Vitaly Petrov

Vitaly Aleksandrovich Petrov (Russian: Вита́лий Алекса́ндрович Петро́в, IPA: [vʲɪˈtalʲɪj ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ pʲɪˈtrof]; born 8 September 1984) is a Russian racing driver who drove in Formula One for Renault F1 Team in 2010, Lotus Renault GP in 2011 and Caterham F1 Team in 2012. Born in Vyborg, he is known as the "Vyborg Rocket".[1] He was the first Russian to compete in the Formula One World Championship.

This article is about the racing driver. For the athletics coach, see Vitaly Petrov (athletics).
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Aleksandrovich and the family name is Petrov.

Vitaly Petrov
NationalityRussia Russian
BornVitaly Aleksandrovich Petrov
(1984-09-08) 8 September 1984
Vyborg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
DTM
Years active2014
Former teamsMücke Motorsport
Starts10
Championships0
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish23rd in 2014
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2007, 2016–2019
Best finish3rd (2016), (2019)
Class wins0
Formula One World Championship career
Active years2010–2012
TeamsRenault, Caterham
Entries58 (57 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums1
Career points64
Pole positions0
Fastest laps1
First entry2010 Bahrain Grand Prix
Last entry2012 Brazilian Grand Prix

Early career

Unlike most top drivers, Petrov did not begin his career in karting, as there was very little motorsport where he lived.[2] He began competing in motorsport in 1998, when he took part in rally sprints and ice races. Afterwards he began competing in the Russian Lada Cup in 2001 and gained Oksana Kosachenko as his manager in 2001.[3] He remained in the series for 2002 dominating the championship, winning each round to amass the maximum points total of 500.[4]

In 2003, Petrov began racing in the Formula Renault championships. His main campaign was in the Italian Formula Renault Championship for Euronova Racing, finishing 19th overall. During the year he competed in several rounds of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0,[4] the Formula Renault 2.0 UK series, and finished fourth in the British Formula Renault Winter Series at the end of the year, taking one win.[4] He also made his debut in Euro Formula 3000 at Cagliari.[4]

In 2004, Petrov turned his attention to the inaugural season of the Russian Lada Revolution championship. He started every race from pole position, but finished as runner-up. He also made selected appearances in Formula Renault and Euro F3000. Petrov remained in Russia for 2005, winning the Lada Revolution Championship with ten wins and the Russian Formula 1600 series with five wins.[4]

European series

In 2006, Petrov raced in Euroseries 3000 with Euronova Racing. He finished third in the standings, scoring nine podiums in eighteen races including four wins at Hungaroring, Mugello Circuit, Silverstone Circuit and Circuit de Catalunya.[5] Also he participated in the Brno round of the 2006 F3000 International Masters season, where he took a pole position. During the 2006 season Petrov made his debut in the GP2 Series for David Price Racing. He replaced French driver Olivier Pla, who lost his sponsorship from Direxiv in the team from the German round onwards.[6]

Petrov took his first win of the 2009 GP2 Series season at the Turkish round.

In 2007 he moved to Campos Grand Prix, where he joined Giorgio Pantano.[7] He scored five-point-scoring positions from 21 races and took his first victory at Valencia[8] on his way to finishing 13th in the standings.[4] He competed in several Le Mans Series races throughout the year, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Courage Compétition LMP2 car.[4] The car completed 198 laps before retiring from the race, being classified in 38th.

Petrov finished in third position with one win at Sepang International Circuit[9] in the 2008 GP2 Asia Series season for Campos, behind champion Romain Grosjean and Sébastien Buemi. In the main series Petrov remained with the Campos team. He finished seventh in final standings, taking a win at the Valencia Street Circuit.[10] He finished fifth, with a win in the Sepang sprint race,[11] in the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season for Campos.

He stayed with the team for 2009, now rebranded as Barwa Addax, and finished as runner-up to the dominant Nico Hülkenberg in the championship, winning twice at Istanbul Park[12] and Valencia Street Circuit.[13]

Formula One

2010
When Petrov drove for Renault at the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix, it was the first time a Russian had driven in the Formula One World Championship.

