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Edited by AAGR, 18 October 2012 - 07:12.
Posted 17 October 2012 - 15:20
Edited by AAGR, 18 October 2012 - 07:12.
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Posted 17 October 2012 - 16:15
Posted 17 October 2012 - 16:25
Posted 18 October 2012 - 06:08
Posted 18 October 2012 - 06:10
Posted 18 October 2012 - 19:46
This is a motor sport forum.
They are still powering two F1 teams and may continue to do so in the new engine formula. Glory days come and go, if we only value those at the top and ditch all the rest, we won't have a sport. You could have said the same - and many did -about Williams last year, but they bounced back.I recall their 'glory' days but in more recent times can't see much use for them.
Wouldn't particularly want to line KK's pockets.
Posted 18 October 2012 - 22:06
Posted 19 October 2012 - 07:16
Posted 19 October 2012 - 08:15
Finally, there is no biography of Keith Duckworth, a great great engineer. I wonder what all these so-called motorsport “historians” are up to.
Posted 19 October 2012 - 08:19
You've probably seen these sites, Lucio, but just in case:I am looking for technical info on the DFV.
Posted 19 October 2012 - 08:24
Hamish, I’ll take your offer.
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Finally, there is no biography of Keith Duckworth, a great great engineer. I wonder what all these so-called motorsport “historians” are up to.
Many thanks, Lucio
Posted 19 October 2012 - 11:48
Posted 19 October 2012 - 12:00
Not that long ago (by TNF standards) both Cosworth and Rolls-Royce Motors were owned by the Vickers group. Although one doesn't associate Vickers with motorsport when we did a tour of Cosworth in 1994 or '95 there was no shortage of motorsport work being done there then.In recent years, Cosworth have diversified well beyond the production of racing engines. It seems that Rolls-Royce, one of their leading customers, is an early favourite to buy. A very good choice for both companies and for British industry, but would motor sport remain a key market?
Posted 19 October 2012 - 12:05
Posted 19 October 2012 - 13:10
I hadn't gathered that, but it was the Vickers ownership of Cosworth that was relevant to the point I was making. That R-R Motors was also a Vickers company in the 1990s wasn't that important.It's not Rolls-Royce Motors who are the prospective purchasers, of course.