Cooper
World champion in 1959 and 1960.
- 1959 title
- 1960 title
Won the 1966 championship in a car bearing his own name — still unique in Formula One.
2 of 2 team stints shown · 1955 — 1970
3 championship seasons in this range:1959 · 1960 · 1966
Win rate 10.9%Podium rate 24.0%Points 261Best season 1960 (5 wins, 5 podiums)Titles 1959, 1960, 1966
World champion in 1959 and 1960.
1966 champion in his own car; retired after 126 starts.
He took Cooper's rear-engined cars to consecutive titles in 1959 and 1960, pushing the car over the line at Sebring to win his first.
He left to build his own cars with Ron Tauranac in 1962.
The Repco-powered BT19 delivered the 1966 title; team-mate Denny Hulme took the 1967 crown.
He retired after 1970, having also engineered much of the British constructor boom.
The only team whose founder won the championship driving his own car — later Bernie Ecclestone's launchpad into running the sport.
Trace the Brabham rebrands from 1962 →A father-and-son workshop in Surbiton that moved the engine behind the driver and made every front-engined car obsolete.
Trace the Cooper rebrands from 1950 →Shared links show the GridXTrax preview card for this page.
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Biography, career summary and season-by-season narrative.
Independent statistical record: entries, qualifying, laps and retirements.
Cross-check for career totals and non-championship appearances.
Primary dataset for race results, starts, wins, podiums, poles and points from 1950 onwards.
Governing body: official regulations, entry lists and classifications.
Official championship results and standings by season.
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