2023 GB3 Championship

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The 2023 GB3 Championship was a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The 2023 season was the eighth organised by the British Racing Drivers' Club in the United Kingdom, and the third season under the GB3 moniker after rebranding from the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship in mid-2021. [1] The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers. The season was ran over eight triple-header rounds and started on 8 April at Oulton Park. [2]

Contents

Rodin Carlin driver Callum Voisin won the Drivers' Championship ahead of Alex Dunne at the final race of the season. JHR Developments, the team of third-placed driver Joseph Loake, won the Teams' Championship.

Loake was named as the winner of the Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award in December, and will receive a test drive with the Aston Martin F1 team, £200,000, plus full membership of the BRDC. [3]

Teams and drivers

All teams were British-registered.

TeamNo.DriverRounds
Arden VRD2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nico Christodoulou All
3 Flag of the United States.svg Noah PingAll
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James HedleyAll
JHR Developments 5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Rees All
77 Flag of the United States.svg David Morales All
84 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joseph Loake All
Douglas Motorsport7 Flag of Poland.svg Tymek Kucharczyk All
11 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Staico1–7
32 Flag of the United States.svg Shawn Rashid1–7
Chris Dittmann Racing9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Zak Taylor1–7
18 Flag of France.svg Arthur RogeonAll
78 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Sherwood7
Elite Motorsport14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Patrick Heuzenroeder7–8
15 Flag of Japan.svg Ayato Iwasaki1–6
16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg McKenzy Cresswell All
17 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver StewartAll
Fortec Motorsports 20 Flag of South Africa.svg Jarrod WaberskiAll
41 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Edward PearsonAll
42 Flag of the United States.svg Max Esterson All
Hitech Pulse-Eight 21 Flag of Japan.svg Souta AraoAll
22 Flag of Ireland.svg Alex Dunne All
23 Flag of South Korea.svg Michael Shin 1–4, 6–8
Rodin Carlin 27 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John BennettAll
35 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Voisin All
43 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Costa ToparisAll
Hillspeed 39 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Gerrard Xie All
99 Flag of Turkey.svg Daniel Mavlyutov All
Source: [4]

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar was announced on 15 October 2022. For the first time in series history, two events were held outside the United Kingdom. This also meant that the GB3 Championship became an FIA-certified international series. [5]

RoundCircuitDateSupportingMap of circuit locations
1R1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oulton Park
(International Circuit, Cheshire)
8 April British GT Championship
R210 April
R3
2R4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)
6 May British GT Championship
R57 May
R6
3R7 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
(Spa, Belgium)
3 JuneSpa Euro Race:
Supercar Challenge
Prototype Challenge
R8
R94 June
4R10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Snetterton Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk)
17 June British GT Championship
R1118 June
R12
5R13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)
29 JulyMain event
R1430 July
R15
6R16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)
9 September British GT Championship
R1710 September
R18
7R19 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Circuit Zandvoort
(Zandvoort, Netherlands)
14 October GT World Challenge Europe
R20
R2115 October
8R22 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)
21 October British GT Championship
R2322 October
R24

