British Grand Prix, Formula 2 Race, Silverstone July 1956. Lotus Development Director Mike Costin on left holding notes.Colin Chapman in Lotus 11. Chief Mechanic John Crosthwaite on right leaning on car.
Michael Charles Costin (born 10 July 1929, in Hendon) is a British engineer. Together with Keith Duckworth, he co-founded Cosworth Engineering,[1] a producer of Ford-funded and sponsored engines. Drivers including Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart, Jochen Rindt, Emerson Fittipaldi, James Hunt, Mario Andretti, Alan Jones, Nelson Piquet, and Keke Rosberg won the Formula One World Championship using Cosworth DFV engines during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.[2]
He was educated at Salvatorian College in Wealdstone and then apprenticed at De Havilland. In 1953 he started at Lotus, initially helping out on a part-time basis. Keith Duckworth joined Lotus in 1957 and they founded Cosworth Engineering in 1958. He later described himself as having "studied for 40 years at the University of Duckworth".[1]
In recent years he has been a consultant to the revived Triumph motorbike company.[1]
Mike Costin is the younger brother of Frank Costin, an aerodynamics and race car designer for Lotus, Lister and Maserati, and co-founder of Marcos Cars.
^ abc"Keith Duckworth". Daily Telegraph. 22 February 2005. Retrieved 9 May 2008.
^"Heritage /History". Cosworth. Archived from the original on 15 April 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2008.
consultant to the revived Triumph motorbike company. MikeCostin is the younger brother of Frank Costin, an aerodynamics and race car designer for Lotus,...
who have been Lotus employees over the years were Cosworth founders MikeCostin and Keith Duckworth, and Graham Hill who worked at Lotus as a mechanic...
along with fellow Lotus employee MikeCostin, founded Cosworth, a racing engine design and development firm, in 1958. Costin was obliged to remain with Lotus...
1958 by MikeCostin and Keith Duckworth. Its company name, "Cosworth", was derived as a portmanteau of the surnames of its two founders (Costin and Duckworth)...
engineer at Lotus but now running his fledgling Cosworth company with MikeCostin, who commented that he could produce a competitive three-litre engine...
in the design of the body by the aerodynamicist Frank Costin, who was the brother of MikeCostin, his main collaborator. The spaceframe chassis for the...
Coventry Climax FWE engine used in Lotus Elite. As Keith Duckworth and MikeCostin, the co-founders of Cosworth, used to be Lotus Development Ltd employees...
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knowledge for automobile use. Costin was an engineer with the de Havilland Aircraft Company when, in 1954, his brother Mike, a former de Havilland engineer...
Monza. He worked alongside Graham Hill, then a gearbox mechanic and MikeCostin, the 'Cos' in Cosworth. Keith Duckworth (the 'worth' in Cosworth) worked...
machinery was considerable – notably Stirling Moss, Alan Stacey, Mike Taylor, Jim Clark, Mike Spence, Bobby Marshman, Graham Hill, Jochen Rindt and Ronnie...
The TMC Costin is a Clubman-style sports car built from 1983 to 1987 in Castlebridge, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland. Fewer than forty were produced...
1964. Retrieved 14 December 2019. "Mike Beckwith". Old Racing Cars. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2020. "Costin-Nathan GT". UltimateCar Page. Retrieved...
felt was needed, leading to Duckworth leaving to set-up Cosworth with MikeCostin. A sequential manual transmission is one where gears can only be selected...
The scrutineers and the ACO did not change this position even after MikeCostin, the Lotus engineer on site, offered to go over structural analysis calculations...
personality, associated with the manosphere. The media have identified Costin Vlad Alamariu (born May 21, 1980), a Romanian-American, as the person behind...
poor reliability. With Duckworth having left to form Cosworth in 1958, MikeCostin, who, despite being the co-founder of Cosworth, remained with Lotus for...
The Costin Amigo is a lightweight sports car built in the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1972. The Amigo was designed by Frank Costin and built by Costin Automotive...
example, Colin Chapman had his in-house engineers, Keith Duckworth and MikeCostin, develop the sequentially shifting transaxles for Lotus 16 and Lotus...
engine manufacturer Cosworth, founded in 1958 by Keith Duckworth and MikeCostin, was represented in the Formula 1 World Championship from 1967 with the...
designers of the highly successful Cosworth DFV engine - the other being MikeCostin). Neither Jones or Tambay would score a point with the Lola Hart THL1...
display unexpectedly after the press day Lawrence found Colin Chapman and MikeCostin giving the DS301 a close inspection from inside.: 96 After taking the...
Costin, bassist Leigh Gorman, keyboardist Simon Campbell and vocalist Glenn Gregory. The band broke up 18 months later, but Feldman, Hues, and Costin...
Brandon Costin (born 23 June 1972) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He initially played under the name...
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