Imagine Miami getting the Super Bowl of auto racing every year for the next decade -- without the fuss (and cost) the comes with landing the NFL's championship game.

That's basically Formula One's sales pitch to the people of Miami -- and the politicians who represent them -- as F1 organizers and Miami City Manager Emilio Gonzalez close in on a soft July 1 deadline to hammer out a multi-year deal that would bring the world's top auto racing circuit to downtown Miami.

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