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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 Flag of Monaco 48-star U S flag Flag of the Netherlands Flag of France Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Flag of Portugal Flag of Italy US flag 49 stars
Cooper Car Company Climax D Australia Jack Brabham 1st 2nd 3rd 1st Ret Ret 3rd 4th
New Zealand Bruce McLaren 5th 5th 3rd Ret Ret Ret 1st
United States Masten Gregory Ret 3rd Ret 7th Ret 2nd
Italy Giorgio Scarlatti 12th
R.R.C. Walker Racing Team France Maurice Trintignant 3rd 8th 11th 5th 4th 4th 9th 2nd
United Kingdom Stirling Moss Ret Ret Ret 1st 1st Ret
Ecurie Nationale Belge Belgium Lucien Bianchi DNQ
Belgium Alain de Changy DNQ
Ace Garage — Rotherham United Kingdom Trevor Taylor DNQ
R.H.H. Parnell United Kingdom Henry Taylor 11th
United Racing Stable United Kingdom Bill Moss DNQ
Ecurie Bleue United States Harry Schell Ret
Taylor-Crawley Racing Team United States George Constantine Ret
British Racing Partnership United Kingdom Ivor Bueb DNQ
Borgward 13th
United Kingdom Chris Bristow 10th
Scuderia Centro Sud Maserati United Kingdom Ian Burgess Ret Ret 6th 14th
United Kingdom Colin Davis Ret 11th
West Germany Hans Herrmann Ret
Portugal Mário de Araújo Cabral 10th
1960 Flag of Argentina Flag of Monaco US flag 49 stars Flag of the Netherlands Flag of Belgium Flag of France Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Portugal Flag of Italy Flag of the United States
Cooper Car Company Climax D Australia Jack Brabham Ret
New Zealand Bruce McLaren 1st
United States Chuck Daigh Ret
United Kingdom Ron Flockhart Ret
Ecurie Bleue United States Harry Schell Ret
R.R.C. Walker Racing Team France Maurice Trintignant 3rd
United Kingdom Stirling Moss 3rd
United States Lance Reventlow PO
Yeoman Credit Racing Team United Kingdom Chris Bristow Ret Ret Ret
United Kingdom Tony Brooks 4th Ret Ret 5th 5th Ret
United Kingdom Henry Taylor 7th 4th 8th DNS 14th
Belgium Olivier Gendebien 3rd 2nd 9th 7th 12th
United States Phil Hill 10th
United Kingdom Bruce Halford 8th
Fred Tuck Cars DNQ
Belgium Lucien Bianchi Ret Ret
Ecurie Nationale Belge 6th
Ecurie Maarsbergen Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort 8th
High Efficiency Motors United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Ret 8th
C.T. Atkins United Kingdom Jack Fairman Ret
Scuderia Eugenio Castellotti Castellotti Italy Gino Munaron Ret 15th Ret
Italy Giulio Cabianca 4th
Italy Giorgio Scarlatti DNQ
Scuderia Centro Sud Maserati Ret
Argentina Roberto Bonomi 11th
Argentina Carlos Menditeguy 4th
United States Masten Gregory DNQ DNS 9th 14th Ret
United Kingdom Ian Burgess DNQ 10th Ret Ret
France Maurice Trintignant Ret Ret Ret 15th
Portugal Mário de Araújo Cabral Ret
United States Alfonso Thiele Ret
West Germany Wolfgang von Trips Ret
1961 Flag of Monaco Flag of the Netherlands Flag of Belgium Flag of France Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Flag of Italy Flag of the United States
Scuderia Serenissima Maserati D France Maurice Trintignant 7th Ret 13th Ret 9th
Scuderia Centro Sud Italy Massimo Natili Ret DNS
Pescara Racing Club Italy Renato Pirocchi 12th