Race results

RoundCircuitPole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning team
1R1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oulton Park
(International Circuit, Cheshire)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joseph Loake Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joseph Loake Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joseph Loake JHR Developments
R2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joseph Loake Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Voisin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hedley Arden VRD
R3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Stewart Flag of Turkey.svg Daniel Mavlyutov Hillspeed
2R4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Bennett [N 1] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joseph Loake Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joseph Loake [lower-alpha 1] JHR Developments
R5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Bennett [N 1] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Rees Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joseph Loake [lower-alpha 2] JHR Developments
R6 Flag of Poland.svg Tymek Kucharczyk Flag of the United States.svg Noah Ping Arden VRD
3R7 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
(Spa, Belgium)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Voisin Flag of Ireland.svg Alex Dunne Flag of Ireland.svg Alex Dunne Hitech Pulse-Eight
R8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Voisin Flag of Ireland.svg Alex Dunne Flag of Ireland.svg Alex Dunne Hitech Pulse-Eight
R9 Flag of the United States.svg Max Esterson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver StewartElite Motorsport
4R10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Snetterton Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Rees Flag of Ireland.svg Alex Dunne Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hedley Arden VRD
R11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Voisin Flag of Ireland.svg Alex Dunne Flag of the United States.svg Noah Ping Arden VRD
R12 Flag of Japan.svg Souta Arao Flag of Turkey.svg Daniel Mavlyutov Hillspeed
5R13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Rees Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Rees Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Rees JHR Developments
R14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Rees Flag of the United Kingdom.svg McKenzy Cresswell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg McKenzy Cresswell Elite Motorsport
R15race cancelled due to adverse weather conditions [6]
6R16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joseph Loake Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joseph Loake Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joseph Loake JHR Developments
R17 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Voisin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg McKenzy Cresswell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Voisin Rodin Carlin
R18 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nico Christodoulou Flag of Turkey.svg Daniel Mavlyutov Hillspeed
7R19 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Circuit Zandvoort
(Zandvoort, Netherlands)
Flag of Ireland.svg Alex Dunne Flag of Ireland.svg Alex Dunne Flag of Ireland.svg Alex Dunne Hitech Pulse-Eight
R20 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg McKenzy Cresswell Flag of Ireland.svg Alex Dunne Flag of Ireland.svg Alex Dunne Hitech Pulse-Eight
R21 Flag of Poland.svg Tymek Kucharczyk Flag of Turkey.svg Daniel Mavlyutov Hillspeed
8R22 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Voisin Flag of Ireland.svg Alex Dunne Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Voisin Rodin Carlin
R23 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Voisin Flag of Ireland.svg Alex Dunne Flag of Ireland.svg Alex Dunne Hitech Pulse-Eight
R24 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Gerrard Xie Flag of Hong Kong.svg Gerrard Xie Hillspeed

Season report

First half

The 2023 GB3 Championship opened up at Oulton Park with JHR's Joseph Loake taking a pair of pole positions. The first race saw him retain his lead and hold off teammate Matthew Rees. The race was red-flagged and ended two laps before the end after a safety car restart ended in a multi-car crash, handing JHR a 1-2 ahead of Carlin's Callum Voisin. The second race began with a rain shower that delayed proceedings, but Arden's James Hedley was on the move when it started, climbing from fourth to second and pressuring Loake to take the lead. Voisin was also able to move past Loake into second, but was unable to catch up to Hedley. Hillspeed's Daniel Mavlyutov was on reverse-grid pole position for the final race. The race never really got going after a crash right at the start, with only three minutes of running under green flag conditions. Mavlyutov was therefore largely unchallenged by Elite's Ayato Iwasaki and Fortec's Edward Pearson behind him. Loake finished twelfth to take a five-point championship lead ahead of Hedley. [7] [8] [9]

Up next was the season's first stop at Silverstone. Douglas Motorsport's Tymek Kucharczyk took both pole positions but was disqualified, allowing Carlin's John Bennett to inherit them. In a very wet first race, Loake took the lead at the start, but Bennett repassed him and led until the end. This move was later judged to have happened off track, so Bennett was handed a one-place penalty, gifting the win to Loake, with Rees third. The second race was also decided in the steward's office: Rees came first but had jumped the start, while second-placed man Bennett was penalized for a collision with Hitech's Alex Dunne. This saw Loake inherit another win, ahead of Elite's McKenzy Cresswell and Voisin. Race three saw Arden's Noah Ping take the lead from Iwasaki at the start. He won the race as behind him Voisin and Elite's Oliver Stewart both earned track limit penalties, allowing Arden's Nico Christodoulou and CDR's Arthur Rogeon on the podium. Loake's two off-track wins saw him extend his championship lead to 31 points, with Voisin now second. [10] [11] [12] [13]

