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Williams prepare to fight back with the FW34 |
2012-02-07 17:42:00 |
| Following a disastrous 2011 season, Williams opened a new chapter in their history on Tuesday as they unveiled their 2012 car, the Renault-powered FW34, at Jerez in Spain. This year marks the team's 35th year competing in the sport which they will do with a revitalised line-up.
Bruno Senna partners Pastor Maldonado after a considered winter evaluation process, while Finn Valtteri Bottas completes the driver line-up as official reserve, taking part in most of the season's Friday practice sessions
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Has brilliant Barrichello bowed out for good? |
2012-01-19 19:39:00 |
| Brazilian loyalties were torn asunder earlier this week. After the news that Bruno Senna had secured a drive with Williams there was celebration but also commiseration within the South American country.
Senna's opportunity at the British team means that compatriot Rubens Barrichello - a great friend of Bruno's late uncle Ayrton - is left without a Formula One seat for the first time in two decades...
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Rejuvenated Williams targeting brighter 2012 season |
2012-01-19 00:35:00 |
| There's no doubting the 2011 season was a bitter pill for Williams to swallow. Ninth in the standings after scoring five points was their worst-ever campaign. But rather than going to ground, the British team are intent on making amends to their steadfast fans and fighting their way back up the order.
As a result, changes have been afoot at their Oxfordshire base for some time, with a new engine courtesy of Renault, a revised technical team and - most recently - a new driver in Bruno Senna just some of the alterations underway. And chief operations engineer Mark Gillan is hopeful they will make a difference and that the team could be back fighting in the top ten in 2012.
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Senna to race for Williams in 2012 |
2012-01-17 21:25:00 |
| Williams have announced on Tuesday that Bruno Senna will contest the 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship for the team. Senna, who is the nephew of three-time world champion Ayrton Senna, replaces Rubens Barrichello as Pastor Maldonado's team mate.
“I feel very privileged that Williams has selected me as one of their race drivers,” said the Brazilian. “The team has a great heritage and I hope I can help write a good chapter in their history. The evaluation process has been intense and methodical but the time I have spent in the factory has demonstrated that the team has great people and all the resources needed to achieve better things this season.
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Williams sign Senna for 2012 |
2012-01-17 18:30:00 |
Brazilian Bruno Senna has signed to race for Williams in 2012. His uncle Ayrton is a former driver for the team, and was driving for them when he was killed at Imola in 1994.
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Grosjean lands 2012 Renault race seat |
2011-12-09 18:02:00 |
| Romain Grosjean will race alongside Kimi Raikkonen at Renault next season, when the team becomes Lotus. It will be Grosjean's second spell competing for the Enstone squad, the Frenchman having made seven Grand Prix starts for them in 2009, and leaves their 2011 drivers Vitaly Petrov and Bruno Senna without confirmed seats.
“I am thrilled to be one of the team's race drivers in 2012,” said Grosjean. “There's a big grin on my face at the prospect of getting behind the wheel of next year's car
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Formula One Fantasy - Renault's Bruno Senna |
2011-12-08 21:13:00 |
| It's been a big year for Bruno Senna, drafted into a Renault race seat mid-season after the team opted for youth over experience when they dropped Nick Heidfeld. Retaining that drive for 2012 is now top of Senna's Christmas wish list, but what else would he like?
Perhaps racing the Williams FW15 alongside uncle Ayrton around a Santa Monica street circuit, before clinching the world championship and heading for steak in Sao Paulo
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Race - Webber posts first win of 2011 at final round |
2011-11-28 03:48:00 |
| Everything finally went Mark Webber's way at Interlagos on Sunday, as the he took the lead from fast-starting Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel on the 40th lap as the double world champion suffered from an overheating gearbox.
Vettel had opened a lead from pole position but was obliged from the 13th lap to nurse the transmission, turning down his engine, shortshifting and using only the higher gears in a manner he later likened to Ayrton Senna and his drive here in 1991 except that, as he quickly pointed out, Senna won.
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FIA Thursday press conference - Brazil |
2011-11-25 02:10:00 |
| Drivers - Rubens Barrichello (Williams), Jenson Button (McLaren), Felipe Massa (Ferrari), Daniel Ricciardo (HRT), Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) and Bruno Senna (Renault).