Petrov was linked to joining Sauber, Renault F1 and Campos for the 2010 season. He was announced as a Renault driver on 31 January and thus became the first Russian driver in the Formula One World Championship.[14] He was signed for a one-year deal, with an option for a further two. He was very close to signing for Campos but he felt Renault was the best option for him. He also mentioned that he had no major sponsors from Russia backing him just his dad and some of his friends.[2] Some of his dad's friends included Vladimir Putin who drove the Renault F1 car and on 4 January 2011 revealed that Sergei Chemezov of Rostec and Leonid Mikhelson of Novatek would provide financial assistance to the Renault F1 team and its driver Petrov.[14][15] Previously, on 1 March 2010, Carlos Ghosn met with Putin to announce that Renault F1 would have Petrov as its driver after Petrov's manager, Oksana Kosachenko, had sent a letter to Putin asking Putin for assistance.[16][17][18][19] Alexander Petrov, Vitaly's father, admitted that his best friend "Antiquary" or Ilya Traber, who is the leader of the Vyborg Russian Mafia and is a close friend of Putin, is a major sponsor of the Renault F1 team and its driver Vitaly Petrov, too.[14][20][21][22] Petrov stated that his goal is to start scoring points by mid-season. His teammate for his debut season with the new Renault R30 car was Robert Kubica.[3][23] After qualifying seventeenth, Petrov's first race ended prematurely when the team found his right-front suspension strut to be damaged, which the Russian suspected to have been caused by hitting a kerb too hard. He had been chasing Rubens Barrichello for tenth place and a World Championship point at the time of the incident.

Petrov driving for Renault at the 2010 Canadian Grand Prix.

He finished his first race at the Chinese Grand Prix, and in doing so, scored his first F1 points, as he finished in seventh position. This race was also noted for his overtakes of Michael Schumacher and Mark Webber under heavy rain.[24] After qualifying for the Turkish Grand Prix he started ninth. But after a collision with Fernando Alonso in the closing laps, he suffered a puncture and was forced to make a pitstop. On returning to the track he set the fastest lap of the race, finishing fifteenth.

In Hungary, Petrov qualified seventh, ahead of much respected teammate Robert Kubica, with Petrov finishing the race in 5th place. In Belgium, Petrov started in 23rd place, after failing to set a time in qualifying because of a first-session crash. He made up 14 places in changeable conditions to finish 9th, resulting in his third consecutive points finish. Petrov retired on the first lap of the Japanese Grand Prix after colliding with Nico Hülkenberg, and crashed out of seventh place in the Korean Grand Prix. He qualified tenth for the final round of the season in Abu Dhabi, ahead of Kubica who qualified eleventh. In the race, Petrov pitted under an early safety car period which moved him up the order when drivers ahead of him pitted. Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber both came out behind him and Petrov remained ahead of them until the end of the race, which stopped the title contenders' progress and enabled Sebastian Vettel to win the title.[25]

2011
Petrov in pre-season testing at Barcelona

After the 2010 season ended Renault team boss Éric Boullier said that there was a good chance of Petrov remaining with the team in 2011.[26] On 22 December 2010, he was retained by the team on a two-year deal.[27] During the close season, the team were rebranded 'Lotus Renault GP' following a sponsorship deal with Lotus Cars. Teammate Robert Kubica suffered serious injuries in a rallying accident, with Petrov being joined by Nick Heidfeld for the start of the season.

Petrov finished fifth in the wet weather race in Canada.

In the first race of the season in Australia, Petrov qualified sixth – a career-best – and secured his only Formula One podium, finishing in third place behind race-winner Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton.[28] In Malaysia, Petrov again ran in the points until he ran wide at a corner and left the circuit; attempting to rejoin, he hit a bump caused by a drainage gully which launched his car into the air and broke the steering column on landing. During qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix, Petrov's car suffered a technical problem after he had posted the fourth fastest time of Q2. As a result, he could not compete in Q3, leaving him to start tenth on the grid. He drove a consistent race and made good strategy calls and made his way to ninth after passing several cars after his last stop of a two stop strategy on Lap 37.[29] An eighth place in Turkey added to his points tally before an eleventh-place finish in Spain.

In Monaco, Petrov was taken to hospital after a crash, from sixth place, involving Adrian Sutil, Lewis Hamilton and Jaime Alguersuari. The crash halted the race for 20 minutes before it eventually restarted. He was released from hospital the same day,[30] and returned to the cockpit with a fifth-place finish in Canada. Petrov had a difficult weekend in Valencia, where he finished 15th, having started from 11th on the grid. He finished 12th at the British Grand Prix, as new restrictions on blown diffusers were introduced. In Germany, Petrov returned to Q3 for the first time since Canada before finishing ninth. A non-points finish in Hungary was followed by a ninth at the Belgian Grand Prix. Petrov qualified seventh at Monza, but while battling with Nico Rosberg on the first lap, the HRT of Vitantonio Liuzzi crashed into the side of both of them, eliminating all three cars. Renault suffered their worst performance of the season in Singapore, where Petrov qualified in 18th and finished 17th, before a ninth-place finish in Japan.

