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After the withdrawal of Honda at the end of 1968, the topic of Formula 1 in Japan seemed to be a thing of the past. Not for Kenji Mimura, who gathered a small team in Tokyo to realise the big dream of his own Formula 1 team. The first Maki F101 made its debut in Brands Hatch in 1974 with Howden Ganley at the wheel. But a serious accident in practice at the following race in the Green Hell of the Nürburgring ended both the season for Maki and the racing career of the New Zealander. The Japanese reappeared at Zandvoort in 1975 with a revised Maki F101C. But Hiroshi Fushida was unable to qualify the Maki.
For the German Grand Prix on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring, Mimura contracted British driver Tony Trimmer. The up-and-coming Japanese watch giant Citizen Watches came on board as a sponsor. With 620 kg, the F101C designed by Masao Ono was a heavyweight, however, and not really competitive. While Niki Lauda in the Ferrari 312T broke the 7-minute barrier in the Green Hell for the first time with his legendary lap of 6:58.6 minutes, Trimmer was 45 seconds behind in last position and did not qualify. Maki remained a Japanese side note of Formula 1 history and disbanded in 1976.