The Technology
The Engine
The latest Formula One™ race engine from the Cosworth stable builds on the achievements of its 2010 predecessor to enable the CA2011 to deliver a reliable and competitive solution for 3 customer teams in the 2011 FIA Formula One™ World Championship.
A competitive Formula One™ engine needs to deliver on a number of fronts; reliability, power and good fuel consumption are key among the targets. Cosworth's experienced team of engineers were tasked with achieving these objectives within the tight parameters of Formula One's 2011 technical regulations.
The pressures, temperatures and strains experienced by the multitude of components within the CA2011 and CA2011k are extreme. Cosworth has employed specialist materials and state of the art manufacturing processes that to produce an engine that is capable of amazing resilience and performance.
The CA2011 and CA2011k are the 53rd and 54th engine variants developed by Cosworth to race in the Formula One™ World Championship, the latest member of a dynasty that began with the legendary DFV in 1967.
The development of the Cosworth CA2011 series engines has been the responsibility of Cosworth's in-house engineering group headed by Technical Director Bruce Wood, with Dave Gudd taking responsibility for development and James Allen design.
The unit has been designed, developed, built and tested at Cosworth's headquarters in St James Mill Road, Northampton, which houses world class facilities and capability; a testimony to over four decade of championship winning performances in Formula One™.