At the Korean Grand Prix, Petrov qualified eighth but retired after crashing into the back of Michael Schumacher on lap 16, causing a safety car. It became the third contact between the pair in 2011, when Petrov appeared to be too involved in trying to outbrake Alonso on the long straight before Turn 3. He incurred a five-place grid penalty for the incident at the inaugural Indian Grand Prix, which meant that he had to start the race from sixteenth place. He finished the race eleventh, just in front of teammate Bruno Senna, and just missing out on the points-scoring positions. After finishing 13th in Abu Dhabi, Petrov launched an attack on his team in an interview on Russian television, citing lack of development, strategy mistakes, and criticisms of the drivers by team management.[31] Petrov apologised for the outburst with an email to all Renault staff, with Éric Bouiller claiming the matter was closed.[32] Petrov ended the season with a tenth-place finish in Brazil, but with Adrian Sutil finishing sixth in the race, Sutil moved ahead of Petrov for ninth place in the final championship standings.

In December 2011, it was announced that Romain Grosjean would partner Kimi Räikkönen at the team in 2012, leaving Petrov without a drive.[33]

Caterham (2012)
Petrov driving for Caterham at the 2012 Australian Grand Prix.

On 17 February it was announced that Petrov would drive for the Caterham F1 Team in 2012, replacing Italian Jarno Trulli and partnering Heikki Kovalainen.[34] Petrov qualified 20th for the Australian Grand Prix, and was running 15th when a steering problem forced him to retire on lap 36.[35] In Malaysia, Petrov drove a clean race to finish 16th, ahead of Kovalainen. It became apparent that the Caterham lacked the pace of midfield cars, but was evidently faster than Marussia and HRT.[36]

Petrov had another clean race at the Chinese Grand Prix where he qualified in 20th, and made his way up through the race to finish 18th, again ahead of Kovalainen who lost two laps in the pits.[37] At the Bahrain Grand Prix, Petrov managed to qualify well over a second faster than the closest Marussia, cementing the Caterham's position as the fastest of the new teams for the third year running; he managed to finish the race in 16th place, equalling his best result in Malaysia earlier in the year.[38]

Petrov during free practice at the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix.

The Spanish Grand Prix was the first time Petrov had qualified ahead of his teammate by just under two-tenths, however, he finished behind him for the first time in the season.[39] The Monaco Grand Prix was a bad run for Petrov, after qualifying nearly nine-tenths down from Kovalainen, he retired from the race on lap 15 with electrical failure, giving him his second retirement of the season.[40]

Petrov at the 2012 US Grand Prix

At the Canadian Grand Prix, Petrov managed to qualify in 19th, ahead of the Toro Rosso of Jean-Éric Vergne, but was unable to keep ahead at the start and went on to finish exactly where he started, albeit, one lap behind the leaders.[41] After starting the race on the tenth row of the grid, Petrov ran as high as tenth at the European Grand Prix – a result that would have earned Caterham their first Formula One point – but was involved in a collision with Daniel Ricciardo and finished thirteenth.[42]

After initially being outpaced by Kovalainen, once Petrov had adjusted to the car he began to turn the tables on his Finnish teammate. He finished ahead of Kovalainen in four of the last five races of the season.

In the final race of the season in Brazil, Petrov finished a season's best eleventh, making a crucial pass on Marussia's Charles Pic in the closing stages of the Grand Prix. The result meant Caterham moved back ahead of Marussia to claim 10th place in the Constructors' Championship, a position worth millions of pounds more in prize money.

Petrov was not retained by Caterham as the team replaced both him and Kovalainen with Charles Pic and Giedo van der Garde for the 2013 season.

DTM
Petrov for Mücke Motorsport in Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 2014.

Petrov signed with Mercedes to drive in the German touring car series DTM. But after a scoreless season and finishing last in the Drivers' Championship, he left the sport after one year.[43]

Personal life

In 2007, he began residing in Valencia, Spain where he lived while he was a F1 driver.[3][18]

Petrov voiced a character based on himself in the Russian release of the 2011 Pixar film Cars 2.