Q: Bruno, I think, first of all, you've had a pretty busy time since Abu Dhabi because you came straight here?
Bruno Senna: Yeah, well, to be honest last week I took [off] to rest and to get acclimatised as
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Brazil preview - intense Interlagos hosts fight for final spoils |
2011-11-24 19:37:00 |
| Back in 2009 Red Bull's Mark Webber dominated the Brazilian Grand Prix and would dearly love to close out a winless 2011 season with a repeat victory, as he bids to overhaul McLaren's Jenson Button and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso for second overall.
“Brazil is one of the best races of the year,” the Australian says. “It's a track which reminds me of Brands Hatch and the Formula Ford racing there because it's a like a bowl in terms of the atmosphere. The Brazilian people love their motorsport and are extremely passionate about it, obviously off the back of Piquet, Senna, Fittipaldi and Rubens Barrichello - they've had some really great drivers.
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FIA press conference schedule - Brazil |
2011-11-23 19:06:00 |
| Local Brazilian heroes Felipe Massa, Rubens Barrichello and Bruno Senna join three other drivers to answer questions on Thursday, whilst Pirelli's Paul Hembery and Red Bull team principal Christian Horner are amongst those facing the media on Friday. The line-up in fullÂ…
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Senna suspects car problem |
2011-10-29 22:09:09 |
| Bruno Senna was at a loss to explain his lack of pace in qualifying at the Indian Grand Prix and suspects there could be a problem with the car
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Renault to give Grosjean two Friday drives |
2011-10-29 16:37:00 |
| Renault have announced that reigning GP2 champion Romain Grosjean will drive for the team during the first practice sessions at the final two races of the season in Abu Dhabi and Brazil.
Frenchman Grosjean made seven Grand Prix appearances for Renault in 2009, and having rejoined the team this year as a third driver, he will drive Bruno Senna's car for the first 90-minute session at Yas Marina next month
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Senna seeks set-up boost |
2011-10-13 15:58:45 |
| Bruno Senna says Renault needs to start the race weekend with a solid set-up if it is to have a chance of a competitive Korean Grand Prix
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Kobayashi to start from seventh after grid reshuffle |
2011-10-08 19:53:00 |
| Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi will start the Japanese race from seventh after the FIA released the provisional grid for Sunday's event at Suzuka. Along with Mercedes' Michael Schumacher and Renault duo Bruno Senna and Vitaly Petrov, Kobayashi didn't set a time during Q3 and was originally classified in tenth.
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Final practice - Button makes it three from three |
2011-10-08 12:28:00 |
| As Jenson Button continued to dominate practice at Suzuka on Saturday morning, taking his McLaren round a half second faster than team mate Lewis Hamilton, the question was whether Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull were sandbagging as the world champion was eight-tenths away from the pace on a circuit that has hitherto suited them.
The session was stopped early on after Bruno Senna had spun his Renault on the exit to the Spoon Curve and crashed hard enough into the tyre wall on the inside to remove the left front wheel. Only the Brazilian's pride was hurt
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Eric Boullier Q&A: Renault will bounce back in Japan |
2011-10-03 18:32:00 |
| Renault's Singapore performance was by their own admission a bitter pill to swallow. With their car simply not suited to Marina Bay's slow corners, the team came away empty handed for only the second time this season.
However, with Suzuka sure to be a much happier hunting ground for the R31, and with recent race recruit Bruno Senna learning fast, team boss Eric Boullier is expecting better things in Japan this weekend
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Formula One Fantasy - Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi |
2011-09-30 18:15:00 |
| Since his debut for Toyota back in 2009 Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi has made a strong impression on F1 racing. A fearless overtaker, Kobayashi is a real entertainer on the track, and ahead of his home race next weekend he reminds us of how entertaining he is off it, too.
The Japanese driver explains why his Formula One Fantasies would include racing around a V20-engined Brabham around the streets of Tokyo with Ayrton Senna as a team mate
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F1 rivals join Massa's charity karting challenge |
2011-09-29 20:02:00 |
| More than a quarter of the current Formula One grid is to take part in Felipe Massa's annual karting event later this year, with six of the Ferrari driver's rivals having agreed to participate in the charity fundraiser.
