Formula Mirage
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Category | Single seaters |
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Country | ![]() |
Inaugural season | 1990 |
Folded | 1995 |
Constructors | Van Diemen Reynard |
Engine suppliers | Mitsubishi |
Last Drivers' champion | |
Last Constructors' champion | Reynard |
The Formula Mirage was a racing class supported by the Japan Automobile Federation and Mitsubishi. This racing class was started in the same year as the more successful Formula Toyota and lasted for six years between 1990 and 1995.
The cars[]
Formula Mirage was an open chassis class, open for all manufacturers. Only Van Diemen and Reynard Motorsports entered the series using converted Formula Ford 2000 chassis. All competitors had to use the same engine, the 2-liter, DOHC, 4-valve, Mitsubishi 4G63 engine.[1] Despite the series name, the 4G63 engine was never used in a Mirage model, although the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution series of cars which used the engines were based on the Mirage platform at the time the series ran.
Champions[]
Year | Driver | Car |
---|---|---|
1990 | Keiichi Tsuchiya | Van Diemen |
1991 | Eiji Yamada | Van Diemen |
1992 | Osamu Hagiwara | Van Diemen |
1993 | Reynard MW001 | |
1994 | Takeshi Asami | Reynard MW001 |
1995 | Reynard MW001 |
All-time win list[]
Driver | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Takeshi Asami | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |||
Keiichi Tsuchiya | 3 | 3 | |||||
Osamu Hagiwara | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
3 | 3 | ||||||
Shinichi Yamaji | 2 | 2 | |||||
Eiji Yamada | 2 | 2 | |||||
Hidetoshi Mitsusada | 2 | 2 | |||||
Takeshi Tsuchiya | 2 | 2 | |||||
1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
2 | 2 | ||||||
2 | 2 | ||||||
1 | 1 | ||||||
1 | 1 | ||||||
1 | 1 | ||||||
1 | 1 | ||||||
1 | 1 |
References[]
- ^ "Formula Mirage". Racing History Japan. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
Categories:
- Auto racing series in Japan
- Formula racing
- Formula racing series
- Recurring sporting events established in 1990
- Recurring events disestablished in 1995
- Defunct auto racing series