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The Ford name, ever-present on the Formula One grid since the debut of the Ford Cosworth DFV in 1967, was therefore absent for the 2000 season, although it would make a brief return in 2003 and 2004. Williams switched to BMW engines, replacing the Supertec units of the previous season. The contract, which had been signed back in 1998, marked ...
The DFV is an internal combustion engine that was originally produced by Cosworth for Formula One motor racing. 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.
In Formula One, a new DFV-based design was introduced for the new 3,500 cc (213.6 cu in) normally aspirated rules in 1987. The DFZ was produced as an interim model, but in 1988 Cosworth created the DFV's final evolution, the DFR , which soldiered on in F1 with smaller teams until 1991, scoring its last points – including a pair of second ...
In Formula 1, no engine comes close to matching the success of this 3.0-liter V-8. The engine was so good it became critical to the success of the sport; F1 might not have survived without it.
[8] [9] [10] The DFX engine was the Indy car version of the highly successful 3-liter Ford-Cosworth DFV Formula One engine developed by former Lotus engineer Keith Duckworth and Colin Chapman backing from Ford for the Lotus 49 to campaign the 1967 season. This engine had 155 wins between 1967 and 1985 in F1.
The Cosworth DFV, and other engines based on the same design, became the standard in Formula One and many other types of racing and made Duckworth a very wealthy man. In 1980 he sold his majority stake in Cosworth for tax reasons but retained his position as chairman of the company; relinquishing the job to Mike Costin seven years later for ...
Pages in category "2000 Formula One races" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The first table details World Championship Grand Prix results for the McLaren Formula One ... Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8: 2 5 Ret ... 2000: MP4/15: Mercedes FO110J 3.0 ...