Location: Surbiton, England
Years in F1: 1950 - 1969
Team championships:
1960,
1959
Drivers Championships:
1960,
1959
Grand Prix victories: 16
Races started: 129
Pole positions: 11
Cooper team history
The team is most famous for pioneering the change to rear engined cars in 1958. This gave the team and Jack Brabham back to back titles in 1959 and 1960. They entered F1 in 1952 with Mike Hawthorn taking 5th in the Drivers Championship.
Previous seasons
1969
Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Vic Elford NC 0 points The team only entered the Monaco GP this season as it folded due to lack of funding and sponsorship.
1968
Position: 7
Points: 14
Race wins: 0
Ludovico Scarfiotti 16th 6 points
Lucien Bianchi 17th 5 points
Vic Elford 18th 5 points
Brian Redmon 19th 4 points After two 3rd places at the start of the season it became more difficult as the season progressed.
1967
Position: 3
Points: 28
Race wins: 1
Pedro Rodriguez 6th 15 points Jochen Rindt 13th 6 points
Jacky Ickx 21st 1 point
This season was similarly successful to the previous season.
1966
Position: 3
Points: 30
Race wins: 1
John Surtees 2nd 28 points Jochen Rindt 3rd 22 points
Richie Ginther 11th 5 points This was an improved season with one race win and the team scored points when the cars actually finished the race.
1965
Position: 5
Points: 14
Race wins: 0 Bruce McLaren 8th 10 points Jochen Rindt 13th 4 points The team had only one podium finish this season.
1964
Position: 5
Points: 16
Race wins: 0 Bruce McLaren 7th 13 points Phil Hill 19th 1 point This season the team had just 2 podium finishes
1963
Position: 5
Points: 25
Race wins: 0 Bruce McLaren 6th 17 points
Tony Maggs 8th 9 points This was a less successful season with two 2nd places and two 3rd places.
1962
Position: 3
Points: 29
Race wins: 1 Bruce McLaren 3rd 27 points
Tony Maggs 7th 13 points This was a better season with one race win and 6 other podium finishes.
1961
Position: 4
Points: 14
Race wins: 0 Bruce McLaren 8th 11 points Jack Brabham 11th 4 points This was a less successful season with only one podium finish.
1960
Position: 1
Points: 48
Race wins: 6 Jack Brabham 1st 43 points Bruce McLaren 2nd 34 points This was the teams second constructors championship as well as Jack Brabham's second drivers championship.
1959
Position: 1
Points: 40
Race wins: 3 Jack Brabham 1st 34 points Bruce McLaren 6th 16.5 points
Mastern Gregory 9th 10 points This was the first of two consecutive constructors championships. The team had a car on the podium in all but one race. Jack Brabham also became the only driver to win a drivers championship in his own car.
1958
Position: 3
Points: 31
Race wins: 0
Roy Salvadori 4th 15 points Jack Brabham 18th 3 points The team was 3rd in the first constructors championship with Roy Salvadori picking up a 2nd and a 4rd place finish.