1963 Flag of Monaco Flag of Belgium Flag of the Netherlands Flag of France Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Flag of Italy Flag of the United States Flag of Mexico 1934-1968 Flag of South Africa 1928-1994
Frank Dochnal Climax D United States Frank Dochnal DNS
Scuderia Lupini Maserati South Africa Trevor Blokdyk 12th
V T E Cooper LOGO Cooper Car Company
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Charles Cooper · John Cooper
World Champions
Australia Jack Brabham (1959, 1960)
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V T E 1959 Formula One Season
Constructors Aston Martin • Behra-Porsche • BRM • Cooper • Connaught • Ferrari • Fry • JBW • Kurtis Kraft • Lotus • Maserati • Porsche • Tec-Mec • Vanwall
Engines Alta • Aston Martin • Borgward • BRM • Climax • Ferrari • Maserati • Offenhauser • OSCA • Porsche • Vanwall
Drivers Allison • Ashdown • Behra • Bianchi • Blanchard • Bonnier • Brabham • Bristow • Brooks • Bueb • Burgess • Cabianca • Cabral • Cade • de Changy • Constantine • Davis • de Filippis • Fairman • Flockhart • Fontes Bayardo • Gendebien • Godin de Beaufort • Greene • Gregory • Gurney • Halford • Herrmann • G. Hill • P. Hill • Ireland • Lovely • Lucienbonnet • McLaren • B. Moss • S. Moss • Naylor • d'Orey • Parkes • T. Parnell • Piper • Said • Salvadori • Scarlatti • Schell • Shelby • Stacey • D. Taylor • H. Taylor • M. Taylor • T. Taylor • Testut • de Tomaso • Trintignant • von Trips
Cars Aston Martin DBR4 • Behra-Porsche RSK • BRM P25 • Connaught C • Cooper T43 • Cooper T45 • Cooper T51 • Ferrari D156 • Ferrari D246 • Fry F2 • JBW 59 • Kurtis Kraft Midget • Lotus 12 • Lotus 16 • Maserati 250F • Porsche RSK • Porsche 718 • Tec-Mec F415 • Vanwall VW 59
Tyres Avon • Dunlop • Firestone
Races Monaco • Indianapolis • Netherlands • France • Britain • Germany • Portugal • Italy • United States
See also 1958 Formula One Season • 1960 Formula One Season • Category
V T E 1960 Formula One Season
Constructors Aston Martin • Behra-Porsche • BRM • Cooper • Ferrari • JBW • Lotus • Maserati • Scarab • Vanwall
Engines Aston Martin • BRM • Climax • Ferrari • Maserati • Porsche • Scarab • Vanwall
Drivers Allison • Barth • de Beaufort • Bianchi • Bonnier • Bonomi • Brabham • Bristow • Brooks • Burgess • Cabianca • Cabral • Chimeri • Clark • Creus • Daigh • Drake • Drogo • Estéfano • Fairman • Flockhart • Gamble • Gendebien • Ginther • González • Gould • Greene • Gregory • Gurney • Halford • Hall • Herrmann • G. Hill • P. Hill • Ireland • Larreta • Lovely • Mairesse • McLaren • Menditeguy • Moss • Munaron • Naylor • Owen • Piper • Reventlow • Salvadori • Scarlatti • Schell • Seidel • Stacey • Surtees • H. Taylor • M. Taylor • Thiele • Trintignant • von Trips • Wilson
Cars Aston Martin DBR4 • Aston Martin DBR5 • Behra-Porsche RSK • BRM P25 • BRM P48 • Cooper T43 • Cooper T45 • Cooper T51 • Cooper T53 • Ferrari D246 • Ferrari D246P • JBW 59 • Lotus 16 • Lotus 18 • Maserati 250F • Porsche 718 • Scarab F1 • Vanwall VW 11
Tyres Dunlop
Races Argentina • Monaco • Indianapolis • Netherlands • Belgium • France • Britain • Portugal • Italy • United States
Non-Championship Races Glover • International Trophy • Silver City • Lombank • Gold Cup
