Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - DFV ta yi sanannen farko a tseren na uku na kakar, a cikin Dutch Grand Prix
a cikin Zandvoort. A bayan Lotus 49, ya tabbatar da saurin walƙiya kai tsaye daga akwatin, tare da Graham Hill ya ɗauki matsayi na farko kuma Jim Clark ya ci nasara. Matsalolin hakora sun hana Clark yin babban kalubale na taken amma Lotus-Ford babu shakka shi ne aji na filin. A cikin 2009 an samar da DFV ga dukkan ƙungiyoyi, kuma tare da ƙarfinsa mai ban sha'awa (kimanin 200) da ƙarancin farashi DFV da sauri ya fara cika grid. Wannan ya haifar da ɗumbin ƙananan ƙungiyoyi masu ƙarancin kuɗi a cikin shekarun 1970, tare da DFV na ƙarshe da ke tsere a cikin Tyrrell a cikin. Gasar DFV ta ƙarshe ita ce Grand Prix ta Austriya, wanda aka gudanar a kan saurin Österreichring, inda direba Martin Brundle ya kasa cancantar motar da ba ta da ƙarfi. A shekara ta 1985, DFV, yanzu an inganta shi a matsayin DFY, an kimanta shi a kusa da, ko da yake ya kasance tare da motocin turbocharged kuma ya zama ba shi da gasa.