Mike Costin

Mike Costin (front right) at Colin Chapman's car

Michael "Mike" Charles Costin (* 1929 in London ) is a former British engine builder and racing driver .

Career

He attended Salvatorian College in Wealdstone (in the London Borough of Harrow ). In 1950 he became an aircraft engineer with de Havilland Aircraft Company . Three years later he worked there as a draftsman during the day and as a developer for Lotus Engineering at night . In 1956 he became technical director at Lotus. From the following year Keith Duckworth also worked there , with whom he founded W8 Cosworth in 1958 in Shaftesbury Mews London . He worked at Lotus again during the day and at Cosworth at night. The next year they moved to 43 Friern Barnet Road, Friern Barnet, London, and started their first project MK 1 , a modified Ford 105E Anglia engine.

Mike Costin is the younger brother of Frank Costin , well-known aerodynamicist and racing car designer for Lotus, Lister, Maserati, Marcos.

statistics

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th
1954	lotus	Lotus Mk4	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	CAP
							DNF
1967	Midland Racing Partnership	Porsche 906	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
												17th

Web links

Commons : Mike Costin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated November 7, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ http://www.kfz-tech.de/Hersteller/Cosworth/Cosworth2.htm