Those expected to head to Florianopolis in Brazil in December are Williams' Rubens Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado, Renault's Bruno Senna
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Renault: Forward-facing exhausts have been our downfall |
2011-09-28 19:17:00 |
| Renault's early season podium finishes were but a distant memory in Singapore at the weekend, with drivers Bruno Senna and Vitaly Petrov crossing the line in 15th and 17th respectively, two laps down on the Renault-engined Red Bull of winner Sebastian Vettel.
But there is one glimmer of hope for the team. Rather than being stuck in limbo not knowing what has caused their form to dip, Renault believe the issues lie in their innovative forward-facing exhausts. Although initially envied up and down the pit lane, technical director James Allison believes that the concept is flawed - especially at low-speed tracks like Singapore.
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Bruno Senna Q&A: Singapore brings out best in a driver |
2011-09-19 17:27:00 |
| Two races down and his first world championship points in the bag, Bruno Senna's honeymoon period with Renault is over. Now he's looking to step things up a gear in this weekend's 2011 Formula 1 Singtel Singapore Grand Prix around the challenging Marina Bay Street Circuit.
Senna concedes he still has plenty to learn about the R31 and its Pirelli tyres and hence will be looking to maximise his practice mileage ahead of Sunday's race. But the Brazilian is also relishing the prospect of the calendar's only night raceÂ…
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FIA Friday press conference - Italy |
2011-09-10 02:16:00 |
| Team representatives - Giorgio Ascanelli (Toro Rosso), Eric Boullier (Renault), Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari), Tim Goss (McLaren) and Peter Sauber (Sauber).
Q: Eric, first of all, Bruno Senna had a fantastic start in Spa with a great qualifying performance. What has he brought to the team and we will come to the commercial side of that in a moment?
Eric Boullier: Nothing.
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Senna happy with progress at Monza |
2011-09-10 01:25:17 |
| Bruno Senna is confident he is making more progress with every mile he spends in the Renault cockpit, but reckons there is a lot of time to be found from the car at this weekend's Italian Grand Prix
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Bruno Senna Q&A: I'd give myself eight and half out of 10 |
2011-09-07 23:55:00 |
| Bruno Senna's racing career at Renault got off to the best of starts in Spa when he out-qualified his team mate Vitaly Petrov, and former world champions Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button, to secure seventh on the grid. Although a first-corner mistake scuppered any hopes of scoring points on his race debut for the French team, Senna is pleased with his progress and confidently looking ahead to this weekend's Monza event
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Allison: Renault have taken heart from Spa pace |
2011-09-06 23:07:00 |
| Technical director James Allison is hopeful Renault's quest to reclaim their early season pace could be back on the right track after an encouraging performance at the recent Belgium round. Drivers Vitaly Petrov and Bruno Senna both qualified in the top ten and, after a tumultuous race, eventually finished in ninth and 13th respectively.
“The team performed extremely well on Saturday in very challenging conditions,” Allison explained in an interview on Renault's official website. “The race was less satisfactory in terms of points garnered, but in terms of competitiveness this was our strongest race for some time. We looked much more on the pace in Spa than in the previous four Grands Prix.
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Renault and Heidfeld agree to separation |
2011-09-03 01:16:00 |
| Renault and former driver Nick Heidfeld have reached an amicable settlement and chosen to part company with immediate effect, it was announced on Friday. It follows the team's decision to drop Heidfeld in favour of Bruno Senna ahead of last month's Belgian Grand Prix.
Heidfeld, who was drafted in by Renault at the start of 2011 as stand-in for the injured Robert Kubica, was sidelined after the team said he had failed to display the leadership qualities they had expected
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Formula One Fantasy - Lotus's Jarno Trulli |
2011-09-02 19:54:00 |
| Ranking fifth on the list of most race starts, with 245 to his name, Lotus's Jarno Trulli has been around the F1 block a fair few times. And though he may have won just one race during his 15-year career, Trulli's seen and done just about everything there is to do in Formula One racing.