The first race abroad followed a month later at Spa with Voisin claiming double pole positions. At the start of race one, Dunne in second fought off Cresswell until the latter spun. At the next restart, Dunne was free to attack Voisin, take the lead and control the race to take his maiden win, while Kucharczyk came third. The same protagonists fought for the second race, with Cresswell initially claiming the lead. Once again though Dunne was the fastest and took the lead, with him and Voisin both moving back past Cresswell as the top three were in a league of their own. Stewart had pole position for the reverse-grid race three. He initially lost the lead to Mavlyutov after a slow start, but the latter ran wide to allow Stewart back through. Loake took second and pressured Stewart all race, but was unable to steal the win, while Fortec's Jarrod Waberski completed the podium. Voisin's pair of second places saw him close the gap to Loake just two points after the latter struggled for pace all weekend. [14] [15] [16]

The first half of the season ended back in Britain at Snetterton, where Rees and Voisin shared pole positions. Hedley started the first race in fourth, but was already leading after turn one. Rees tried all race to get back past, but could not pressure Hedley into a mistake. Voisin and Dunne had a similar battle over third, with the Brit coming out ahead. He was able to hold on to his lead at the start of race three, before colliding with Kucharczyk and retiring. This saw the latter drop to third, allowing Ping and Dunne through. Kucharczyk was eventually disqualified for his collision with Voisin, promoting Hedley onto the podium. The reversed grid race three saw Mavlyutov start in front. The front of the field was rather calm, with the title contenders battling further down the order. This allowed Mavlyutov to manage his lead to win ahead of Rogeon and Douglas Motorsport's Lucas Staico. Voisin's race two retirement and another weekend away from the front of the field for Loake allowed Dunne to take a six-point championship lead. [17] [18] [19]

Second half

Round five saw the series return to Silverstone, and Rees took both pole positions. He clearly was the fastest man in race one, pulling away from his pole position and building a gap to the field. He took an unchallenged maiden win four seconds ahead of Cresswell, who had Voisin in his mirrors all race, but the latter did not attempt a move for second place. Cresswell took the lead of the second race on the first lap into Copse. He then had to manage a safety car restart, but did so untroubled to lead away to become the second maiden winner of the weekend. Rees had to be content with second, while Kucharczyk completed the podium. Rain then struck the circuit ahead of the third race. The race was started behind the safety car, but red flags for the conditions were waved after three laps. The race was then abandoned and declared cancelled. Voisin was the only one of the three main championship challengers to appear on the podium all weekend. His reward was a narrow one-point lead over Dunne heading into the summer break. [20] [21] [22]

Tymek Kucharczyk's (Douglas Motorsport) and Jarrod Waberski's (Fortec Motorsports) cars damaged after a shunt during the opening lap of the third race at Brands Hatch. 2023 British GT Championship Brands Hatch (53187462698).jpg
Tymek Kucharczyk's (Douglas Motorsport) and Jarrod Waberski's (Fortec Motorsports) cars damaged after a shunt during the opening lap of the third race at Brands Hatch.

Brands Hatch came next, with Loake and Voisin on pole position for the two races. The pair began the first race one and two, while championship contender Dunne was spun around by Rees and was forced to retire. Loake led Voisin through two safety car periods and subsequent restarts to win, while Cresswell came home third. The top two were reversed for the start of race two, and Loake challenged Voisin for the lead for half a lap before the latter came out on top. He managed his gap from then on to take his first win of the season, while Cresswell came third again to take his fourth podium in a row. Ping's reverse grid pole position for race three was handed to Mavlyutov after a penalty for the former. The race began with multiple crashes down the order that took out six cars and involved title challenger Loake, who had to pit. Mavlyutov led Christodoulou and Staico home to win. Voisin's win together with Dunne's retirement saw his championship advantage grow to 14 points, with Loake second and Dunne a further 27 points adrift. [23] [24] [25]

