Constructor · United Kingdom · Surbiton
Cooper
Put the engine behind the driver and made the front-engined Grand Prix car obsolete within three seasons.
British racing greenUnited Kingdom's international racing colour, under the convention that painted a car for the country that entered it until sponsor liveries took over around 1968. Not this team's own livery.
- Seasons
- 1950–196919 seasons
- Entries
- 535
- Wins
- 16
- Podiums
- 59
- Poles
- 11
- Drivers
- 113
- Constructors' titles
- 21959–60
- Drivers' titles
- 2
Wins by season
Every season entered, winless ones included, so a drought is visible as a gap. A shared drive counts once, to the car.
The numbers behind this chart, Wins by season
| Season | Wins | Entries |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0 | 1 |
| 1952 | 0 | 16 |
| 1953 | 0 | 21 |
| 1954 | 0 | 6 |
| 1955 | 0 | 1 |
| 1956 | 0 | 1 |
| 1957 | 0 | 15 |
| 1958 | 2 | 41 |
| 1959 | 5 | 65 |
| 1960 | 6 | 82 |
| 1961 | 0 | 58 |
| 1962 | 1 | 30 |
| 1963 | 0 | 36 |
| 1964 | 0 | 24 |
| 1965 | 0 | 24 |
| 1966 | 1 | 42 |
| 1967 | 1 | 46 |
| 1968 | 0 | 25 |
| 1969 | 0 | 1 |
Season by season
| Season | Entries | Drivers | Wins | Podiums | Poles | Best | Points scored | Championship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | 0 | — |
| 1968 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P3 | 20 | 7 |
| 1967 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | P1 | 37 | 3 |
| 1966 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | P1 | 49 | 3 |
| 1965 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P3 | 14 | 5 |
| 1964 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P2 | 16 | 5 |
| 1963 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | P2 | 32 | 5 |
| 1962 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | P1 | 45 | 3 |
| 1961 | 58 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | P3 | 24 | 4 |
| 1960 | 82 | 34 | 6 | 15 | 4 | P1 | 108 | 1 |
| 1959 | 65 | 27 | 5 | 13 | 5 | P1 | 97.5 | 1 |
| 1958 | 41 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 0 | P1 | 38 | 3 |
| 1957 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | 2 | — |
| 1956 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P11 | 0 | — |
| 1955 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| 1954 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P10 | 0 | — |
| 1953 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | 0 | — |
| 1952 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P3 | 12 | — |
| 1950 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
The constructors' championship is contested by a chassis–engine pair, so a season can carry more than one entry for the same name. Open the season to see both.
Every win
A blank chassis is a season this team ran more than one design and no source records which car raced which round.
Cars built
| Chassis | Years | Engine | Power (bhp) | Races | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T12 | 1950 | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| T20 | 1952–1953 | — | — | 7 | 0 |
| Special | 1953 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| T23 | 1953–1956 | Bristol BS1 | — | 8 | 0 |
| T24 | 1953–1954 | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| T40 | 1955 | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| T41 | 1957 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| T43 | 1957–1960 | — | — | 9 | 0 |
| T44 | 1957–1958 | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| T45 | 1958–1961 | Climax FPF, Maserati | — | 11 | 0 |
| T51 | 1959–1963 | Climax, Maserati, Castellotti, Borgward or Ferrari | — | 24 | 5 |
| T53 | 1960–1963 | Coventry Climax FPF | — | 15 | 0 |
| T55 | 1961–1965 | Coventry Climax FPF | — | 3 | 0 |
| T58 | 1961 | Coventry Climax FWMV, 1496cc, 90° | — | 0 | 0 |
| T59 | 1962–1965 | — | — | 4 | 0 |
| T60 | 1962–1965 | Coventry Climax FWMV | — | 4 | 0 |
| T66 | 1963–1964 | Coventry Climax FWMV | — | 12 | 0 |
| T71/73 | 1964–1965 | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| T73 | 1964–1966 | Coventry Climax FWMV | — | 2 | 0 |
| T77 | 1965–1967 | Coventry Climax FWMV | — | 1 | 0 |
| T81 | 1966–1968 | Maserati | — | 21 | 1 |
| T79 | 1967–1968 | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| T81B | 1967–1968 | Maserati | — | 0 | 0 |
| T82 | 1967 | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| T86 | 1967–1969 | 1967-1969: Maserati 10/F1 2983 cc V12 naturally aspirated mid-mounted ; 1968: BRM P142 2998 cc V12 naturally aspirated mid-mounted ; 1968: Alfa Romeo T33 2998 cc V8 naturally aspirated mid-mounted | — | 1 | 0 |
| T86B | 1968 | 1967-1969: Maserati 10/F1 2983 cc V12 naturally aspirated mid-mounted ; 1968: BRM P142 2998 cc V12 naturally aspirated mid-mounted ; 1968: Alfa Romeo T33 2998 cc V8 naturally aspirated mid-mounted | — | 11 | 0 |
Show all 26 designsShow the first 10, Cars built
Photographs
From Wikimedia Commons, each shown with the photographer and licence its terms require.
Cooper T23
Cooper T23 2017 Silverstone Classic (38632978040) · https://www.flickr.com/photos/davehamster/ · CC BY 2.0
Cooper T45
Cooper T45 Rob WalkerDonington pits · John Chapman ( Pyrope ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cooper T51
Cooper T51 Rob Walker Donington · John Chapman ( Pyrope ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cooper T53
Cooper T53 Wheatcroft Straight · John Chapman ( Pyrope ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cooper T55
P. Hill and Maggs at 1962 Dutch Grand Prix · Bilsen, Joop van / Anefo / neg. stroken, 1945-1989, 2.24.01.05, item number 913-9474 · CC BY-SA 3.0 nl · unchecked
Cooper T60
Cooper T60 Donington · John Chapman ( Pyrope ) · CC BY-SA 3.0A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.
4 more photographs
Cooper T66
Cooper T66 Donington paddock · John Chapman ( Pyrope ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cooper T73
Cooper T71-73 Wheatcroft Straight · John Chapman ( Pyrope ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked
Cooper T81
Cooper T81 Anglo-Suisse · Pyrope · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cooper T86
Bianchi and McLaren at 1968 Dutch Grand Prix · Evers, Joost / Anefo / neg. stroken, 1945-1989, 2.24.01.05, item number 921-4600 · CC BY-SA 3.0 nl · uncheckedWhere this comes from
- Full name
- Cooper Car Company
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Base
- Surbiton, United Kingdom
- Wins
- 16 derived · 16 published
- Poles
- 11 derived · 11 published
- Confidence
- high