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1950 — 1969
Cooper Car Company
The rear-engine revolution; back-to-back titles in 1959-60.
Cooper Car CompanyF1 team history & lineage
A father-and-son workshop in Surbiton that moved the engine behind the driver and made every front-engined car obsolete.
- Base
- Surbiton, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1946 by Charles and John Cooper
- Constructors' titles
- 2
- Drivers' titles
- 2
- Race wins
- 16
- Identities
- 1
Lineage
The Long Version
Cooper's rear-engined layout came from 500cc Formula Three cars built out of Fiat parts.
Jack Brabham won consecutive championships in 1959 and 1960, forcing Ferrari and BRM to copy the layout.
The team lost ground once its own innovation became standard and the Cosworth DFV arrived.
Cooper withdrew from Formula One after the 1969 season.
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Sources & citations
Reference material used to compile and verify the Cooper Car Company lineage data on this page. GridXTrax is an independent fan archive; follow the links to check any figure at source.
- Wikipedia — Cooper Car Company(opens in a new tab)
Team history and the takeovers or rebrands that shaped this lineage.
- Wikipedia — List of Formula One constructors(opens in a new tab)
Used to confirm each constructor entity in the lineage and its active seasons.
- StatsF1 — Cooper Car Company lineage(opens in a new tab)
Season records for the predecessor and successor entries in this lineage.
- Ergast / Jolpica Formula One results archive(opens in a new tab)
Primary dataset for race results, starts, wins, podiums, poles and points from 1950 onwards.
- FIA — Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile(opens in a new tab)
Governing body: official regulations, entry lists and classifications.
- Formula1.com results archive(opens in a new tab)
Official championship results and standings by season.
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