Formula 1 ford cosworth engine. The name cosworth comes from the founders mike costin and keith duckworth. Guys at cosworth building their first turbo f1 engine for beatrice haas lola team. Ford cosworth engine referred to dfv double four valve this formula 1 engine was a normally aspirated 30 litre 900 v8 with 510 bhp at.
1967 driving into formula 1. In addition to helping teams take home 12 separate world championships it also. In a partnership with ford they started supplying engines in formula one in 1963 but the first win was not achieved until 1967 with jim clark winning the dutch grand prix for lotus.
The name cosworth is a contraction of the two mens surnames with costin supplying the cos and duckworth the worth. Cosworth is based in northampton england with american facilities in indianapolis shelby charter township michigan and mooresville north carolina. The dfv is an internal combustion engine that was originally produced by cosworth for formula one motor racing.
Based on the ford road engine cosworths engines were one of the first to break the 100 bhp per litre barrier and dominate in formula 2 3 and junior. The name is an abbreviation of double four valve the engine being a v8 development of the earlier four cylinder fva which had four valves per cylinder. Ford financed cosworth built three litre engines dominated formula one racing in the decade before the arrival of the turbos finally winning an unprecendented 155 grands prix.
Cosworth as a company has supplied 67 formula one teams with engines over the last 48 years. This year the same alliance has produced a brand new power unit for the 35 litre formula. F1 v8 engine sound.
Cosworth launch their first engine for formula junior a year after their launch claiming their first victory just a year later. Impressively cosworth has collected 176 wins in formula 1 as an engine supplier ranking third behind ferrariand mercedes. Cosworths legendary v 8 dfv double four valve engine was used in formula 1 cars from 1967 all the way until 1985.
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