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Between 1968 and 1974, every single Constructors Championship in F1 was won by the same Cosworth engine - the DFV - and in 1969 and 1973, every single F1 race was won by a DFV-powered car. This one engine was responsible for F1 wins across four decades - the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. But who the hell is Cosworth? What’s their magic formula? And most importantly, how did two gentlemen engineers in suits manage to create an engine-tuning empire that changed racing for decades? Today on Past Gas, it’s part one of our two-part series on COSWORTH.
0:00 Intro
1:00 Cinematic Intro
2:11 Cosworth: The Most Successful Engine Maker in F1 History
1:05:32 Listener mail / Outro
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James really knocked it out of the park with his Australian accent on this one.

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Love to see Cosworth getting the two episode treatment.

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That darkwing duck curve ball 🤌🤣 pure comedic delivery, exceptional, history was made right there.

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Wow.......that Darkwing Duck section took a very odd turn.
That will get people to listen through just to hear it.

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I don’t get the joke though what’s dark wing duck and what does that have to do with freckles?

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Nolan loosing is it was the best part

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I lost it mate 😂 biggest curve ball in history 🤌😆

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Perfect start to my week!
💯💪🏽💯

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Nolans energy is ON ANOTHER LEVEL this episode 🤣 Goose it freaks!

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I read a book about DFV ! A whole book on an engine. It was the winningest F1 engine. Cheers from New Zealand

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The “Coventry climax” 😮

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Excuse me for pushing my glasses up my nose, Nolan. But 1:03:35 wings on the car still suck the car down (the low pressure under each wing is responsible for the downforce rather than high pressure pushing down).

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We completely lost Nolan to Dierdre.

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22:55 What?! 😳

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Nolan there making it plainly clear he has no idea how inflation works.

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