The Cooper T53 was a Formula One car built by the Cooper Car Company. It was used exclusively by the works Cooper team in the 1960 Formula One Season and then by an assortment of other entrants between 1961 and 1963. At the hands of Jack Brabham, the car dominated the season, winning both championship titles and earning him five consecutive race wins during the season.
Complete Formula One Results[]
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Entrant | Engine | Tyre | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
1960 | |||||||||||||
Cooper Car Company | Climax FPF L4 | D | J. Brabham | DSQ | 1st | 1stP | 1stP | 1stP | 1st | 4th | |||
B. McLaren | 2nd | Ret | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | ||||||
1961 | |||||||||||||
Yeoman Credit Racing Team | Climax FPF L4 | D | J. Surtees | 11th | 7th | 5th | Ret | Ret | 5th | Ret | Ret | ||
R. Salvadori | 8th | 6th | 10th | 6th | Ret | ||||||||
Camoradi International | M. Gregory | DNQ | DNS | 10th | 12th | 11th | DNA | ||||||
I. Burgess | 12th | ||||||||||||
H&L Motors | J. Lewis | 9th | Ret | Ret | 9th | 4th | |||||||
Bernard Collomb | B. Collomb | Ret | NC | ||||||||||
Hap Sharp | H. Sharp | 10th | |||||||||||
John M. Wyatt III | R. Penske | 8th | |||||||||||
Momo Corporation | W. Hansgen | Ret | |||||||||||
Scuderia Centro Sud | Maserati 6-1500 L4 | L. Bandini | Ret | 12th | Ret | 8th | |||||||
1962 | |||||||||||||
Ecurie Galloise | Climax FPF L4 | D | J. Lewis | 8th | Ret | 10th | Ret | ||||||
Bernard Collomb | B. Collomb | Ret | |||||||||||
Cooper Car Company | T. Mayer | Ret | |||||||||||
Hap Sharp | H. Sharp | 11th | |||||||||||
Mike Harris | Alfa Romeo Giulietta L4 | M. Harris | Ret | ||||||||||
1963 | |||||||||||||
Scuderia Centro Sud | Maserati 6-1500 L4 | D | T. Brambilla | DNQ |
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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