2003 Macau Grand Prix

Race details
Date 16 November 2003
Location Guia Circuit, Macau
Course Temporary street circuit

6.120 km (3.803 mi)

Distance 25 laps, 152.925 km (95.023 mi)
First leg
Pole
Driver Brazil Fábio Carbone Signature Team
Time 2:13.016
Fastest Lap
Driver Australia James Courtney TOM'S
Time 2:13.381
Podium
First Australia James Courtney TOM'S
Second France Nicolas Lapierre Signature Team
Third United States Richard Antinucci Hitech Racing
Second leg
Driver Australia James Courtney TOM'S
Fastest Lap
Driver Australia James Courtney TOM'S
Time 2:12.937
Podium
First France Nicolas Lapierre Signature Team
Second Brazil Fabio Carbone Signature Team
Third Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka Prema Powerteam

The 2003 Macau Grand Prix (formally the 50th Macau Grand Prix) was a motor race for Formula Three cars that was held on the streets of Macau on 16 November 2003. Unlike other races, such as the Masters of Formula 3, the 2003 Macau Grand Prix was not a part of any Formula Three championship, but was open to entries from all Formula Three championships. The race was divided into two legs: the first leg was held in the morning and lasted ten laps. The second took place in the afternoon and lasted fifteen laps. The overall winner was the driver who completed all 25 laps in the shortest amount of time. The 2003 event was the fiftieth running of the Macau Grand Prix and the twenty-first for Formula Three cars.

The Grand Prix was won by Signature Plus driver Nicolas Lapierre, having finished second in the first leg which was taken by James Courtney of TOM'S. Lapierre took the lead four laps from the end when Courtney sustained a puncture from running over a stray piece of carbon fibre debris and crashed into the wall at the Melco hairpin. Thus, Lapierre became the first rookie to win at Macau since David Coulthard in 1991. Second place went to the other Signature Plus car driven by Fábio Carbone and the podium was completed by Prema Powerteam's Katsuyuki Hiranaka.

Background and entry list

The 2003 Macau Grand Prix was the fiftieth running of the event and the twenty-first time the race was held to Formula Three regulations. It took place on the 6.2 kilometres (3.9 mi) twenty-two turn Guia Circuit on 16 November 2003 with three preceding days of practice and qualifying.[1]

In order to compete in Macau, drivers had to compete in an Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)-regulated championship meeting during the calendar year, in either the Formula Three Euro Series or one of the domestic championships, with the highest-placed drivers given priority in receiving an invitation to the race.[2] Within the thirty car grid of the event,[3] three of the four major Formula Three series were represented by their respective champion. Ryan Briscoe, the Formula Three Euro Series champion, was joined in Macau by All-Japan Formula Three series winner James Courtney and Italian champion Fausto Ippoliti. The highest ranked driver representing the British Formula Three Championship was Nelson Piquet Jr. and he was joined by the series' scholarship champion E. J. Viso.[4] Five drivers from outside of Formula Three received invitations from race organisers to participate in the Grand Prix.[4] They were Lewis Hamilton, the Formula Renault 2.0 UK champion,[5] World Series by Nissan driver Narain Karthikeyan and Macau natives Lei Kit Meng, Michael Ho and Jo Merszei.[4]

The Macau Grand Prix was started in 1954 by local car enthusiasts Fernando de Macedo Pinto, Carlos da Silva and Paulo Antas as a treasure hunt around the territory's streets.[6][7] Shortly after, it was suggested that the hunt's track could host a professional race for local motoring enthusiasts.[8] The race was first entered in the FIA's international motor racing calendar in 1960 and the regulations were amended to allow sports and grand touring cars to compete. The Grand Prix attracted further exposure amongst professional racing teams following the victory of Mauro Bianchi in the 1966 edition.[8] Formula Pacific regulations were introduced in 1974. Nine years later, organiser Barry Bland decided that since the category was becoming obsolete, the race would be held to Formula Three rules after a plan to run with Formula Two cars fell through.[9] This decision has seen the Grand Prix's reputation in the motorsport world increase rapidly; it attracts the best young drivers from around the world,[6] and they consider Macau a place where reputations are forged.[10] Macau is also considered a stepping stone to higher class racing categories such as Formula One,[11] and has been termed as one of the most "prestigious" motor races by the media.[12][13]

