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# Formula 1 vs. BMW M1: Can the Wedge That Warmed Up the F1 Crowd Beat the Main Event?

The Lotus Exige brought a diet. The BMW M1 brings a paddock pass: in 1979 and 1980 its racing twin warmed up Formula 1 crowds with F1 drivers at the wheel. Now the wedge fights the main event.

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