Even so, there's still plenty left on the Italian's F1 fantasy wish list, including watching Gilles Villeneuve fight it out with Ayrton Senna at Mugello, combining the best bits of Spa, Suzuka and Barcelona to create a dream circuit and sampling Niki Lauda's Ferrari 312TÂ…
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Renault boss encouraged by Senna |
2011-08-29 20:26:41 |
| Renault boss Eric Boullier thinks Bruno Senna is capable of scoring his first F1 points after the Brazilian's difficult debut for the team in the Belgian Grand Prix.
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Race - Vettel heads Red Bull one-two at Spa |
2011-08-28 23:37:00 |
| Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber turned the tables emphatically on McLaren and Ferrari to score a dominant Red Bull one-two in a gripping Grand Prix in Belgium on Sunday.
The race began with slow-starting Jaime Alguersuari in the Toro Rosso being hit at La Source by Bruno Senna's Renault, who later received a drive-through penalty. Further back, Sergio Perez hit Paul di Resta's Force India, the Sauber driver also receiving the same penalty.
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Exclusive Vitaly Petrov Q&A: Senna is doing a fantastic job |
2011-08-28 02:35:00 |
| The Belgian race weekend started with a bang for Renault when the team announced Nick Heidfeld was to be replaced by third driver Bruno Senna. But the move already seems to have paid off with both cars making it through to Q3 in qualifying and Senna managing to outperform more experienced team mate Vitaly Petrov. We caught up with Petrov to find out his thoughts on Senna's arrival and the R31's improving performanceÂ…
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'I made the Senna name proud' |
2011-08-28 00:02:51 |
| Bruno Senna said he felt he'd made the Senna name proud at the Belgian Grand Prix, after qualifying seventh on his first competitive outing in a Renault.
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Qualifying - Vettel beats Hamilton to Spa pole |
2011-08-27 22:23:00 |
| A dramatic Q3 qualifying session saw Sebastian Vettel snatch pole position from Lewis Hamilton in the dying moments, as the Red Bull driver improved Hamilton's pacesetting time for McLaren of 1m 48.730s to 1m 48.298s. Mark Webber made it a strong day for the Milton Keynes team with 1m 49.376s for third place.
Felipe Massa sprung a surprise by qualifying his Ferrari fourth on 1m 50.256s, but team mate Fernando Alonso could only manage eighth on 1m 51.251s. That left the Spaniard behind fifth fastest Nico Rosberg on 1m 50.552s, splendidly on-form Jaime Alguersuari who took his best-ever qualifying slot of sixth in the Toro Rosso on 1m 50.773s, and surprise of the meeting Bruno Senna who put his Renault seventh with 1m 51.121s.
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Senna to replace Heidfeld at Renault for Spa & Monza - updated |
2011-08-26 05:55:00 |
| Bruno Senna will make his F1 race return in Belgium this weekend, replacing Nick Heidfeld to partner Vitaly Petrov at Renault. It will be Senna's first Grand Prix start since his final appearance for HRT in Abu Dhabi last November.
Renault drafted Heidfeld in at the start of their 2011 campaign as stand-in for the injured Robert Kubica. His future with the team now looks uncertain and further details are expected to be confirmed on Thursday
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Q&A with Renault's Bruno Senna |
2011-08-26 02:52:00 |
| Ahead of his Formula One race return with Renault in Belgium this weekend, Bruno Senna talks to the team's press office about what is set to be a rather special three days for the Brazilian at SpaÂ…
Q: What was your reaction when you heard the news?
Bruno Senna: I was very happy, no doubt about it. I also felt very nervous at the prospect of getting into the car as a race driver again
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FIA Thursday press conference - Belgium |
2011-08-26 01:29:00 |
| Drivers - Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso), Jerome d'Ambrosio (Virgin), Vitaly Petrov (Renault), Michael Schumacher (Mercedes), Bruno Senna (Renault) and Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull).
Q: Bruno, how ready are you for your return and what about coming back here at this particular circuit?
Bruno Senna: Well, it is going to be a big challenge
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Senna in for next two races |
2011-08-26 00:09:27 |
| Bruno Senna will hold onto his race seat at Renault for the Belgian and Italian Grands Prix, with a view to racing for the team until the end of the season.
