John Wyer’s Mirage team created the M2 as a Group 6 Prototype to contest the 1969 World Sportscar Championship alongside the team’s Group 4 Ford GT40s that had won the title in 1968.
Read MoreJohn Wyer’s decision to build a Group 6 Prototype for the 1969 racing season had not met with the initial success one might have expected; the Mirage M2’s best result from five outings at three races…
Read MoreFor the 1968 World Sportscar Championship, the FIA unilaterally decided to impose a three-litre engine limit for Group 6 Prototypes. At a stroke, this made cars like the Ford Mk4, Ferrari P4, Mirage…
Read MoreWhen the Mirage M1 fell victim to a three-litre engine limit imposed on Group 6 Prototypes for 1968, John Wyer Automotive Engineering (JWAE) temporarily reverted to the Mk1 GT40. As it was…
Read MoreAfter the FIA banned large displacement Group 6 Prototypes like the Mirage M1 for 1968, John Wyer temporarily turned his attention to the Group 4 GT40; the big Ford offered a 2000cc…
Read MoreChassis 02 was one of three Group 6 Mirage M2s built to contest the 1969 World Sportscar Championship. Two were BRM-powered with ZF gearboxes while the other car initially ran a GT40…
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