Mike Costin

Mike Costin

Mike Costin was together with Keith Duckworth the co-founder[1] of Cosworth Engineering, a producer of Ford-based and Ford-sponsored engines. Drivers like Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi and Nelson Piquet won the Formula One World Championship using Cosworth engines during the 1970s.[2]

In recent years he has been a consultant to the revived Triumph motorbike company.[1] He described himself as having "studied for 40 years at the University of Duckworth".[1]

References

Further reading

Cosworth: The Search for Power by Graham Robson; Publisher: J H Haynes & Co Ltd; ISBN 1844250156



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