Cooper

British · raced 1950–1962

33Races

2Wins

6Podiums

43Top 10s

8.39Avg Position

14.63Avg Grid Pos

Cooper was a British team founded by Charles and John Cooper that changed Grand Prix racing by moving the engine behind the driver. This entry covers Cooper cars outside the Coventry Climax-powered period, including the early years from 1950 and Rob Walker's cars. Stirling Moss won the 1958 Argentine Grand Prix and Maurice Trintignant the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix, both in cars entered by Rob Walker, and Cooper started 33 Grands Prix under this name. Its title-winning years of 1959 and 1960 are recorded under the Cooper-Climax name.

Top Drivers

Driver	Wins	Pod.Podiums	PtsPoints (as awarded)	Races
Roy Salvadori	0	2	17	12
Maurice Trintignant	1	2	12	7
Mike Hawthorn	0	1	10	5
Stirling Moss	1	1	8	4
Jack Brabham	0	0	3	15
Alan Brown	0	0	2	8
David Murray	0	0	0	1
Jimmy Stewart	0	0	0	1
Tony Crook	0	0	0	1
Adolfo Cruz	0	0	0	1

Top Circuits

Circuit	Wins	Avg ptsAvg Points (as awarded)	Races
Circuit de Monaco	1	3.67	3
Nürburgring	0	3.33	3
Circuit Park Zandvoort	0	2	3
Silverstone Circuit	0	1.6	5
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	0	0.67	3
Rouen-Les-Essarts	0	0	3

Points are Grand Prix points as awarded at the time (sprints excluded); average points are per race started.

Notable drivers

Most wins for the team, then most races.

M. Trintignant1958 · 1 win
S. Moss1953–1958 · 1 win
J. Brabham1955–1958 · 0 wins
R. Salvadori1957–1958 · 0 wins
A. Brown1952–1953 · 0 wins
K. Wharton1952–1953 · 0 wins

Season by season

Cooper season-by-season championship record
Season	Constructors' position	Wins	Points
1962	—	0	0
1958	3	2	31
1957	—	0	2
1956	—	0	0
1955	—	0	0
1954	—	0	0
1953	—	0	0
1952	—	0	12
1950	—	0	0

Teammate battles

Teammate head-to-head battles at Cooper
Season	Matchup	Quali	Race	Points
1958	Brabham vs SalvadoriJack Brabham vs Roy Salvadori	5–4	3–6	3–15
1958	Brabham vs TrintignantJack Brabham vs Maurice Trintignant	3–1	2–2	3–8
1958	Salvadori vs TrintignantRoy Salvadori vs Maurice Trintignant	1–3	2–2	5–8
1957	Brabham vs SalvadoriJack Brabham vs Roy Salvadori	1–2	1–2	0–2
1952	Brown vs BrandonAlan Brown vs Eric Brandon	4–0	2–2	2–0
1952	Brandon vs HawthornEric Brandon vs Mike Hawthorn	0–3	1–2	0–7
1952	Brown vs HawthornAlan Brown vs Mike Hawthorn	0–2	1–2	0–7

Drivers who raced for Cooper

Drivers who have raced for Cooper
Driver	Seasons	Races	Wins
J. Brabham	1955–1958	15	0
R. Salvadori	1957–1958	12	0
A. Brown	1952–1953	8	0
M. Trintignant	1958	7	1
K. Wharton	1952–1953	6	0
M. Hawthorn	1952	5	0
S. Moss	1953–1958	4	1
B. Gerard	1953–1957	4	0
E. Brandon	1952	4	0
B. McLaren	1958	2	0
B. Naylor	1957–1958	2	0
D. Gibson	1957–1958	2	0
I. Burgess	1958	2	0
T. Marsh	1957–1958	2	0
W. Seidel	1958	2	0
P. Whitehead	1953–1954	2	0
J. Lewis	1962	1	0
A. Guelfi	1958	1	0
C. Goethals	1958	1	0
F. Picard	1958	1	0
J. Fairman	1958	1	0
R. La Caze	1958	1	0
T. Bridger	1958	1	0
M. MacDowel	1957	1	0
P. England	1957	1	0
H. Gould	1954	1	0
A. Cruz	1953	1	0
J. Barber	1953	1	0
J. Stewart	1953	1	0
R. Nuckey	1953	1	0
T. Crook	1953	1	0
D. Murray	1952	1	0
R. Parnell	1952	1	0
H. Schell	1950	1	0

Race results

How Cooper did in every Grand Prix it started: the best grid slot and finish of its cars, the points it scored and each car’s result. Races in which no car took the start are left out unless the team scored sprint points.

