The Formula 1 wins tally for Cosworth's DFV topped 150 but as Gary Watkins writes, away from the GP world this Ford-badged V8 packed a punch in a variety of series
Keith Duckworth and his team at Cosworth designed the Ford DFV for one task and one task only – to win in Formula 1. One hundred and fifty-five world championship victories over three decades says they didn't do a bad job. Yet the Double Four Valve turned out to be much more than a successful grand prix engine, despite its creator's reticence – hostility even – towards the use of his masterpiece in other disciplines...