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Sheldon van der Linde
was the driver's champion, driving for
Schubert Motorsport
, who were the teams' champions
The
2022 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
was the thirty-sixth season of the premier German motor racing championship and also the twenty-third season under the moniker of
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
since the series' resumption in 2000. It was the second season of the DTM to be run under
Group GT3
regulations.
Sheldon van der Linde
won his first DTM championship driving a
BMW M4 GT3
for
Schubert Motorsport
and Schubert Motorsport won the Teams' Championship.
Teams and drivers
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All teams competed with tyres supplied by
Michelin
.
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Guest drivers ineligible for points
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Team changes
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- GT World Challenge Europe regulars Attempto Racing joined the DTM full-time, running a single Audi R8 LMS Evo II car.
[6]
- Rowe Racing
, which ran two BMW M6 GT3 cars full-time in 2021, left the DTM in order to concentrate on
endurance racing
.
[34]
- Schubert Motorsport
joined the series full-time by fielding two BMW M4 GT3 cars. Walkenhorst Motorsport also fielded two BMW M4 GT3 cars full-time in 2022, after racing with a single BMW M6 GT3 car in 2021.
[8]
- GRT Grasser Racing Team
joined the series full-time by fielding a total of four Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo cars.
[17]
The Austrian team is
factory-backed
by
Lamborghini
.
[35]
- T3 Motorsport were initially set not to be factory-backed by Lamborghini, after racing two Huracan GT3 Evo cars full-time in 2021, but the decision was reversed shortly before the start of the season.
[36]
[37]
The team confirmed the retainment of their 2021 driver
Esmee Hawkey
and the signing of
Nicki Thiim
.
[38]
[39]
[23]
- JP Motorsport did not return to the series in 2022, after making guest appearances at three rounds in 2021 by fielding a single McLaren 720S GT3 car.
[40]
- Mercedes-AMG
Team GetSpeed left the series after running a single-car effort for
Arjun Maini
in 2021.
[41]
- Timo Bernhard
's KUS Team Bernhard team joined the DTM full-time, entering a single Porsche 911 GT3 R car.
[30]
- SSR Performance joined the series full-time by fielding two Porsche 911 GT3 R cars, after making a guest appearance with a single car at the Nurburgring round in 2021.
[31]
Driver changes
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- Three-time DTM champion
Rene Rast
returned to the series with
Abt Sportsline
and replaced
Mike Rockenfeller
, who retired from the series at the end of the 2021 season.
[4]
Ricardo Feller
, who won the
2021 ADAC GT Masters
, joined the DTM for the first time, replacing
Sophia Florsch
in the third Abt Sportsline car.
[2]
- German teen racer Marius Zug made his DTM debut for new team Attempto Racing.
[6]
- Esteban Muth
left Lamborghini for BMW and T3 Motorsport for Walkenhorst Motorsport to become the team's second driver alongside
Marco Wittmann
.
[8]
- Philipp Eng
returned to the DTM after a one-year absence and joined Schubert Motorsport to partner
Sheldon van der Linde
, who drove for Rowe Racing in 2021.
Timo Glock
, the other Rowe Racing driver in 2021, did not return to the DTM full-time in 2022.
[8]
- Mirko Bortolotti
joined the series full-time for the GRT Grasser Racing Team, after making a guest appearance for T3 Motorsport at the Assen round in 2021 and finishing second in the first race. He is partnered by ADAC GT Masters racer Clemens Schmid, Formula 2 driver
Alessio Deledda
and Swiss gentleman driver
Rolf Ineichen
, all three making their DTM debuts.
[19]
- Aston Martin
factory driver
Nicki Thiim
made his DTM debut, driving a Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo for T3 Motorsport.
[23]
- Liam Lawson
and
Alex Albon
, who drove for the
Red Bull
-backed
AF Corse
team in 2021, did not return to the series in 2022, as Lawson switched his focus to
Formula 2
and Albon returned to
Formula One
with
Williams Racing
.
[14]
They were replaced by
Felipe Fraga
, who made his DTM debut, and
Nick Cassidy
, who already stood in for Albon at the 2021 season finale.
[15]
- Defending champion
Maximilian Gotz
left Team HRT to replace
Philip Ellis
at Team Winward, both teams running a
Mercedes-AMG
. Team HRT replaced Gotz with
Luca Stolz
, who joined the DTM full-time after making a guest appearance at the Nurburgring round in 2021.
Arjun Maini
also moved between Mercedes-AMG teams, as he left Team GetSpeed for Team HRT to replace
Vincent Abril
.
[25]
- Maro Engel
returned to the DTM for the first time since
2017
to drive a Mercedes-AMG for Team GruppeM Racing alongside
Mikael Grenier
, who joined the series for the first time to replace
Daniel Juncadella
.
