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Mark Webber Q&A: The bar has been set very high |
2012-02-06 23:03:00 |
| The 2011 season was picture-perfect for Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel, but not for Mark Webber. Although he won at the final round in Brazil last November, Webber never seemed to be completely at home in the RB7. 2012 is therefore a fresh start for the Australian and, after a winter away from the sport, he can't wait to be back behind the wheel
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Sebastian Vettel Q&A: Let's do it again! |
2012-02-06 22:36:00 |
| After winning his first title in 2010, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel stepped it up a gear last year, dominating the season to make it two drivers' crowns on the trot. Not surprising then that this year he is out to make it a hat trick, behind the wheel of the newly-launched RB8. Vettel looks eagerly ahead to 2012
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Defence of the realm - the Red Bull RB8 revealed |
2012-02-06 22:12:00 |
| The car with which reigning world champions Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull will defend their titles was revealed to the world on Monday. The Adrian Newey-designed RB8 is the eighth Formula One car produced by the team.
Its predecessor, the RB7, dominated the 2011 season, winning 12 Grands Prix in the hands of Vettel and team mate Mark Webber, and powering the team to their second championship double
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Webber to be first to sample Red Bull's new RB8 |
2012-01-23 21:27:00 |
| Red Bull have announced Mark Webber will be at the wheel of their 2012 car when it makes its track debut at Jerez on February 7. Webber will be the first to get to grips with the RB8 over the opening two days of the test, before he hands the car to team mate Sebastian Vettel for the remaining two days
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Red Bull to launch RB8 online on February 6 |
2012-01-18 02:15:00 |
| Reigning world champions Red Bull will unveil their 2012 challenger, the RB8, in an online presentation on February 6. The car will then make its official track debut at the opening pre-season test, which will take place at the Spanish circuit of Jerez from February 7-10.
The Renault-powered machine, penned under the leadership of Red Bull chief technical officer Adrian Newey, will be raced this season by the team's unchanged driver line-up of Germany's Sebastian Vettel and Australia's Mark Webber.
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Buemi lands Red Bull test and reserve role |
2012-01-05 18:19:00 |
| Red Bull have announced that Sebastien Buemi will become their test and reserve for the 2012 season, supporting racers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. Buemi has spent the last three years competing for sister team Toro Rosso but was dropped from the Italian squad at the end of 2011.
It's good to remain with Red Bull for another year and have this opportunity with the world championship-winning team, said the 23 year-old Swiss driver. I would prefer to be driving at the races of course, but working with Red Bull Racing on the development of their car and providing them with feedback throughout the season is the next best thing.
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Merry Christmas from Formula1.com |
2011-12-23 22:50:00 |
| From start to finish, 2011 belonged to Red Bull and, more specifically, to Sebastian Vettel. The Austrian team's RB7 was far and away the class of the field and Vettel was poised, precise and practically perfect, claiming 11 victories as he successfully defended his drivers' crown.
That said, this season has not been short of drama, suspense and surprise. Challenging tyre compounds from new official suppliers Pirelli
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F1 in Schools pit stops with Red Bull in Milton Keynes |
2011-12-16 21:19:00 |
| Visitors to Red Bull's celebration event in Milton Keynes last weekend not only had the chance to watch world champion Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber carry out demonstration runs, they could also race a Formula One car of the future in the UK town's shopping centre.
F1 in Schools, the Formula One Technology Challenge, linked up with the team and Milton Keynes Council to showcase the global educational initiative and give shoppers the opportunity to learn more about this student programme, which challenges 9-19 year olds to design, build, test and race a miniature scale-model F1 car.
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Video - FIA Awards 2011 ceremony highlights |
2011-12-14 23:34:00 |
| For the second successive year, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel was the toast of the annual FIA Prize Giving Gala. Vettel was handed the coveted 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship trophy by FIA President Jean Todt at this year's event, held last week in New Delhi, India.
Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner, meanwhile, was presented with the 2011 constructors' trophy by Bernie Ecclestone. McLaren's Jenson Button and Red Bull's Mark Webber also received awards for second and third places respectively in the drivers' championship.
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Vettel and Webber celebrate with Milton Keynes home run |
2011-12-12 18:41:00 |
| World champion Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull team mate Mark Webber, team principal Christian Horner and chief technical officer Adrian Newey all attended a celebration show run event in the team's UK home of Milton Keynes on Saturday. Around 60,000 spectators turned out to see Vettel and Webber, fresh from the FIA Awards in India, drive their cars on the city's streets.
It's great to be here in Milton Keynes which is where the cars are built and everyone from the factory works, said Vettel. It's nice to say thank you and to see all the fans from the area. It was good fun; we did some donuts and enjoyed ourselves out there. Thanks to all the fans that came today, we wanted to put on a great show, so I hope they enjoyed it. It's a great way to finish the season.
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Vettel collects Formula One's biggest prize |
2011-12-10 06:59:00 |
| After a year of triumphs Sebastian Vettel's closing reward came at the appropriately-named Kingdom of Dreams in New Delhi, India, host venue for this year's FIA Prize Giving Gala on Friday evening.
The 2011 FIA Formula One World Champion collected the coveted trophy from FIA President, Jean Todt, while Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner was presented with the 2011 Constructors' Trophy by Bernie Ecclestone
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The 2011 Season Review - Vettel finds another gear |
2011-12-06 01:25:00 |
| Without doubt, 2011 was the year of Sebastian Vettel. With the pressure to achieve a first title removed, he went about winning his second with a new level of confidence - one to which his rivals had no answer.
But domination did not mean dull. New Pirelli tyres, the return of KERS and the introduction of DRS made for overtaking-filled races with intense rivalries up and down the grid. We look back on a most memorable F1 season
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Weekend wins for Alguersuari, Button, Schumacher, Vettel |
2011-12-05 18:33:00 |
| The 2011 Formula One season may be complete, but that didn't stop at least four F1 drivers picking some much-prized silverware over the weekend, with Jaime Alguersuari, Jenson Button, Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel all on the winners' list.
Toro Rosso driver Alguersuari triumphed in the annual charity karting race organised by Ferrari's Felipe Massa in his homeland of Brazil
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Brazil analysis - Webber goes out on a high |
2011-11-28 19:25:00 |
| 2011 has been Red Bull's year, but the spoils for the most part have been claimed by Sebastian Vettel. Mark Webber, lacking both form and fortune, has been pushed firmly into the shadows by his younger team mate.
All that changed on Sunday in Brazil, however, when Vettel - hamstrung by a failing gearbox - was forced to settle for second, thereby helping Webber to his first win of the year
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VIDEO: Brazilian Grand Prix in 90 seconds |
2011-11-28 15:18:16 |
| Watch the best action from the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix as Red Bull's Mark Webber storms to victory in Interlagos, finishing ahead of team-mate Sebastian Vettel and McLaren's Jenson Button. (UK only)
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FIA post-race press conference - Brazil |
2011-11-28 06:45:00 |
| Drivers: 1 - Mark Webber (Red Bull Racing); 2 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing); 3 - Jenson Button (McLaren).
Q: Mark, a win to take you into the winter, how are you feeling right now?
Mark Webber: Yeah, very good. Felt good all weekend to be honest. Seb did a great lap for pole yesterday but y'know today I had a little bit of the rub of the green
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'Mark deserved to win' - Vettel |
2011-11-28 04:03:32 |
| Sebastian Vettel said Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber deserved to win the Brazilian Grand Prix after the pair's battle was cut short by a gearbox problem on Vettel's car
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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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Live - Brazilian Grand Prix |
2011-11-27 23:28:49 |
| World champion Sebastian Vettel starts from pole position for the final race of the 2011 Formula 1 season, with the McLarens of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton sharing the second row.
