Editing Maki Engineering (section)

==History==

A small team founded by Kenji Mimura, their entry into the [[1974 Formula One season|1974 Formula One World Championship]] was Japan's first since [[Honda Racing F1|Honda]] had withdrawn at the end of the 1968 season. They first entered the [[1974 British Grand Prix]], with [[New Zealand]] driver [[Howden Ganley]] driving a single Maki F101, powered by the ubiquitous [[Cosworth DFV|Cosworth DFV V8 engine]]. He failed to qualify, and then badly injured his legs at the following [[1974 German Grand Prix|German Grand Prix]]. The team then withdrew to [[Japan]] to repair and modify the car.

[[File:Maki F101 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed.jpg|thumb|left|Maki F101]]

That seemed to be it, but then the small team re-emerged at the [[1975 Dutch Grand Prix]], with successful domestic driver [[Hiroshi Fushida]] driving the updated Maki F101C, and sponsorship from [[Citizen Watch Co.|Citizen Watches]]. With only 25 entrants, he was guaranteed a starting place, but the DFV broke in practice and he was unable to start as the team had no spares. They missed the [[1975 French Grand Prix|French Grand Prix]], and then Fushida failed to qualify for the [[1975 British Grand Prix|British Grand Prix]]. For the [[1975 German Grand Prix|German Grand Prix]], former [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] F1 driver [[Tony Trimmer]] replaced Fushida, but was unable to qualify either there, or for the [[1975 Austrian Grand Prix|Austrian Grand Prix]]. Maki made its first and only race start in the non-championship [[1975 Swiss Grand Prix|Swiss Grand Prix]], where Trimmer finished last of the finishers in 13th place, six laps behind [[Clay Regazzoni]]'s [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]].

The team disappeared once again, only returning to Formula One once – for the 1976 season-closing [[1976 Japanese Grand Prix|Japanese Grand Prix]]. With Trimmer in the seat, the upgraded F102A once again failed to make the grid, and the team were never seen in Formula One again.