Cooper T51

Cooper T51
Car Information
Manufacturer	Cooper Car Company
Engine	Borgward 1500 RS L4 1.5 Castellotti L4 2.5 Climax FPF L4 1.5 Climax FPF L4 2.5 Maserati 250S L4 2.5 Maserati 6-1500 L4 1.5
Formula One World Championship
Years active	1959–1961, 1963
Constructor	Cooper-Borgward Cooper-Castellotti Cooper-Climax Cooper-Maserati
Wins	6

The Cooper T51 was a racing car designed and built by the Cooper Car Company for Formula One and Formula Two racing in 1959. It was the first car with a rear-mounted engine to win the World Championship, helping Jack Brabham win the 1959 World Championship of Drivers. The car was heavily used by a variety of entrants between 1959 and 1963.

Complete Formula One Results

Entreat	Engine	Tyre	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1959
Cooper Car Company	Climax	D	Jack Brabham	1st		2nd	3rd	1st	Ret	Ret	3rd	4th
			Bruce McLaren	5th			5th	3rd	Ret	Ret	Ret	1st
			Masten Gregory	Ret		3rd	Ret	7th	Ret	2nd
			Giorgio Scarlatti								12th
R.R.C. Walker Racing Team			Maurice Trintignant	3rd		8th	11th	5th	4th	4th	9th	2nd
			Stirling Moss	Ret		Ret			Ret	1st	1st	Ret
Ecurie Nationale Belge			Lucien Bianchi	DNQ
			Alain de Changy	DNQ
Ace Garage — Rotherham			Trevor Taylor					DNQ
R.H.H. Parnell			Henry Taylor					11th
United Racing Stable			Bill Moss					DNQ
Ecurie Bleue			Harry Schell									Ret
Taylor-Crawley Racing Team			George Constantine									Ret
British Racing Partnership			Ivor Bueb	DNQ
	Borgward							13th
			Chris Bristow					10th
Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati		Ian Burgess				Ret	Ret	6th		14th
			Colin Davis				Ret				11th
			Hans Herrmann					Ret
			Mário de Araújo Cabral							10th
1960
Cooper Car Company	Climax	D	Jack Brabham	Ret
			Bruce McLaren	1st
			Chuck Daigh							Ret
			Ron Flockhart										Ret
Ecurie Bleue			Harry Schell	Ret
R.R.C. Walker Racing Team			Maurice Trintignant	3rd
			Stirling Moss	3rd
			Lance Reventlow							PO
Yeoman Credit Racing Team			Chris Bristow		Ret		Ret	Ret
			Tony Brooks		4th		Ret	Ret		5th	5th		Ret
			Henry Taylor				7th		4th	8th	DNS		14th
			Olivier Gendebien					3rd	2nd	9th	7th		12th
			Phil Hill										10th
			Bruce Halford						8th
Fred Tuck Cars					DNQ
			Lucien Bianchi						Ret	Ret
Ecurie Nationale Belge								6th
Ecurie Maarsbergen			Carel Godin de Beaufort				8th
High Efficiency Motors			Roy Salvadori		Ret								8th
C.T. Atkins			Jack Fairman							Ret
Scuderia Eugenio Castellotti	Castellotti		Gino Munaron						Ret	15th		Ret
			Giulio Cabianca									4th
			Giorgio Scarlatti		DNQ
Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati											Ret
			Roberto Bonomi	11th
			Carlos Menditeguy	4th
			Masten Gregory		DNQ		DNS		9th	14th	Ret
			Ian Burgess		DNQ				10th	Ret			Ret
			Maurice Trintignant		Ret		Ret		Ret				15th
			Mário de Araújo Cabral								Ret
			Alfonso Thiele									Ret
			Wolfgang von Trips									Ret
1961
Scuderia Serenissima	Maserati	D	Maurice Trintignant	7th		Ret	13th		Ret	9th
Scuderia Centro Sud			Massimo Natili					Ret		DNS
Pescara Racing Club			Renato Pirocchi							12th
1963
Frank Dochnal	Climax	D	Frank Dochnal									DNS
Scuderia Lupini	Maserati		Trevor Blokdyk										12th