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 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.”
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