Graham Hill, who was in the team at the specific request of Ford and Hayes, put his Cosworth DFV-powered Lotus 49 on pole position by half a second and led for the first 10 laps but was then sidelined by a broken gear in the camshaft drive.
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The Cosworth DFV effectively replaced the Coventry Climax as the standard F1 powerplant for the private teams.
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In 1969 and 1973 every World Championship race was won by Cosworth DFV-powered cars, with the engine taking a total of 155 wins from 262 races between 1967 and 1985.
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Cosworth DFV was used in sportscar racing with some modest success.
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In 1968, new rules for the Sports Prototype class limited engine displacement to 3 litres and Ford sponsored the Cosworth DFV-powered Ford P68 as their entry under the new rules.
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In 1971 a Cosworth DFV-powered Ligier JS3 was able to finish first and second in two short-distance events, the best Cosworth DFV-powered Sports Prototype showings to date, but was only able to achieve a non-classified finish at Le Mans after mechanical troubles.
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The Cosworth DFV came into wider use in 1972, when all purpose-built racers fell under the 3-litre engine limit.
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The best result for Cosworth DFV-powered vehicles at Le Mans was in 1975, when fuel consumption rules had the field using low power tuning and slower engine speeds, which slowed the race pace and mitigated the Cosworth DFV's vibration problem.
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In 1981 Rondeau slightly improved on the pace of the previous year but, as in 1976, Cosworth DFV-powered vehicles were again outclassed by a Porsche 936, driven this time by the old Mirage winning team of Ickx and Bell.
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Cosworth DFV was the engine for which the Formula 3000 series was created in 1985, and thus it won every race that year.
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Cosworth DFV had three major upgrades over its life in the top formula, with the development of first the DFY and then the DFZ, followed by a major redesign to produce the final DFR type.
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The DFY lived on with back-marker teams until the end of the 1985 season, when Cosworth DFV switched their efforts to supporting the new turbocharged Ford GBA V6.
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The Parnelli-Cosworth DFV car took its first victory at the 1976 Pocono 500, the fifth race of the season, driven by Al Unser.
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Unser and his Cosworth DFV-powered Parnelli took two further victories before the end of the year, in Wisconsin and Phoenix, and finished the championship in fourth position.
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However, shortly after the maiden race victory Cosworth DFV poached two key engineers from the Parnelli team and set up facilities in Torrance, California, to develop and market the engine themselves.
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In 1981 a variant of the Cosworth DFV named the DFL was produced specifically for use in the new Group C sports car racing class.
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In 1973 Norton approached Cosworth DFV to help build a new engine that could be used for both street and racing motorcycles.
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P86 had downdraught ports like the Cosworth DFV, but used two Amal carburettors, rather than the fuel injection of the Cosworth DFV.
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