Report

Practice and qualifying

Two practice sessions were held before the race on Sunday. The first session, held on Thursday morning, lasted thirty minutes, while the second identically timed session, took place on Friday morning.[14] Courtney, a pre-race favourite,[15] set the fastest time early in the opening practice session with a lap of two minutes and 14.724 seconds and he was 0.744 seconds quicker than Pierre Kaffer in second.[16] Richard Antinucci, Tatsuya Kataoka, Karthikeyan, Fábio Carbone, Briscoe, Katsuyuki Hiranaka, Robert Kubica and Paolo Montin were in positions three through ten.[17] Three incidents occurred during the session. Hamilton collided with Kataoka at Fisherman's Bend corner and spun into the barrier. Marco Bonanomi later crashed into the wall at Dona Maria Bend corner and then Fairuz Fauzy braked too late for Lisboa turn and hit the barriers lightly.[16]

James Courtney (pictured in 2002) held provisional pole position on Friday but lost it to Fábio Carbone the following day because of changes to his gear ratio that slowed him.

The qualifying period was split into two sessions; the first was held on Thursday afternoon and lasted 45 minutes. The second held on Friday afternoon was similarly timed to the previous day's session.[14] The fastest time set by each driver from either session counted towards his final starting position for the race on Sunday.[2] The start of the first qualifying session was delayed by thirty-five minutes due to an incident during practice for the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia race in which an unknown driver dented the Armco barrier at the exit of the pit lane and course officials had to repair it.[18] When the session did start in overcast but warm weather conditions, several drivers occupied provisional pole position,[18] but it was Courtney who was fastest in the end by pushing hard and avoided using new tyres to set a two minutes and 13.232 seconds lap.[17][19] Carbone was six-tenths of a second adrift in second having held pole position for much of the session. Kaffer was consistently in the top four and ended up in provisional third.[18] Kataoka finished the session in fourth and Robert Doornbos placed fifth.[19] Nicolas Lapierre corrected a ride height problem that held him back in practice and was sixth after running strongly throughout. Lapierre was ahead of Montin and Piquet.[18][19] Karthikeyan and César Campaniço rounded out the top ten.[17] Antinucci was the fastest driver not go get into the top ten but he was as high as provisional pole position in qualifying's early stages. Following Antinucci were Nico Rosberg, Álvaro Parente and Hiranaka. Briscoe was one of the early pace setters but he could not replicate this form later on and ended the session 15th.[17][18] Fauzy was next up and he was ahead of Pedro Barral, Andrew Thompson, Hamilton and Ronnie Quintarelli. The rest of the order was completed by Danny Watts, Viso, Naoki Yokomizo, Bonanomi, Ho, Rob Austin, Hiroki Yoshimoto, Kubica, Lei and Merszei.[17] The session was disrupted with two red flags and some drivers ventured off the track.[19] Viso spun approaching Police Bend and rested sideways on a narrow section of the track. Kubica was close by and tried to avoid Viso but ended up clipping the wall and ricocheted off Viso's nose cone. Since several cars could not get by due to the circuit being impassible, the session was stopped and officials extracted the stricken cars. The second red flags were triggered by Barral who spun entering the Melco hairpin and blocked the track. Yellow flags were later needed at the R-Bend turn for Piquet who removed his left-rear wheel in a heavily clout with the wall.[18][19]

In the second half an hour practice session, Courtney continued his record of being the fastest driver in every session held up until that point and posted a lap time of two minutes and 13.566 seconds. He was three-tenths of a second faster than Antinucci.[17][20] Kataoka was third-fastest, Lapierre was fourth, Doornbos fifth and Montin sixth. Rosberg was seventh-fastest and the rest of the top ten ahead of second qualifying were Kaffer, Yoshimoto and Carbone.[17] The first stoppage of the session happened when Austin crashed heavily and Yokomizo inflicted an extensive amount of damage to his car when he crashed at San Francisco Bend corner. Other drivers to sustain car damage were Piquet, Barral, Briscoe and Hiranaka.[20]