Petrov's brother Sergei is a music composer graduated from Vienna's Conservatory.[44] Petrov's father Aleksandr was an influential businessman and municipal deputy in his home city of Vyborg before he was assassinated in 2020 – his death requiring Petrov to stand down from his role as a temporary steward at the 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix.[45]

Racing record

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2001 Lada Cup Russia  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 1st
2002 Lada Cup Russia SK OOO Favorit 5 5 5 5 5 500 1st
VW Polo Cup  ? 1 1  ?  ? 1  ?  ?
Formula RUS 10 Duimov 2 2  ?  ? 2 41 10th
2003 Formula Renault UK Winter Series Eurotek Motorsport  ? 1 0 0 1 44 4th
Formula Renault UK 2 0 0 0 0 23 28th
Formula Renault 2000 Italia Euronova Junior Team 12 0 0 0 0 12 19th
Formula Renault 2000 Masters Euronova Racing 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Euro Formula 3000 1 0 0 0 0 0 22nd
2004 Formula Renault 2000 Italia Euronova Junior Team 4 0 0 0 0 2 28th
Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Euro Formula 3000 Euronova Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Lada Revolution Russia Elex Polyus 4 1 4  ? 4 43 2nd
2005 Russian Formula 1600 ArtLine ProTeam 6 5 1  ? 9 85 1st
Lada Revolution Russia Maxmotor-Ulianovsk 14 10 5 6 9  ? 1st
2006 Euroseries 3000 Euronova Racing 17 4 0 2 9 72 3rd
GP2 Series DPR 8 0 0 0 0 0 28th
F3000 International Masters Charouz Racing System 2 0 1 0 0 0 29th
2007 GP2 Series Campos Grand Prix 21 1 0 0 1 21 13th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Noël del Bello Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2008 GP2 Series Barwa International Campos Team 20 1 0 1 3 39 7th
GP2 Asia Series 10 1 1 0 4 33 3rd
2008–09 GP2 Asia Series Barwa International Campos Team 11 1 0 0 3 28 5th
2009 GP2 Series Barwa Addax Team 20 2 2 1 7 75 2nd
2010 Formula One Renault F1 Team 19 0 0 1 0 27 13th
2011 Formula One Lotus Renault GP 19 0 0 0 1 37 10th
2012 Formula One Caterham F1 Team 20 0 0 0 0 0 19th
2014 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Mücke Motorsport 10 0 0 0 0 0 23rd
2016 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 SMP Racing 9 0 0 0 1 63 9th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
European Le Mans Series 2 0 0 0 1 23 15th
2017 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 CEFC Manor TRS Racing 9 0 0 0 0 46 18th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup SMP Racing by AKKA ASP 4 0 0 0 0 6 41st
24 Hours of Le Mans SMP Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship SMP Racing 8 0 0 0 4 94 4th
2019 24 Hours of Le Mans SMP Racing 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2006 DPR VAL
FEA		 VAL
SPR		 IMO
FEA		 IMO
SPR		 NÜR
FEA		 NÜR
SPR		 CAT
FEA		 CAT
SPR		 MON
FEA		 SIL
FEA		 SIL
SPR		 MAG
FEA		 MAG
SPR		 HOC
FEA
15		 HOC
SPR
15		 HUN
FEA
15		 HUN
SPR
10		 IST
FEA
16		 IST
SPR
18		 MNZ
FEA
Ret		 MNZ
SPR
12		 28th 0
2007 Campos Grand Prix BHR
FEA
14		 BHR
SPR
11		 CAT
FEA
10		 CAT
SPR
16†		 MON
FEA
6		 MAG
FEA
5		 MAG
SPR
5		 SIL
FEA
9		 SIL
SPR
9		 NÜR
FEA
11		 NÜR
SPR
17		 HUN
FEA
Ret		 HUN
SPR
9		 IST
FEA
17		 IST
SPR
5		 MNZ
FEA
12		 MNZ
SPR
12		 SPA
FEA
9		 SPA
SPR
11		 VAL
FEA
1		 VAL
SPR
8		 13th 21
2008 Campos Grand Prix CAT
FEA
6		 CAT
SPR
Ret		 IST
FEA
5		 IST
SPR
2		 MON
FEA
Ret		 MON
SPR
15		 MAG
FEA
4		 MAG
SPR
18†		 SIL
FEA
10		 SIL
SPR
5		 HOC
FEA
Ret		 HOC
SPR
12		 HUN
FEA
Ret		 HUN
SPR
9		 VAL
FEA
1		 VAL
SPR
15†		 SPA
FEA
4		 SPA
SPR
3		 MNZ
FEA
Ret		 MNZ
SPR
Ret		 7th 39
2009 Barwa Campos Team CAT
FEA
2		 CAT
SPR
9		 2nd 75
Barwa Addax Team MON
FEA
2		 MON
SPR
6		 IST
FEA
1		 IST
SPR
3		 SIL
FEA
15		 SIL
SPR
10		 NÜR
FEA
4		 NÜR
SPR
4		 HUN
FEA
Ret		 HUN
SPR
12		 VAL
FEA
1		 VAL
SPR
3		 SPA
FEA
Ret		 SPA
SPR
6		 MNZ
FEA
2		 MNZ
SPR
5		 ALG
FEA
4		 ALG
SPR
Ret