The penultimate round of the season saw the championship's debut at Zandvoort and Dunne and Cresswell on pole position. The Irishman converted his pole position into the lead in race one. He dominated the race to finish six seconds clear of Cresswell, with Loake in third closing up to Voisin in the standings. In race two, it was Dunne who started second, but he made quick work of Cresswell to again take the lead. He led until the end to make it two wins out of two and move within six points of Voisin, while this time Christodoulou completed the podium. The reversed-grid third race was once again won by Mavlyutov after Elite's polesitter, debutant Patrick Heuzenroeder, crashed into turn three. The race had almost no running under green flag conditions and also ended under safety car after extensive damage to the barriers. Dunne's double win lifted him right back into championship contention, with the top three separated by only 17 points going into the final weekend. [26] [27] [28]

The final weekend of the championship, dubbed the "Donington Decider", saw Voisin stake his claim to the title early on with a double pole position. The first race was held in damp conditions, with Voisin leading lights-to-flag ahead of Rees and Dunne to extend his standings advantage to 28 points. The race was disrupted by two safety car periods, one of them caused by Cresswell, who lost his mathematical chance for the title. This left three drivers in contention, and this number was reduced to only two when Dunne passed Voisin in race two. He won, with Fortec's Max Esterson third, to prolong the fight for the title to the final race. Loake came tenth and eighth in these two races and dropped out of contention. The final race was won by Hillspeed's Gerrard Xie, who came from third on the grid, in front of Pearson and Heuzenroeder. While Dunne finished ninth, three places ahead of Voisin, and also took one more point for overtaking during the race, he could not turn around the 22-point deficit and so Voisin won the championship. [29] [30] [31]

Voisin only won two races, while Dunne and Loake won five races each, but was on the podium eleven times through the season, a feat that Dunne and Loake only managed seven and eight times respectively. All three title contenders had phases where they looked the fastest, with Loake starting the championship extremely strong and Dunne shining in the rounds abroad, but Voisin was close to the top throughout the year and never looked completely out of touch even when he lacked the pace. Loake and Dunne offered up a good fight that went down to the wire and offered good advertising for the championship, which had its strongest year yet, with a regular 25-car grid that only dropped lower than that on two occasions.

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in races one and two, with the third race awarding points to only the top 15. Race three, which had its grid formed by reversing the qualifying order, awarded extra points for positions gained from the drivers' respective starting positions.

RacesPosition, points per race
1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th20th
Races 1 & 23529242119171513121110987654321
Race 3201715131110987654321
Notes