[25]
- Former
FIA Formula 3
driver
David Schumacher
joined the series for the first time to drive a third car for Mercedes-AMG Team Winward, partnering Gotz and
Lucas Auer
.
[26]
- Thomas Preining
joined the series for the first time, driving KUS Team Bernhard's sole Porsche 911 GT3 R car.
[30]
- Laurens Vanthoor
and
Dennis Olsen
joined the series for the first time, driving the two Porsche 911 GT3 R cars fielded by SSR Performance.
[32]
Rule changes
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Sporting
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- One championship point will be awarded for the fastest race lap.
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- Team orders were completely outlawed in the wake of the 2021 season finale controversy at the
Norisring
.
[43]
Teams and drivers who influence the race via team orders might be excluded from the championship.
[44]
- Introduction of
"full-course yellow"
(FCY) to replace safety car interventions when appropriate. Restarts will be done two-abreast, similar to the series' race and safety car restarts.
[45]
- The mandatory pit stop can now be made while the safety car is deployed.
[42]
- The race start procedure has been revised: the race gets underway with a starting light at the hands of the race director. Previously, the pole-sitter could decide when to go full-throttle. The starting formation can now be left as soon as the starting light releases the field.
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- Pit stop procedures have been modified: a maximum of two mechanics on each side of the car have to change the rear wheels first before the change at the front axle can begin. Mandatory pit stops can not be served prior to minute 10 or after minute 40 of the race.
[44]
Technical
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Race calendar
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A nine-round 2022 calendar was announced on 3 September 2021. On 23 December 2021, it was announced that an unconfirmed round outside Germany on 4 and 5 June 2022 would not take place, making it an eight-round calendar.
Calendar changes
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- Spa-Francorchamps
returns to the DTM calendar after a one-year hiatus while
Portimao
and
Imola
will make their DTM debuts. On the opposite side, the rounds at
Zolder
,
Assen
and
Monza
were ousted from the calendar.
- The
Norisring
round will return to its traditional spot in early July, after the circuit hosted the season finale for the first time in 2021. On the other hand, the
Hockenheimring
round will retain its traditional spot in early October and return to being the final round of the season.
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Results and standings
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Season summary
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Scoring system
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Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:
Race Position
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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4th
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5th
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6th
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7th
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8th
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9th
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10th
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FL
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Points
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25
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18
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15
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12
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10
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8
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6
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4
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2
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1
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1
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Additionally, the top three placed drivers in qualifying also received points:
Qualifying Position
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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Points
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3
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2
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1
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Drivers' championship
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Colour
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Result
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Gold
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Winner
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Silver
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Second place
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Bronze
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Third place
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Green
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Points finish
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Blue
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Non-points finish
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Non-classified finish (NC)
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Purple
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Retired (Ret)
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Red
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Did not qualify (DNQ)
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Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
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Black
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Disqualified (DSQ)
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White
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Did not start (DNS)
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Withdrew (WD)
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Race cancelled (C)
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Blank
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Did not practice (DNP)
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Did not arrive (DNA)
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Excluded (EX)
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Bold
? Pole
Italics
? Fastest Lap
1
? 3 Points for Pole
2
? 2 Points for P2
3
? 1 Point for P3
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Teams' championship
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Manufacturers' championship
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Only points scored by the top three drivers of a manufacturer in races count for the manufacturers' championship.
Notes
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b
Cars No. 3 and No. 7 entered as Team Abt Sportsline, car No. 33 entered as Team Abt.
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a
b
Car No. 37 entered as AlphaTauri AF Corse, car No. 74 entered as Red Bull AF Corse. Both cars share a teams' championship entry as "Red Bull AlphaTauri AF Corse".
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Cars No. 19 and No. 63 entered as GRT, cars No. 6 and No. 85 entered as GRT grasser-racing.com.
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b
Car No. 1 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Winward Racing, cars No. 22 and No. 27 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Winward.
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The Qualifying session was cancelled due to heavy fog. The grid was set by championship position.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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b
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.
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.
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a
b
c
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.
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a
b
c
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.
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.
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.
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.
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b
c
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.
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b
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.
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a
b
c
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.
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.
- ^
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.
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. Retrieved
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2022
.
- ^
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"
.
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. Retrieved
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2021
.
- ^
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.
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b
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.
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.
- ^
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"
"Riesenunterschied zum Vorjahr": Bereits uber 15 Boliden fur DTM 2022 genannt"
.
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2021
.
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a
b
c
d
e
f
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.
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.
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a
b
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.
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. Retrieved
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.
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.
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. Retrieved
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2021
.
- ^
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"
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.
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. Retrieved
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2021
.
- ^
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.
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a
b
c
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.
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.
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a
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c
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.
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a
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c
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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"
.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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