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FIA press conference schedule - Belgium |
2011-08-25 06:02:00 |
| Local hero Jerome d'Ambrosio and F1 returnee Bruno Senna are among the six drivers answering the media's questions on Thursday, whilst Red Bull's Christian Horner and Mercedes' Ross Brawn are two of the five leading team personnel taking to the stage on Friday. The line-up in full
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Senna to replace Heidfeld at Renault for Spa |
2011-08-25 05:55:00 |
| Bruno Senna will make his F1 race return in Belgium this weekend, replacing Nick Heidfeld to partner Vitaly Petrov at Renault. It will be Senna's first Grand Prix start since his final appearance for HRT in Abu Dhabi last November.
Renault drafted Heidfeld in at the start of their 2011 campaign as stand-in for the injured Robert Kubica. His future with the team now looks uncertain and further details are expected to be confirmed on Thursday
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Formula One Fantasy - Renault's Nick Heidfeld |
2011-08-12 16:58:00 |
| Nick Heidfeld is one of the longest-serving drivers on the current grid, with over 180 Grands Prix starts and 12 years of service to his name. As such, you would think that the German veteran has seen and done pretty much all there is to do in terms of Formula One racing.
You'd be wrong. There's still plenty left on Heidfeld's F1 fantasy wish list, including dining with Ayrton Senna, Bernie Ecclestone, Enzo Ferrari and Colin Chapman, trying out 1950s-style F1 and driving Michael Schumacher's title winning 2004 FerrariÂ…
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F1 on film - Q&A with Hollywood director Ron Howard |
2011-08-09 18:35:00 |
| Over the last six decades Formula One racing has entertained millions of fans around the world, but the sport's impact on the silver screen has been surprisingly minimal. Aside from 1966 blockbuster Grand Prix and the recent Senna documentary, there have been very few serious attempts to capture the essence of F1 on celluloid for cinemagoers.
But that's all about to change, thanks to a new project headed up by Hollywood director Ron Howard. Expected to tell the story of the thrilling title fight between Niki Lauda and James Hunt during the 1976 season, the film has been scripted by Frost/Nixon writer Peter Morgan. Speaking exclusively to Formula1.com, Howard discusses the forthcoming projectÂ…
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Friday drive for Renault's Senna in Hungary |
2011-07-25 18:30:00 |
| Renault third driver Bruno Senna will make his first practice appearance for the team in Hungary on Friday morning. Senna will replace Nick Heidfeld in the R31 during the opening practice session at Budapest's Hungaroring.
“I'm really excited to be driving in FP1 at the Hungaroring,” said the Brazilian. “It's not very often you get these opportunities with big teams, and I'm very grateful for getting this chance. Hopefully I can do a good job and show the team the potential I have, and help us move forward. I've done some productive work in the R31 already this year - though never during a race weekend -
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Formula One Fantasy - Sauber's Sergio Perez |
2011-06-07 17:57:00 |
| Slamming into a barrier during qualifying and having to watch what would have been your first Monaco Grand Prix from a hospital bed is about as far from the dream scenario as you can get. But it's exactly what Sauber's Sergio Perez had to endure in Monte Carlo last month.
Before his accident, Perez found time to reveal his Formula One fantasies, which include battling team mate Ayrton Senna around a track in his native Mexico and celebrating his first world title with a tipple of TequilaÂ…
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Formula One Fantasy - Force India's Paul di Resta |
2011-05-31 19:08:00 |
| From a young boy in Scotland, watching Ayrton Senna racing and dreaming of similar success, to a fully-fledged Formula One driver in his own right, Paul di Resta has been busy in recent years making his childhood dreams become reality.
Next on the agenda must surely be his first F1 podium, first victory and first title. In the meantime, however, he's been daydreaming about inviting Clark, Senna, Fangio and Enzo Ferrari to dinner, perhaps for some fish and chipsÂ…
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Formula One Fantasy - McLaren's Lewis Hamilton |
2011-05-13 20:19:00 |
| His Formula One debut was with leading team McLaren, he won his first Grand Prix aged just 22 and took the championship at 23 - for most people, Lewis Hamilton is already living the dream.
But there's still plenty left on Hamilton's F1 fantasy wish list, including having the opportunity to race around Las Vegas and Kyalami, watching Juan Manuel Fangio compete against Ayrton Senna, giving his MP4-26 a James Bond-style makeover, and kicking back in his own motorhome-based recording studioÂ…
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