19621 race▾

Drivers: J. Lewis

Cooper race results in 1962
R	Grand Prix	Grid	Result	Cars	Pts	Standing
4	4French Grand Prix	16	DNF	Lewis DNF	0	—(0)

Earlier seasons1950–1958 (8 seasons)▾

195810 races, 2 wins, 5 podiumsConstructors’ P3 · 31 pts▾

Drivers: J. Brabham, R. Salvadori, M. Trintignant, B. McLaren, I. Burgess, W. Seidel, A. Guelfi, B. Naylor, C. Goethals, D. Gibson, F. Picard, J. Fairman, R. La Caze, S. Moss, T. Bridger, T. Marsh

Cooper race results in 1958
R	Grand Prix	Grid	Result	Cars	Pts	Standing
11	11Moroccan Grand Prix	9	P7	Salvadori 7 · Fairman 8 · Brabham 11 · McLaren 13+6 more	0	3(31)
10	10Italian Grand Prix	13	P5	Salvadori 5 · Trintignant DNF · Brabham DNF	2	3(31)
9	9Portuguese Grand Prix	8	P7	Brabham 7 · Trintignant 8 · Salvadori 9	0	3(29)
8	8German Grand Prix	6	P2	Salvadori 2 · Trintignant 3 · McLaren 5 · Burgess 7+6 more	10	3(29)
7	7British Grand Prix	3	P3	Salvadori 3 · Brabham 6 · Trintignant 8 · Burgess DNF	4	3(23)
6	6French Grand Prix	12	P6	Brabham 6 · Salvadori 11	0	3(19)
5	5Belgian Grand Prix	8	P8	Salvadori 8 · Brabham DNF	0	2(19)
3	3Dutch Grand Prix	5	P4	Salvadori 4 · Brabham 8 · Trintignant 9	3	1(19)
2	2Monaco Grand Prix	3	P1	Trintignant 1 · Brabham 4 · Salvadori DNF	11	1(16)
1	1Argentine Grand Prix	7	P1	Moss 1	8	1(8)

19575 races▾

Drivers: J. Brabham, R. Salvadori, B. Gerard, B. Naylor, D. Gibson, M. MacDowel, P. England, T. Marsh

Cooper race results in 1957
R	Grand Prix	Grid	Result	Cars	Pts
7	7Pescara Grand Prix	15	P7	Brabham 7 · Salvadori DNF	0
6	6German Grand Prix	14	P135 places worse than the team’s season average (P7.6)	Naylor 13 · Marsh 15 · Salvadori DNF · Brabham DNF+2 more	0
5	5British Grand Prix	13	P5	Salvadori 5 · Gerard 6 · Brabham DNF	2
4	4French Grand Prix	15	P7	Brabham 7 · MacDowel 7	0
2	2Monaco Grand Prix	15	P6	Brabham 6	0

19561 race▾

Drivers: B. Gerard

Cooper race results in 1956
R	Grand Prix	Grid	Result	Cars	Pts
6	6British Grand Prix	22	P11	Gerard 11	0

19551 race▾

Drivers: J. Brabham

Cooper race results in 1955
R	Grand Prix	Grid	Result	Cars	Pts
6	6British Grand Prix	25	DNF	Brabham DNF	0

19541 race▾

Drivers: B. Gerard, H. Gould, P. Whitehead

Cooper race results in 1954
R	Grand Prix	Grid	Result	Cars	Pts
5	5British Grand Prix	18	P10	Gerard 10 · Gould 15 · Whitehead DNF	0

19537 races▾

Drivers: K. Wharton, A. Brown, S. Moss, A. Cruz, B. Gerard, J. Barber, J. Stewart, P. Whitehead, R. Nuckey, T. Crook

Cooper race results in 1953
R	Grand Prix	Grid	Result	Cars
9	9Italian Grand Prix	10	P12	Brown 12 · Moss 13 · Wharton DNF
8	8Swiss Grand Prix	9	P7	Wharton 7
7	7German Grand Prix	12	P6	Moss 6 · Nuckey 11 · Brown DNF
6	6British Grand Prix	11	P8	Wharton 8 · Whitehead 9 · Stewart DNF · Brown DNF+1 more
5	5French Grand Prix	12	P11	Gerard 11 · Moss DNF · Wharton DNF
3	3Dutch Grand Prix	18	DNF	Wharton DNF
1	1Argentine Grand Prix	12	P8	Barber 8 · Brown 9 · Cruz DNF

19526 races, 1 podium▾

Drivers: M. Hawthorn, A. Brown, E. Brandon, D. Murray, K. Wharton, R. Parnell

Cooper race results in 1952
R	Grand Prix	Grid	Result	Cars	Pts
8	8Italian Grand Prix	12	P94 places worse than the team’s season average (P5.0)	Wharton 9 · Brandon 13 · Brown 15 · Hawthorn DNF	0
7	7Dutch Grand Prix	3	P4	Hawthorn 4	3
5	5British Grand Prix	6	P3	Hawthorn 3 · Parnell 7 · Brandon 20 · Brown 22+1 more	4
4	4French Grand Prix	15	DNF	Hawthorn DNF	0
3	3Belgian Grand Prix	6	P4	Hawthorn 4 · Brown 6 · Brandon 9	3
1	1Swiss Grand Prix	15	P5	Brown 5 · Brandon 8	2

19501 race▾

Drivers: H. Schell

Cooper race results in 1950
R	Grand Prix	Grid	Result	Cars	Pts
2	2Monaco Grand Prix	20	DNF	Schell DNF	0