COLT F2A A fter the 1966 season the undivided attention of MHI was devoted to the development of a new machine that would be able to be competitive at the 4th Japan GP (1967). A Colt 1500 engine was bored out to 1589 cc and the 160 h.p. R46 straight four OHV unit was then put into an improved version of the Colt F3A chassis. The new improved machine was called the Colt F2A and lived up to the expectations that people had of its speed when it was entered in the Japan GP of that year. This was the year when the formula cars were an officially recognized class of the event, indicating that Japanese motorsport was indeed coming of age. The Mitsubishi factory cars demonstrated their superiority in the class when they qualified 1st and 2nd in the hands of Osamu Mochizuki and Osamu Masuko, and then proceeded to decimate the opposition by recording a 1-2 finish and lapping every other car on the circuit on the way to victory. In this way, Mitsubishi showed everyone the way you should go about formula car racing, their efforts in car design and preparation bearing fruit in a way that would stand up to the strictest examination. BACK

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