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Qualifying analysis - Red Bull ready to ride any storm |
2011-11-27 07:31:00 |
| Red Bull stamped their authority on qualifying at Interlagos on Saturday, leaving some rivals to cling to possible rain on Sunday as their main hope of a route to victory. Trouble is, given the huge amounts of downforce the RB7 generates, even in damp conditions on a full-dry set-up, front-row men Vettel and Webber could still prove very hard to beat. We take a team-by-team look at form
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FIA post-qualifying press conference - Brazil |
2011-11-27 05:13:00 |
| Drivers: 1 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull); 2 - Mark Webber (Red Bull); 3 - Jenson Button (McLaren).
Q: Sebastian, a record 15th pole of the season. Describe your feelings at this historic moment?
Sebastian Vettel: Yes, it is difficult. I mean there has been quite some talk before the qualifying
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Vettel overwhelmed with 15th pole |
2011-11-27 02:53:44 |
| Sebastian Vettel said "it was very emotional" when he secured his 15th pole position of the season at the Brazilian Grand Prix to set a new record for the number of poles in a season
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Vettel takes record-breaking pole in Brazil |
2011-11-27 02:20:57 |
| Sebastian Vettel took his 15th pole position of the season at the Brazilian Grand Prix, breaking Nigel Mansell's record for the most in a season from 1992 and lining up on the front row alongside Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber
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Qualifying - Vettel claims sensational record pole in Brazil |
2011-11-27 02:11:00 |
| Sebastian Vettel set a new record for pole positions on Saturday at Interlagos, taking his ground-breaking 15th in a season to move ahead of Nigel Mansell whom he equalled in Abu Dhabi.
The world champion took his Red Bull round in a superb 1m 11.918s. Just to rub it in, team mate Mark Webber kept McLaren off the front row with 1m 12.099s.
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Practice Three - Vettel leads Button at Interlagos |
2011-11-26 23:22:00 |
| Sebastian Vettel took his turn to top a practice session here at Interlagos on Saturday morning, but the times remained tight as McLaren's Jenson Button was only 0.087s behind and a second covered the first nine cars.
Vettel lapped his Red Bull in 1m 12.460s, while a late improvement put a happier Button second with 1m 12.547s just ahead of Vettel's team mate Mark Webber on 1m 12.597s...
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Final practice - Vettel leads Button at Interlagos |
2011-11-26 23:22:00 |
| Sebastian Vettel took his turn to top a practice session here at Interlagos on Saturday morning, but the times remained tight as McLaren's Jenson Button was only 0.087s behind and a second covered the first nine cars.
Vettel lapped his Red Bull in 1m 12.460s, while a late improvement put a happier Button second with 1m 12.547s just ahead of Vettel's team mate Mark Webber on 1m 12.597s...
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Vettel hits back in final practice |
2011-11-26 20:03:00 |
Sebastian Vettel left himself poised to claim a record 15th pole position of the season after clocking the fastest time in the final free practice session for the Brazilian grand Prix at Interlagos.
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Vettel wary of rain ahead of qualifying |
2011-11-26 03:51:38 |
| Sebastian Vettel is confident the setup of his Red Bull is going in the right direction after the first day of practice at the Brazilian Grand Prix, but is aware it could all change with rain later in the weekend
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Practice Two - Hamilton pips Vettel at Interlagos |
2011-11-26 03:16:00 |
| Lewis Hamilton's rehabilitation continued in Brazil on Friday afternoon as he topped the second free practice session, but it was a close-run thing as the top eight drivers - from McLaren, Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes - were bracketed by just 0.480s.