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2008 Campos Grand Prix DUB
FEA
Ret		 DUB
SPR
9		 SEN
FEA
5		 SEN
SPR
3		 SEP
FEA
1		 SEP
SPR
3		 BHR
FEA
10		 BHR
SPR
3		 DUB
FEA
4		 DUB
SPR
Ret		 3rd 33
2008–09 Campos Grand Prix SHI
FEA
5		 SHI
SPR
Ret		 DUB
FEA
5		 DUB
SPR
C		 BHR
FEA
10		 BHR
SPR
12		 LSL
FEA
3		 LSL
SPR
2		 SEP
FEA
6		 SEP
SPR
1		 BHR
FEA
19		 BHR
SPR
11		 5th 28

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2007 France Noël del Bello Racing France Romain Ianetta
United States Liz Halliday		 Courage LC75-AER LMP2 198 DNF DNF
2016 Russia SMP Racing Russia Kirill Ladygin
Russia Viktor Shaytar		 BR Engineering BR01-Nissan LMP2 353 7th 3rd
2017 China CEFC Manor TRS Racing Mexico Roberto Gonzáles
Switzerland Simon Trummer		 Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 152 DNF DNF
2018 Russia SMP Racing Russia Mikhail Aleshin
United Kingdom Jenson Button		 BR Engineering BR1-AER LMP1 315 DNF DNF
2019 Russia SMP Racing Russia Mikhail Aleshin
Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne		 BR Engineering BR1-AER LMP1 379 3rd 3rd

Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 WDC Points
2010 Renault F1 Team Renault R30 Renault RS27-2010 2.4 V8 BHR
Ret		 AUS
Ret		 MAL
Ret		 CHN
7		 ESP
11		 MON
13†		 TUR
15		 CAN
17		 EUR
14		 GBR
13		 GER
10		 HUN
5		 BEL
9		 ITA
13		 SIN
11		 JPN
Ret		 KOR
Ret		 BRA
16		 ABU
6		 13th 27
2011 Lotus Renault GP Renault R31 Renault RS27-2011 2.4 V8 AUS
3		 MAL
17†		 CHN
9		 TUR
8		 ESP
11		 MON
Ret		 CAN
5		 EUR
15		 GBR
12		 GER
10		 HUN
12		 BEL
9		 ITA
Ret		 SIN
17		 JPN
9		 KOR
Ret		 IND
11		 ABU
13		 BRA
10		 10th 37
2012 Caterham F1 Team Caterham CT01 Renault RS27-2012 2.4 V8 AUS
Ret		 MAL
16		 CHN
18		 BHR
16		 ESP
17		 MON
Ret		 CAN
19		 EUR
13		 GBR
DNS		 GER
16		 HUN
19		 BEL
14		 ITA
15		 SIN
19		 JPN
17		 KOR
16		 IND
17		 ABU
16		 USA
17		 BRA
11		 19th 0

† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Pts
2014 Mücke Motorsport Mercedes-AMG C63 Coupé HOC
17		 OSC
17		 HUN
17		 NOR
19		 MSC
18		 SPL
20		 NÜR
18		 LAU
12		 ZAN
11		 HOC
18†		 23rd 0

† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he had completed 75% of the race distance.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2016 SMP Racing LMP2 BR Engineering BR01 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
8		 SPA
9		 LMS
3		 NÜR
6		 MEX
Ret		 COA
6		 FUJ
10		 SHA
7		 BHR
8		 9th 63
2017 CEFC Manor TRS Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL
7		 SPA
8		 LMS
Ret		 NÜR
7		 MEX
8		 COA
Ret		 FUJ
7		 SHA
5		 BHR
5		 18th 46
2018–19 SMP Racing LMP1 BR Engineering BR1 AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6 SPA
5		 LMS
Ret		 SIL
Ret		 FUJ
4		 SHA
3		 SEB
3		 SPA
3		 LMS
3		 4th 94

Complete European Le Mans Series results
Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2016 SMP Racing LMP2 BR Engineering BR01 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL IMO RBR LEC SPA
6		 EST
3		 15th 23

Notes

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