The start of the second qualifying session was delayed for twenty-five minutes due to the multiple incidents in second practice and crashes during qualifying for the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia race. When it did start, most drivers chose to save two sets of tyres for Sunday's race but nobody improved their best lap times early on but a large amount of close formation driving was observed.[21] Although he could not improve his lap time due to heavy traffic, Courtney continued to maintain his hold on pole position until Carbone took it with a time of two minutes and 13.016 seconds late on and kept it until qualifying ended.[21][22][23] However, Carbone's session ended early as he pushed too hard trying to improve his time and spun into the wall at San Francisco Bend corner.[23] Briscoe pushed hard and joined Carbone on the front row of the grid despite having a wishbone on his suspension replaced after he spun into the barrier at Fisherman's Bend early on.[21] Courtney fell to third and he attributed this to a change of gear ratios which lost him some acceleration.[22] Lapierre improved to fourth while Kaffer fell to fifth.[23] Antinucci was another driver who improved his best time and gained five places to qualify sixth despite going off the track at Lisboa turn. Rosberg clipped the wall at Police bend but set a lap time good enough for seventh. Kataoka was eighth and Montin took ninth.[17][21][23] Doornbos had an accident at Lisboa corner and dropped places to round out the top ten.[23] Behind him, the rest of the field lined up as Parente, Fauzy, Piquet, Kubica, Campaniço, Watts, Karthikeyan, Hamilton, Yoshimoto, Quintarelli, Thompson, Barral, Hiranaka, Viso, Austin, Ho, Yokomizo, Bonanomi, Lei and Merszei.[17] As other drivers went off the track, there was one other major incident that occurred during the session which was the unwell Karthiekyan being unable to control his car and pulled off the track at Police bend.[21]

Warm-up

A twenty-minute warm-up session was held on the morning of the race.[14] Antinucci drove more strongly than he had done in all the prior sessions and was the fastest driver with a lap time of two minutes and 14.048 seconds. Carbone was a tenth of a second behind in second and Piquet followed close behind in the time sheets in third. Placing fourth was Kataoka with Doornbos fifth and Kaffer sixth. Briscoe, Montin, Rosberg and Kubica rounded the session's top ten fastest drivers.[17] After warm-up, but before the first leg of the race, the field was reduced to 29 cars as Karthikeyan was withdrawn due to him being diagnosed with glandular fever by the FIA medical delegate.[24]

Race

Sunday's race was divided into two legs. The first leg was held in the morning and lasted ten laps. The results of the first leg determined the starting order of the second leg with the winner starting from pole position. Afterwards, a five-hour interval was observed to allow for the intervening support races to occur. The second leg took place late in the afternoon and ran for fifteen laps. The overall winner of the Grand Prix was the driver who completed all 25 laps in the shortest amount of time.[2][14]

Leg 1

Ryan Briscoe (pictured in 2009) took the lead from Carbone entering Reservoir Bend turn but lost it when he went wide at Lisboa corner and failed to return to the top three.

The first leg of the race began under overcast but dry weather conditions at 09:15 Macau Standard Time (UTC+08:00) on 16 November.[14][17] On the formation lap, one of Piquet's tyres shredded as he went up Moorish Hill. It then detached and Piquet also shattered his front wing. Piquet stopped in the pit lane and ran to the grid to seek a mechanic from his team but repairs could not be completed before the start.[24] Briscoe made a fast getaway off the line and drew alongside pole sitter Carbone around the inside going into Reservoir Bend corner. Briscoe took the lead from Carbone after they touched wheels. However, Briscoe kept the lead for a short while as he carried too much speed approaching Lisboa turn and ran wide, allowing Carbone to retake first place. Lapierre and Courtney took advantage of the situation and claimed second and third from Briscoe. Further down the order, Kaffer tried to overtake to Montin around the inside but clipped the barrier on the outside line. As Kaffer ricocheted across the track, Rosberg rolled over one of the stricken vehicles and rested upside down on the circuit. Parente also got caught up in the incident and retired. Watts then picked up front wing damage but returned to the pit lane for a replacement nose cone before retiring a lap later.[24][25]