Hamilton lapped his McLaren in 1m 13.392s, 0.167s ahead of Sebastian Vettel on 1m 13.559s and 0.195s up on the latter's Red Bull team mate Mark Webber, who recorded 1m 13.587s
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Practice One - Webber fastest for Red Bull at Interlagos |
2011-11-25 22:53:00 |
| Seven-tenths of a second separated the top six drivers after Friday morning's first practice session at Interlagos. Mark Webber set the pace for Red Bull with 1m 13.811s, but he was only 0.014s ahead of Jenson Button, who posted 1m 13.825s, and 0.150s ahead of Lewis Hamilton, who lapped in 1m 13.961s in the second McLaren. Hamilton aborted a final effort to go quicker.
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel just failed to break into the 1m 13s with 1m 14.025s, leaving the top four just 0.214s apart, while the Ferraris had a mixed day. On his 100th appearance for them, Felipe Massa was fifth on 1m 14.507s, with Fernando Alonso sixth on 1m 14.541s. The Spaniard took a long while to get going, then stopped near the end after slowing in Turn One with similar engine troubles to those he experienced in India.
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Pre-Brazil analysis - Vettel intent on Interlagos success |
2011-11-25 18:21:00 |
| Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel will be going for another little bit of history in Interlagos this weekend. He currently shares with Nigel Mansell, who achieved the feat in the 16-race 1992 season, the all-time record of 14 pole positions in a single season and is intent on going one better after matching the Englishman in Abu Dhabi.
The double champion said at Interlagos on Thursday that he is pleased his tyre failure in Abu Dhabi was not the result of driver error, but that the precise cause of it is still unknown.
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Vergne remains on top in Abu Dhabi |
2011-11-17 17:00:00 |
Red Bull driver Jean-Eric Vergne headed the final morning of the young driver test in Abu Dhabi, setting a best mark just 0.436s off Sebastian Vettel's pole position time for last weekend's Grand Prix.
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Tyre failure ruled out as cause of Vettel deflation |
2011-11-16 19:19:00 |
| Following an extensive investigation into the sudden deflation of Sebastian Vettel's right-rear tyre on the opening lap of Sunday's 2011 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Pirelli have ruled out a structural failure as the cause.
Following the incident at the first corner, Vettel completed a lap in order to return to the pits, during which the flapping rubber caused damage to the bodywork and running gear, forcing the world champion into his first retirement of the year
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Exclusive - Sebastian Vettel reviews his 2011 season |
2011-11-14 22:23:00 |
| Abu Dhabi aside, his has been a fairy-tale season - the handsome young prince defending his fiefdom against foreign invaders, and succeeding because his armour is superior, his attitude purer and his determination greater.
Of course, F1 is not really that simple, but what Sebastian Vettel has experienced this year sounds almost too good to be true - and yet it is. The world champion reflects on 2011
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Hamilton wins in Abu Dhabi |
2011-11-14 20:40:37 |
| McLaren's Lewis Hamilton wins the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from Ferrari's Fernando Alonso as Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel retires following a first-lap puncture.
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Horner lauds Vettel reaction |
2011-11-14 20:06:46 |
| Christian Horner said that Sebastian Vettel is a "sponge for information" after he stayed behind to follow the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from the Red Bull pit wall
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Abu Dhabi analysis - don't call it a comeback |
2011-11-14 19:06:00 |
| Lewis Hamilton's recent troubles have been well documented. Perhaps no surprise then that he described his superb Yas Marina win as 'good for the soul'. And with team mate Jenson Button joining him on the podium, it was good for McLaren too.
Sebastian Vettel may have gone out early, but Hamilton had been quickest all weekend - he even set the fastest qualifying lap, albeit in Q2 - and always looked a good bet for victory
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Race - Hamilton victorious after early Vettel exit |
2011-11-14 00:21:00 |
| All weekend there were signs that Lewis Hamilton's mojo was coming back, and a dominant victory in Abu Dhabi was just what the McLaren driver needed. In celebration, he dedicated it to his mother Carmen, whose birthday it was.
