The Cooper T43 was a racing car built by the Cooper Car Company that participated as a Formula One and Formula Two entry from 1957 to 1960. The car was used by the works Cooper team in 1957, as well as other entrants in this and subsequent seasons, most notably by the Rob Walker Racing Team. It became the first mid-engined car to win a championship race when Stirling Moss won the 1958 Argentine Grand Prix.
Complete Formula One Results[]
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| Cooper Car Company | Climax FPF 2.0 L4 | A |  Brabham
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| R.R.C. Walker Racing Team | Brabham
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| Cooper Car Company | Salvadori
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| R.R.C. Walker Racing Team | Climax FPF 2.0 L4 | C | Moss
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 Trintignant
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| Climax FPF 1.5 L4* |  Seidel
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| High Efficiency Motors | Burgess
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| Dick Gibson | Gibson
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| Ecurie Eperon d'Or |  Goethals
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| B.C. Ecclestone | Climax FPF 2.5 L4 | D | Whitehouse
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| Gilby Engineering | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | Greene
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| OSCA Automobili | OSCA 2.0 L4 |  de Tomaso
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| Scuderia Colonia | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | D |  Drogo
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- * This engine has been classified as Formula Two entries.
| V T E |  Cooper Car Company
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| Personnel Charles Cooper · John Cooper | |||
| World Champions Jack Brabham (1959, 1960)
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