Cosworth delighted with no failures from 12 races - GPUpdate.net


Following a three-year sabbatical, Cosworth returned to Formula 1 as an engine supplier for the start of 2010 and, despite supplying no less than eight of the current 24 cars on the grid, a failure of one of its powerplants is yet to be seen.

Last seen supplying Williams and Toro Rosso for the 2006 campaign, Cosworth made its comeback this season in order to link up with Williams once again as well as with Formula 1’s trio of new teams.

Now, with 12 Grands Prix down and seven to go, Cosworth General Manager Mark Gallagher is thrilled with the Northampton company’s progress, which included an all-car finish for the first time this year in Hungary at the weekend.

“I strongly believe we have done a sensational job in providing a third of the grid with competitive, efficient and reliable engines this season,” he began. “Adding the distances achieved in Hungary, the total cumulative mileage for the Cosworth CA2010 engine in 12 race weekends is just over 58,000 kilometres (36,000 miles) across four teams - without a single engine failure.

“We have seen two engines cook themselves as a result of chassis-side failures of the cooling system resulting in water loss, once with HRT in Bahrain and once with Lotus in Monaco - they were not engine failures. Considering our rivals had a three-year head start, actually it’s been remarkable.”

Mark now anticipates more positivity after the four-week summer break. “We are looking forward very much to Spa and Monza to see how we perform on circuits where the engine can stretch its legs,” he continued. “Williams want more championship points, at every race, and we’d like to be on the podium.

“With Lotus Racing, Virgin Racing and HRT, huge progress has been made and it was particularly nice to see that the reliability issues which have been a problem for them at times finally disappeared on Sunday.”

 

They've got the reliability down. Now they just need the power to keep up with the big boys.

 

It seems as though the reliability in general has gone up a lot. I remember a few years back you'd see at least half a dozen engine failures throughout the course of the season. I think I only remember 1 so far this year.

 

I think that is a direct result of the FIA mandating 8 engines a season or something like that.

 

Good point, forgot about that.

 

This article is going to jinx them!

 

Their power isn't too far off the big boys numbers. If you think about it, Williams and their chassis which we all agree is no where near the top three, are putting the challenge to Renault (best engine and better chassis?) for best of the rest with an arguably over the hill (ok, well seasoned) driver and rookie line up.

Is it too far fetched to think that an upgraded Cosworth engine paired with a better chassis could be in the top 3?

Bottom line is it is great to see Cosworth back in the game proving their worth. American owned to boot.

 

between the engine development freeze and lowered redlines there isn't too much difference between the engines power wise(except for Mercedes with a slight advantage). Red Bull is showing its all about the aero package since thats the only area that can be developed. Cosworth making a strong motor is no suprise to me.