Because of the wreckage, the safety car was deployed to enable the extraction of all the stricken cars via a crane and it remained on the circuit until the start of the third lap. Lapierre immediately mounted a challenge on his teammate Carbone. It led to Carbone's right-side front wing endplate breaking and launching into the air.[24][26] Lapierre consequently became the new leader as he passed Carbone into Lisboa corner and Courtney followed soon after.[25] Carbone then dropped behind Briscoe who moved to fourth and he came under attack from Antinucci. In the meantime, Austin gained the most places and was now 13th after starting 25th.[24] Upfront, Lapierre was withstanding pressure from Courtney and responded by setting what was at that point the fastest lap of the race,[24] a circuit of two minutes and 15.704 seconds on the fifth lap.[17] This however did not disconcert Courtney and he overtook Lapierre around the outside at Lisboa corner for the lead on lap six.[24][25] Meanwhile, Kataoka was moving up the order as he moved ahead of Doornbos while Hamilton passed Kubica.[24]

Both gained another position on the seventh lap when a frustrated Briscoe collided with Carbone in his attempt at getting past for third due to Carbone braking 30 ft (9.1 m) earlier at Lisboa corner and spun.[25][26] Carbone continued but Briscoe was stuck in Lisboa turn's escape road where he was trying to restart his car and Antinucci moved into third. Kataoka was now duelling Carbone but made an error in traffic when he tried to overtake him entering Lisboa turn. It meant Kataoka had to abandon the duel and went into the escape road to avoid piling into Carbone.[24] Katoka was now pressured by Hamilton who overtook Doornbos on lap nine but was re-passed by him at Lisboa corner on the final lap before Doornbos' drive shaft broke and lost positions.[24][26] Courtney extended his advantage to 4.6 seconds to win the race and started the second leg from pole position. He was joined on the front row of the grid by Lapierre and Antinucci was third. The last of the finishers were Carbone, Hamilton, Kubica, Fauzy, Thompson, Quintarelli, Hiranaka, Austin, Viso, Yoshimoto, Doornbos, Briscoe, Ho, Bonanomi, Lei, Merszei and Barral.[26] Other retirements included Campaniço, Kataoka and Piquet who damaged their cars by hitting the walls lining the track.[26]

Leg 2

The second leg of the race started later that day at 15:55 local time under cloudy but dry weather conditions.[14][17] For the second successive leg, a driver encountered problems on the formation lap when Yoshimoto removed his front wing which was replaced before the second leg began. Courtney held his lead going into Reservoir Bend corner with Lapierre close by. Hamilton moved to third but could not advance any further as he was caught up in a multi-car accident.[27] Hamilton was slow leaving the turn as Kubica challenged him on the inside approaching San Francisco Bend. Kubica went into the wall and ricocheted into the incoming field.[28][29] Antnucci then drifted into the wall and his front wing broke Hamilton's front track rod.[28] Antinucci's teammate Thompson also went into the barrier. The incidents necessitated the safety car's deployment for two laps since marshals had to remove the wrecked cars. Courtney remained first at the restart, followed by Lapierre and fended off a series of initial attacks from him for the lead. Under the safety car, Hamilton noticed he had a punctured tyre from the contact with Antinucci. He allowed Carbone through just before the start/finish line to make the puncture known to race officials and retired in the pit lane at the end of lap three. Meanwhile, Viso retired on the lap with car damage caused by debris.[27]

Nicolas Lapierre (pictured in 2007) won the Grand Prix overall after James Courtney picked up a puncture that put him into the wall at the Melco hairpin on lap eleven.

Lapierre was underneath the rear of Courtney's car as they entered the Melco hairpin each time but Courtney pulled out a small advantage on the circuit's straights due to the superior horsepower provided by his engine over the one in Lapierre's car. This proved so until Lapierre drew closer to Courtney by setting the fastest lap of the race and Courtney responded by doing the same lap after lap. It provided Courtney with a small lead and he negated the slipstream effect that Lapierre would have had he been close by.[27] In the meantime, Carbone was issued a drive-through penalty for passing Hamilton before the start/finish line. It was rescinded when race officials realised Hamilton's puncture meant Carbone could not back off from passing him.[30] Carbone responded by lapping faster than the top two but Lapierre reacted almost immediately and again began drawing closer to Courtney. Lapierre was soon close enough to attempt an overtake entering Lisboa turn but Courtney blocked his manoevure.[27]