Drivers' championship

PosDriver OUL
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SIL1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SPA
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
SNE
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SIL2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
BRH
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
ZAN
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
DON
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Pts
R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12R13R14R15R16R17R18R19R20R21R22R23R24
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Voisin 32Ret63482210153Ret111235C2114976510121210484
2 Flag of Ireland.svg Alex Dunne 6131094Ret612116184212956CRet41181116831911466
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joseph Loake 131213112091021062210864C1215935138108Ret417
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg McKenzy Cresswell 2018Ret525873111295Ret21C33166221112Ret5610390
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Rees 21114103723Ret9Ret2418612C651286714524138370
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hedley4111109201048646131361111C48138Ret4Ret46117347
7 Flag of Poland.svg Tymek Kucharczyk 58137149815357155DSQRet43C57Ret12101897Ret296
8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nico Christodoulou 111018Ret1527128163Ret98978C1313254319381247261
9 Flag of South Africa.svg Jarrod Waberski9DNS5101052119113615124227C106Ret824897976239
10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Bennett199Ret241181512951011201814C716108101475111518217
11 Flag of the United States.svg Max Esterson 74Ret138226Ret212016169109C1111Ret1313926389215
12 Flag of the United States.svg Noah Ping12Ret7121213Ret211971146910C162151161224191116204
13 Flag of the United States.svg David Morales 8Ret9711RetRet4141561413211422CRet1073141145121010178
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Zak Taylor1512177Ret1320†20Ret11794812C99891123103153
15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Costa Toparis22768861431013122161512015C1712171715201516Ret151
16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Stewart141916151971815113Ret7312DNSC19159598122Ret2154150
17 Flag of Japan.svg Souta AraoRet6157RetRetWD13Ret132810221318CDNS14Ret59173513154146
18 Flag of South Korea.svg Michael Shin 1054920111916RetRet1281981767Ret181510162017144
19 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Edward Pearson16163182112117181815511919C14Ret4Ret17Ret14172134
20 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Gerrard Xie 21DNS831714175541431717171717C1520Ret1819Ret171912128
21 Flag of France.svg Arthur Rogeon1820Ret211032Ret1720162121613C12RetRet15163713Ret14123
22 Flag of Turkey.svg Daniel Mavlyutov Ret1511913183Ret2217241812121C20191192111201419116
23 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Staico2317Ret1618159141652221931516C181832WDWDWD98
24 Flag of Japan.svg Ayato Iwasaki1314262217917188191462WDWDWDWDWDWD85
25 Flag of the United States.svg Shawn Rashid17RetRet2316164Ret19Ret232023Ret20C21RetRetDNS20628
26 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Patrick Heuzenroeder2122Ret1818321
27 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Sherwood20Ret221
PosDriverR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12R13R14R15R16R17R18R19R20R21R22R23R24Pts
OUL
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SIL1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SPA
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
SNE
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SIL2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
BRH
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
ZAN
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
DON
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship

Each team counted its two best results of every race.

PosTeam OUL
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SIL1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SPA
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
SNE
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SIL2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
BRH
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
ZAN
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
DON
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Pts
R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12R13R14R15R16R17R18R19R20R21R22R23R24
1 JHR Developments 1312131120492102410812C127335452410844
21197372391015661318664C6512867138108138
2 Rodin Carlin 3268234822101536111235C2110876510121210750
197Ret6411810129510111511814C712149101475111518
3 Arden VRD411110912138646118978C482543244647716
1110712152712816373136910C131351164193811117
4 Hitech Pulse-Eight 6549411612116184212956C846711151031911699
10610920Ret1913Ret13288191318CRet1411859168513154
5Elite Motorsport1314265258731956221C33952211121853603
141816151771715111213147312DNSC191516698122Ret1866
6 Fortec Motorsports 7451010512673615124107C106481389632528
916313821111118181551199C1111Ret1317927976
7Douglas Motorsport5813714981535715519343C57321210697Ret412
1717Ret16161591416522220231516C1818RetDNS2018
8Chris Dittmann Racing1512177103220†17201172812C998911163713Ret14276
1820Ret21Ret13Ret20Ret1621941613C12RetRet1523103
9 Hillspeed 21151171317554143171711717C1519118191117141244
RetDNS831914183Ret22172418172121C2020Ret1921Ret201919
PosTeamR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12R13R14R15R16R17R18R19R20R21R22R23R24Pts
OUL
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SIL1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SPA
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
SNE
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SIL2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
BRH
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
ZAN
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
DON
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg

Notes

  1. John Bennett finished first on-track, but was given a 1-position penalty for overtaking off-track. Loake inherited the win.
  2. Matthew Rees crossed the line first, but was handed a ten-second time penalty for a jump start. John Bennett initially inherited the race win, before he was also penalized for a collision with Alex Dunne, handing Loake the win.
  1. 1 2 Tymek Kucharczyk originally qualified on pole position for both race 1 and race 2 in the qualifying session, but was later disqualified due to a technical infringement. Bennett inherited pole position for both races.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matthew Rees (racing driver)</span> British racing driver (born 2005)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">McKenzy Cresswell</span> British racing driver

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