He was helped immeasurably as Sebastian Vettel spun into retirement in the second corner as his right-rear tyre came off the rim of his Red Bull, but it wasn't an easy run to the flag as Ferrari's Fernando Alonso grabbed second place from McLaren's Jenson Button on the opening lap and thereafter kept him honest.
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Abu Dhabi GP as it happened |
2011-11-13 20:30:21 |
| Lewis Hamilton wins the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with Fernando Alonso second and Jenson Button third as world champion Sebastian Vettel suffers a puncture on the first lap.
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Qualifying analysis - can McLaren take the bull by the horns? |
2011-11-13 02:45:00 |
| As he's done 13 times previously this season, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel took the top grid slot during qualifying for Sunday's Abu Dhabi race. But up until Q3 McLaren had ruled the roost and from second and third Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button could well spring a surprise. We take a team-by-team look at how all the runners performed
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Sebastian Vettel Q&A: Yas Marina is very dear to me |
2011-11-13 02:19:00 |
| If anyone would have told Sebastian Vettel at the start of 2011 that he would equal Nigel Mansell's record of 14 pole positions in a season, he wouldn't have believed them. But on Saturday in Abu Dhabi Vettel managed that very feat in style. The reigning world champion discusses his qualifying session and details his hopes of having a photo taken with former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney who has been a guest in the Yas Marina paddock
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FIA post-qualifying press conference - Abu Dhabi |
2011-11-13 01:55:00 |
| Drivers: 1 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull); 2 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren); 3 - Jenson Button (McLaren)
Q: Sebastian, you equalled Nigel Mansell's record of 14 poles in a season today, congratulations, but you had to dig pretty deep to get this one?
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Vettel had to dig deep for pole |
2011-11-12 23:49:51 |
| Sebastian Vettel admitted his car did not feel capable of securing pole position until the second session of qualifying as Red Bull gradually improved its performance during practice
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Qualifying - Vettel takes record-equalling pole in Abu Dhabi |
2011-11-12 23:20:00 |
| Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel took his 14th pole position of the season on the final lap of Q3, marking the first time all weekend that a McLaren hadn't been fastest and bringing the German level with Nigel Mansell's seasonal record.
Lewis Hamilton set the pace yet again on the first runs in the McLaren, with 1m 38.704s from Vettel on 1m 38.746s, but then team mate Jenson Button upped the ante as the first driver to complete his second run, with 1m 38.631s. Hamilton responded immediately with 1m 38.622s, but right at the end Vettel, almost inevitably, managed 1m 38.481s for Red Bull.
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Final practice - Hamilton keeps McLaren on top |
2011-11-12 20:27:00 |
| Lewis Hamilton maintained his and McLaren's stranglehold in Saturday afternoon's final practice at Yas Marina, topping a busy hour with the only sub-1m 39s lap of the weekend thus far.
The fastest time changed hands 17 times, as Jerome D'Ambrosio, Sergio Perez, Paul di Resta, Felipe Massa, Jenson Button, Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Adrian Sutil, Nico Rosberg and Mark Webber all had turns at the top
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Vettel was 'too greedy' |
2011-11-12 00:35:31 |
| Sebastian Vettel said that he was "too greedy" in to turn 1, which led to him crashing during the second practice session for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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Practice Two - Hamilton top as floodlight follows sunlight |
2011-11-11 23:57:00 |
| McLaren ruled the roost in Abu Dhabi on Friday afternoon, as Formula One racing went into the twilight zone around 1700 hours local time. And both Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel fell foul of a slippery Turn One and touched the outer wall in their efforts to keep up.
Vettel and Webber set the initial pace for Red Bull before the sun began to slip from the sky, running the soft Pirellis as the McLarens clocked fast times on the mediums. Then after Alonso had a spell out front for Ferrari, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton took control with 1m 39.586s and team mate Jenson Button trimmed down to 1m 39.785s, 0.199s slower. Alonso's best was 1m 39.971s before he slid off backwards into the wall.
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