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Shimizu Cup Formule Mirage Series
CategorySingle seaters
CountryJapan Japan
Inaugural season1990
Folded1995
ConstructorsVan Diemen
Reynard
Engine suppliersMitsubishi
Last Drivers' championTsuyoshi Shimizu
Last Constructors' championReynard

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 Shoichi Ito Reynard MW001
1994 Takeshi Asami Reynard MW001
1995 Tsuyoshi Shimizu 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
Shoichi Ito 3 3
Shinichi Yamaji 2 2
Eiji Yamada 2 2
Hidetoshi Mitsusada 2 2
Takeshi Tsuchiya 2 2
Kenshi Yamamoto 1 1 2
Kono Taro 2 2
Tsuyoshi Shimizu 2 2
Hisashi Wada 1 1
Hashimoto Motokokorozashi 1 1
Sakae Obata 1 1
Hiroyuki Enomoto 1 1
Yasushi Oki 1 1

References

  1. ^ "Formula Mirage". Racing History Japan. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
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