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... that the McLaren MP4/4 (pictured) was the most dominant car in the history of Formula One, winning all but one of the races in the 1988 Formula One season?
... that the tyres at the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix had their grooves painted green to promote environmentally friendly driving?
... that AVUS, a track which consisted entirely of two straights and two hairpins, was once part of the Formula One Championship?
... that in 2009 Brawn GP won the first two Grands Prix they entered, becoming the first team to do so since Alfa Romeo in 1950?

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