See also 1959 Formula One Season • 1961 Formula One Season • Category
V T E 1961 Formula One Season
Constructors BRM • Cooper • De Tomaso • Emeryson • Ferguson • Ferrari • Gilby • JBW • Lotus • Porsche
Engines Alfa Romeo • Climax • Ferrari • Maserati • OSCA • Porsche
Drivers Allison • Ashmore • Baghetti • Bandini • de Beaufort • Bianchi • Bonnier • Bordeu • Brabham • Brooks • Burgess • Bussinello • Clark • Collomb • Fairman • Gendebien • Ginther • Greene • Gregory • Gurney • Hall • Hansgen • Herrmann • G. Hill • P. Hill • Ireland • Lewis • Lippi • Maggs • Mairesse • Marsh • May • McLaren • Moss • Natili • Naylor • T. Parnell • Penske • Pilette • Pirocchi • R. Rodríguez • Ruby • Ryan • Salvadori • Scarlatti • Seidel • Sharp • Starrabba • Surtees • H. Taylor • T. Taylor • Trintignant • von Trips • Vaccarella
Cars BRM P48/57 • Cooper T45 • Cooper T51 • Cooper T53 • Cooper T55 • Cooper T58 • De Tomaso F1 • Emeryson 61 • Ferrari 156 • Ferguson P99 • Gilby 61 • Ferguson P99 • JBW 61 • Lotus 18 • Lotus 18/21 • Lotus 21 • Porsche 718 • Porsche 718/2 • Porsche 787
Tyres Dunlop
Races Monaco • Netherlands • Belgium • France • Britain • Germany • Italy • United States
Non-Championship Races Lombank • Glover • Pau GP • Lavant • Brussels GP • Vienna GP • Aintree 200 • Syracuse GP • International Trophy • Naples GP • London • Solitude GP • Kanonloppet • Denmark • Modena GP • Flugplatzrennen • Gold Cup • Lewis-Evans • Coppa Italia • Rand GP • Natal GP • South Africa
See also 1960 Formula One Season • 1962 Formula One Season • Category
V T E 1963 Formula One Season
Constructors Alfa Special • ATS • Brabham • BRM • BRP • Cooper • De Tomaso • Ferrari • Gilby • LDS • Lola • Lotus • Porsche • Scirocco • Stebro
Engines Alfa Romeo • ATS • Borgward • BRM • Climax • Ferrari • Ford • Maserati • Porsche
Drivers Amon • Anderson • Arundell • Baghetti • Bandini • de Beaufort • Bianchi • Blokdyk • Bonnier • Brabham • Brambilla • Broeker • Burgess • Cabral • Campbell-Jones • Clark • Collomb • Driver • Dochnal • Ginther • Gregory • Gurney • Hailwood • Hall • G. Hill • P. Hill • Ireland • de Klerk • Kuhnke • Lippi • Love • Maggs • Mairesse • McLaren • Mitter • Niemann • Parnell • Pieterse • Pilette • Prophet • Raby • P. Rodríguez • Scarfiotti • Serrurier • Settember • Sharp • Siffert • Solana • Spence • Surtees • T. Taylor • Tingle • Trintignant • Ward
Cars Alfa Special • ATS 100 • Brabham BT3 • Brabham BT6 • Brabham BT7 • BRM P57 • BRM P61 • BRP Mk1 • Cooper T51 • Cooper T53 • Cooper T55 • Cooper T60 • Cooper T66 • De Tomaso F1 • Ferrari 156 • Gilby 62 • LDS Mk 1 • Lola Mk4 • Lotus 18 • Lotus 18/21 • Lotus 21 • Lotus 22 • Lotus 24 • Lotus 25 • Porsche 718 • Scirocco SP • Stebro Mk IV
Tyres Dunlop
Races Monaco • Belgium • Netherlands • France • Britain • Germany • Italy • United States • Mexico • South Africa
Non-championship Races Lombank • Glover • Pau • Imola GP • Syracuse GP • Aintree 200 • International Trophy • Rome GP • Solitude GP • Kannonloppet • Mediterranean GP • Gold Cup • Austria • Rand GP
See also 1962 Formula One Season • 1964 Formula One Season • Category
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