Formula Mirage


The Formula Mirage was a racing class supported by the 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. 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

YearDriverCar
1990Keiichi TsuchiyaVan Diemen
1991Eiji YamadaVan Diemen
1992Osamu HagiwaraVan Diemen
1993Shoichi ItoReynard MW001
1994Takeshi AsamiReynard MW001
1995Tsuyoshi ShimizuReynard MW001

All-time win list

Driver199019911992199319941995Total
Takeshi Asami1146
Keiichi Tsuchiya33
Osamu Hagiwara123
Shoichi Ito33
Shinichi Yamaji22
Eiji Yamada22
Hidetoshi Mitsusada22
Takeshi Tsuchiya22
Kenshi Yamamoto112
Kono Taro22
Tsuyoshi Shimizu22
Hisashi Wada11
Hashimoto Motokokorozashi11
Sakae Obata11
Hiroyuki Enomoto11
Yasushi Oki11