{"id":2655,"date":"2018-09-28T15:20:02","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T15:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/cosworth-in-northampton-marks-60-years-of-powering-champions\/"},"modified":"2018-09-28T15:20:02","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T15:20:02","slug":"cosworth-in-northampton-marks-60-years-of-powering-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/cosworth-in-northampton-marks-60-years-of-powering-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosworth in Northampton marks 60 years of powering champions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Cosworth founders Keith Duckworth (second left) and Mike Costin (third left) are pictured in the 1950s with colleagues Bill Brown and Ben Rood
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A motorsport firm whose engines have powered the cars of champions including Nigel Mansell, Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve, is marking 60 years in business.<\/p>\n

Cosworth was set up on 28 September 1958 by Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth, who had worked together at Lotus.<\/p>\n

They wanted to “make a living messing around with racing engines”. <\/p>\n

The Northampton-based firm claims it is now busier than ever.<\/p>\n

It says it is working with “cutting-edge technology” to develop self-drive cars. <\/p>\n

In 2015, it opened a new \u00a320m factory in the town, manufacturing engines for five major car companies. It also has bases in Detroit and Indianapolis.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the birthday event at its headquarters, Mr Costin, 89, said he had not anticipated Cosworth would be such a success.<\/p>\n

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\n Cosworth said it had humble beginnings when it was initially set up “outside London”
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“We thought we might evolve into a small unit with 15 people, but due to winning a few races, the chances came to develop,” he said. <\/p>\n

“It was an almost rollercoaster ride, getting bigger and bigger all the time.”<\/p>\n

In the early days, a modified Ford engine was the first to break the 100 bhp per litre barrier, and dominated Formula Junior. <\/p>\n

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\n Mike Costin said the 1967 DFV was the forerunner of most Formula 1 engines and was used for 25 years, making it the most successful in F1
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In 1967, Cosworth designed and built the DFV for Lotus, which won on its debut in the hands of Jim Clark and went on to win a record 155 races over two decades of F1.<\/p>\n

The Cosworth XB powered Nigel Mansell to his 1993 IndyCar championship after he switched from F1, and was behind the mid-90s Indy 500 success of Jacques Villeneuve and Buddy Lazier.<\/p>\n

Michael Schumacher won the 1994 F1 championship with a Cosworth EC V8 engine, which produced 750 bhp. <\/p>\n

More recently, Cosworth has worked with Aston Martin and Red Bull to develop the V12 hypercar. <\/p>\n

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\n Jackie Stewart sitting next to a March-Cosworth 701 before the British Grand Prix in 1970
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\n The 1987 Ford Sierra RS Cosworth was a more familiar car to the general public
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