Further back, Parente retired in the pit lane on lap seven because of an oil leak. Meanwhile, Austin lost part of his front wing and led a train of cars which included Rosberg who sought a way past but Piquet was close by.[27] Piquet then stopped attacking, allowing Rosberg to focus on Austin. He drew alongside Austin only for him to come back before the latter lost the duel and made a pit stop for a new front wing.[27] Upfront, Courtney was focused on increasing his lead by recording the fastest lap of the weekend, completing a circuit in two minutes and 12.937 seconds on the tenth lap,[17][27] and it appeared he would win the race comfortably.[29][31] However, on lap eleven,[31] Courtney was two seconds in front of Lapierre when a stray chunk of carbon fibre debris lying on the circuit from an earlier incident punctured his right-rear tyre.[15][27][29] That rendered Courtney unable to steer and he went into the barriers leaving the Melco hairpin. Courtney's front-right suspension was torn from his vehicle and its bodywork was damaged.[15] Although Courtney was unhurt, Lapierre moved into the lead.[31]

Kaffer was hassling Kataoka for sixth but this became fifth when Doornbos' gearbox failed on lap fourteen. Doornbos' retirement promoted Hiranaka to third while Kaffer overtook Kataoka for fifth. On the final lap, Kataoka retired by crashing into the wall alongside the circuit.[27] On his maiden appearance in Macau, it was Lapierre's overall victory, completing the second leg in a time of 37 minutes and 0.078 seconds,[31] and achieving the first win for a rookie in Macau since David Coulthard the 1991 edition.[27][32] Lapierre was 5.416 seconds in front of his teammate Carbone in second and Hiranaka completed the outright podium in third.[31] Off the podium, Quintarelli had a quiet race in fourth and Briscoe placed fifth. Yoshimoto came sixth, Ho took seventh, Austin placed eighth, Fauzy finished ninth and Barral rounded out the top ten. The Macanese duo of Lei and Merszei were eleventh and twelfth. Bonanomi, Piquet, Kataoka and Doornbos were the last of the overall classified finishers after Lapierre lapped them.[29] Of the twenty-nine drivers, nine completed all 25 laps of the event.[31]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No. Driver Team Q1 Time Rank Q2 Time Rank Gap Grid
1 16 Brazil Fábio Carbone Signature Team 2:13.835 2 2:13.016 1 — 1
2 1 Australia Ryan Briscoe Prema Powerteam 2:15.894 15 2:13.223 2 +0.207 2
3 9 Australia James Courtney TOM'S 2:13.232 1 2:13.237 3 +0.216 3
4 17 France Nicolas Lapierre Signature Team 2:14.900 6 2:13.270 4 +0.254 4
5 37 Germany Pierre Kaffer TME Racing 2:14.126 3 2:13.506 5 +0.490 5
6 11 United States Richard Antinucci Hitech Racing 2:15.572 11 2:13.514 6 +0.498 6
7 6 Germany Nico Rosberg Carlin Motorsport 2:15.644 12 2:13.906 7 +0.890 7
8 10 Japan Tatsuya Kataoka TOM'S 2:14.212 4 2:14.910 8 +0.894 8
9 23 Italy Paolo Montin ThreeBond Racing 2:15.071 7 2:13.958 9 +0.942 9
10 20 Netherlands Robert Doornbos Menu Motorsport 2:14.719 5 2:14.146 10 +1.130 10
11 5 Portugal Álvaro Parente Carlin Motorsport 2:15.686 13 2:14.593 11 +1.577 11
12 36 Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy Promatecme 2:15.922 16 2:14.728 12 +1.712 12
13 12 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. Hitech Racing 2:15.075 8 2:14.949 13 +1.933 13
14 25 Poland Robert Kubica Target Racing 2:20.406 28 2:14.965 14 +1.949 14
15 18 Portugal César Campaniço Signature Team 2:15.506 10 2:15.001 15 +1.985 15
16 30 United Kingdom Danny Watts Alan Docking Racing 2:17.218 21 2:15.050 16 +2.034 16
17 4 India Narain Karthikeyan Carlin Motorsport 2:15.135 9 2:15.381 19 +2.119 17
18 27 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Manor Motorsport 2:16.636 19 2:15.160 17 +2.144 18
19 32 Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto Swiss Racing Team 2:19.483 27 2:15.189 18 +2.173 19
20 21 Italy Ronnie Quintarelli JB Motorsport with Inging 2:17.069 20 2:15.478 20 +2.462 20
21 15 United Kingdom Andrew Thompson Hitech Racing 2:16.597 18 2:15.515 21 +2.499 21
22 15 Spain Pedro Barral Swiss Racing Team 2:16.568 17 2:15.782 22 +2.766 22
23 2 JapanKatsuyuki Hiranaka Prema Powerteam 2:15.854 14 2:16.114 24 +2.838 23
24 33 Venezuela E. J. Viso Promatecme 2:18.163 22 2:16.006 23 +2.990 24
25 19 United Kingdom Rob Austin Menu Motorsport 2:18.934 26 2:16.368 25 +3.352 25
26 38 Macau Michael Ho TME Racing 2:18.896 25 2:16,877 26 +3.861 26
27 22 Japan Naoki Yokomizo JB Motorsport with Inging 2:18.183 23 No Time +5.167 27
28 26 Italy Marco Bonanomi Target Racing 2:18.247 24 2:20.730 28 +5.231 28
29 28 Macau Lei Kit Meng Manor Motorsport 2:22.298 29 2:20.537 27 +7.521 29
30 29 Macau Jo Merszei Alan Docking Racing 2:29.289 30 2:24.503 29 +11.487 30
110% qualifying time: 2:26.317[17]
Source:[17]
Bold time indicates the faster of the two times that determined the grid order.

