40th Anniversary of the Cosworth DFV's first Win

The Ford Cosworth DFVThe inside story of F1's greatest engine By Andrew Noakes

Publication: Out NowRRP: £25.00Format: HardbackISBN: 978 1 84425 337 1

The Ford-Cosworth DFV and its derivatives form the greatest family of racing engines ever created. Keith Duckworth's masterpiece won its first race and quickly rose to dominance in Formula One. Remarkably, it remained at the pinnacle of motorsport for more than 15 years and won 155 World Championship Grands Prix. However, the DFV was more than just a Formula One engine. It twice won the gruelling Le Mans 24-hour sports car race and powered a whole generation of drivers in Formula 3000. It was successful in the Tasman series and in the British Hillclimb Championship and its turbocharged DFX derivative dominated Indycar racing in the 1980s, recording more than 150 race wins.

This fascinating book details the entire Formula One career of the DFV series, from the engine's conception in 1965 and its supremely successful debut in the back of the Lotus 49 in 1967, through its dominance of F1 in the 1970s, to its re-emergence in the 1980s in 3.5-litre form.  Each chapter is packed with technical detail, anecdotes and interviews, supported by a wealth of archive photographs, many previously unpublished, supported by comprehensive appendices listing every World Championship and Indycar race win. The story extends to cover all the DFV's derivatives that dominated motorsport across the globe for more than 15 years. A fitting tribute to the most successful Formula One engine of all time.

After training as an automotive engineer at Loughborough University, Andrew Noakes became a freelance writer and editor. He founded Classics magazine in 1997, eventually becoming the magazine's Editor in Chief before returning to freelancing in 2002. Since then he has contributed to numerous motoring magazines and websites, including Classic & Sports Car, CAR, Auto Express, Classics Monthly, Classic Car Weekly and PistonHeads.com, and has written books on several classic marques. He also lectures in automotive journalism at Coventry University. He lives in near Southam in Warwickshire.