pitted simply earlier than Stroll and was now proper behind Colapinto and shutting on the motive force whose junior profession he had helped to help.
| Lap: 38/53 COL: 1’25.194 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Okay, 16 to go. The primary automobile behind you: Alonso. You’re presently P11. He’s on brisker hards. Hole: six. I’ll let you recognize when he’s nearer. For the second, do your factor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 39/53 COL: 1’25.128 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | That’s 15 to go. Doing good. Alonso: 5 behind. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colapinto | My left-front is absolutely open. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Okay, copy that. That’s 14 to go. We’ve to maintain our tyres to the tip. Simply hold doing what you’re doing. Automobiles forward: Ricciardo has a penalty. At present racing Alonso, 4 behind, for P11. Simply hold doing what you’re doing, okay? Constant laps. No mistake. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 41/53 COL: 1’24.801 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | The important thing bit is Ricciardo forward. Hole: 4.7. He has a ten second penalty. So that you’re racing Ricciardo forward with a niche and in addition Alonso behind for place. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | And Alonso: 1.6. Maintain doing what you’re doing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 42/53 COL: 1’24.620 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | That’s 12 to go. Twelve to go. Alonso: 1.4. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Okay, glad to extend tempo in high-speed for front-tyre temp. Alonso: 0.9, inside DRS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Mode ’13’. Mode ’13’. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 43/53 COL: 1’25.979 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | And late ‘overtake’ into one. Alonso: 0.4 – defending from him. Late ‘overtake’ into one, strive to not decide up grime in your tyres. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Alonso passes him at Rettifilo Let’s go mode ‘6’, mode ‘6’ and attempt to use the slipstream to recharge the pack. Lap time goal: excessive ’24. You’re doing nice, ten to go. |
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“I’ve by no means had a lot ache in race automobile earlier than”
Having been overtaken by Alonso, Colapinto was now operating within the thirteenth place that he would in the end end in. He now needed to simply handle his tyres and test off the remaining laps, holding a wholesome cushion of effectively greater than ten seconds to Esteban Ocon behind him.
Though he didn’t be part of crew mate Alexander Albon within the factors, Colapinto took the chequered flag inside a couple of seconds of Ricciardo forward, transferring him as much as twelfth within the classification. He gained six locations from his beginning place on his grand prix debut after a clear race, incomes the reward of Jego and Williams crew principal James Vowles.
Nevertheless, Colapinto revealed that his race has not been as comfy as he would have needed. He suffered vital ache as a consequence of an ill-fitting race seat all through the 53-lap race, which Jego insisted the crew will kind earlier than the following spherical in Baku.
| Lap: 52/53 COL: 1’24.429 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Okay, we’ve got two to go. Doing actually good. Try to be protected from Leclerc, who’s on his final lap. You’ve two laps to go. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Okay. Can I’ve mode ‘5’. Mode ‘5’. You’re opening your final lap. Early ‘overtake’, exit flip 11. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 53/53 COL: 1’23.728 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Early ‘overtake’, exit seven. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | And push and maintain exit flip 11 to take the flag. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chequered flag | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Colapinto takes the chequered flag Okay, taking the flag. Okay. Good job, good job. P12. P12. So mode ’14’, decide up rubber, please. Mode ’14’. Go ‘race’. Okay. That’s a really strong – sure, very strong – race. Blue ‘1’, place ’12’, please. Blue ‘1’, place ’12’. |
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| Vowles | Franco, that may be a improbable first race. You actually didn’t put a foot incorrect. You completed a couple of seconds behind Alex. I feel.. you recognize.. let’s mirror on this weekend. You had tempo in qualifying. When you hold it clear, you’re there and also you’re capable of battle. Nicely carried out. That is your first race and I can’t wait to see how we construct collectively. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colapinto | Thanks, James. Thanks for this chance. I actually loved it. I actually, actually loved this weekend. A number of new issues. However, yeah, constructing on superb with the crew. Thanks, Gaetan. You’ve been very, very useful, mate. I discovered hundreds this weekend. Thanks for all the information and thanks for serving to me all this race to maintain it clear. Thanks. Let’s deal with the following one now. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | My pleasure, my pleasure. So keep in mind, gradual in. Choose up rubber. And also you’re going to return to the pit lane and the parc ferme. Whenever you’re again within the pit lane, change off absolutely, the automobile, and also you soar out, steering wheel again on and go weigh your self very first thing, please. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colapinto | Yeah, copy mate. You had been proper, I used to be going to ache after this race. Ugh… I’ve by no means had a lot ache in race automobile earlier than! We have to do a couple of issues within the seat. However I actually loved it. Thanks a lot. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | I’m positive we are able to discover some repair. And your physique will get used to that. It’s fast vehicles, these, now. Welcome to Formulation 1… | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colapinto | Yeah, yeah. Positive we are able to. Let me know every part I’ve to do once I cease the automobile in parc ferme. ‘Trigger I do not know… | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | Sure, I’ll remind you. I’ll remind you, don’t fear. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colapinto | Copy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colapinto | Colapinto arrives in parc ferme Copy that. Ought to I’m going to P-0, or P-100? |
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| Jego | P-0, to change off absolutely. P-0, please. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colapinto | Copy. I’m in P-1. I wait a couple of seconds, no? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jego | P-0, to change off absolutely. P-0, please. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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