Race

Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 17 France Nicolas Lapierre Signature Team 25 — 4
2 16 Brazil Fábio Carbone Signature Team 25 +5.416 1
3 2 Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka Prema Powerteam 25 +15.382 23
4 21 Italy Ronnie Quintarelli JB Motorsport with Inging 25 +16.611 20
5 1 Australia Ryan Briscoe Prema Powerteam 25 +27.649 2
6 32 Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto Swiss Racing Team 25 +51.813 19
7 38 Macau Michael Ho TME Racing 25 +1.49.249 26
8 19 United Kingdom Rob Austin Menu Motorsport 25 +2.05.596 25
9 36 Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy Promatecme 25 +2.11.751 11
10 15 Spain Pedro Barral Swiss Racing Team 24 +1 Lap 22
11 28 Macau Lei Kit Meng Manor Motorsport 24 +1 Lap 29
12 29 Macau Jo Merszei Alan Docking Racing 24 +1 Lap 30
13 26 Italy Marco Bonanomi Target Racing 23 +2 Laps 28
14 12 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. Hitech Racing 22 +3 Laps 13
15 10 Japan Tatsuya Kataoka TOM'S 22 +3 Laps 8
16 20 Netherlands Robert Doornbos Menu Motorsport 22 +3 Laps 10
Ret 9 Australia James Courtney TOM'S 20 Accident in leg two 3
Ret 18 Portugal César Campaniço Signature Team 18 Accident in leg two 15
Ret 30 United Kingdom Danny Watts Alan Docking Racing 16 Accident damage 16
Ret 37 Germany Pierre Kaffer TME Racing 15 Accident in leg one 5
Ret 23 Italy Paolo Montin ThreeBond Racing 15 Accident in leg one 9
Ret 22 Japan Naoki Yokomizo JB Motorsport with Inging 15 Retired 27
Ret 33 Venezuela E. J. Viso Promatecme 13 Accident damage 24
Ret 27 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Manor Motorsport 13 Puncture in leg two 18
Ret 11 United States Richard Antinucci Hitech Racing 10 Accident in leg two 6
Ret 25 Poland Robert Kubica Target Racing 10 Accident in leg two 14
Ret 15 United Kingdom Andrew Thompson Hitech Racing 10 Accident in leg two 21
Ret 6 Germany Nico Rosberg Carlin Motorsport 6 Not classified 7
Ret 5 Portugal Álvaro Parente Carlin Motorsport 6 Accident/Oil leak 11
WD 4 India Narain Karthikeyan Carlin Motorsport 0 Illness 17
Fastest lap: James Courtney, 2:12.937, 165.73 km/h (102.98 mph) on lap 10[17]
Source:[17]

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