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Company type | Limited company |
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Industry | Speciality machinery and engine manufacture |
Predecessor | Johnson & Smith Ltd. |
Founded | 1903 |
Defunct | 1986 (Coventry Climax Holdings Ltd) |
Fate | Purchased by Jaguar Cars, businesses merged by British Leyland or divested |
Successor | Kalmar Climax (forklift business) |
Headquarters | Coventry |
Key people |
Formula One World Championship career | |
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First entry | 1957 Monaco Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1969 Canadian Grand Prix |
Races entered | 97 (96 starts) |
Chassis | Cooper, Lotus, Fry, BRM, JBW, Ferguson, Gilby, Emeryson, Lola, Brabham, Scirocco, LDS, Eagle, Shannon |
Constructors' Championships | 4 (1959, 1960, 1963, 1965) |
Drivers' Championships | 4 (1959, 1960, 1963, 1965) |
Race victories | 40 |
Podiums | 104 |
Points | 684 |
Pole positions | 44 |
Fastest laps | 44 |
Coventry Climax was a British manufacturer of forklift trucks, fire pumps, racing engines, and other speciality engines.