Cooper T43
The Cooper T43 was a Formula One and Formula Two racing car designed and built by Cooper Car Company for the 1957 Formula One season, first appearing at the 1957 Monaco Grand Prix in a works car for Jack Brabham. The T43 earned a significant place in motor racing history when Stirling Moss drove a Rob Walker Racing Team T43 to win the 1958 Argentine Grand Prix, the first World Drivers' Championship win for a mid-engined car. Despite this achievement, the car was superseded almost immediately by the T45. The T43's last appearance in a World Championship event was the 1960 Italian Grand Prix.
Complete Formula One World Championship results
Year | Entrant | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Points | WCC |
Cooper Car Company | Climax FPF 2.0 L4 | | ARG | MON | 500 | FRA | GBR | GER | PES | ITA | n/a | n/a | |||||
Cooper Car Company | Climax FPF 2.0 L4 | | Jack Brabham | 6 | 7/ Ret | 7 | n/a | n/a | |||||||||
Cooper Car Company | Climax FPF 2.0 L4 | | Les Leston | DNQ | n/a | n/a | |||||||||||
Cooper Car Company | Climax FPF 2.0 L4 | | Mike MacDowel | 7 | n/a | n/a | |||||||||||
Cooper Car Company | Climax FPF 2.0 L4 | | Roy Salvadori | 5 | Ret | n/a | n/a | ||||||||||
Cooper Car Company | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | | Roy Salvadori | Ret | n/a | n/a | |||||||||||
Rob Walker Racing Team | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | | Jack Brabham | Ret | n/a | n/a | |||||||||||
Rob Walker Racing Team | Climax FPF 2.0 L4 | | Jack Brabham | Ret | n/a | n/a | |||||||||||
J B Naylor | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | | Brian Naylor | 13 | n/a | n/a | |||||||||||
Ridgeway Managements | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | | Tony Marsh | 15 | n/a | n/a | |||||||||||
R Gibson | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | | Dick Gibson | Ret | n/a | n/a | |||||||||||
Rob Walker Racing Team | Climax FPF 2.0 L4 | | ARG | MON | NED | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | POR | ITA | MOR | 31 | 3rd | ||
Rob Walker Racing Team | Climax FPF 2.0 L4 | | Stirling Moss | 1 | 31 | 3rd | |||||||||||
Rob Walker Racing Team | Climax FPF 2.0 L4 | | Ron Flockhart | DNQ | 31 | 3rd | |||||||||||
Rob Walker Racing Team | Climax FPF 2.0 L4 | | Maurice Trintignant | 8 | 8 | 31 | 3rd | ||||||||||
Rob Walker Racing Team | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | | Wolfgang Seidel | Ret | 31 | 3rd | |||||||||||
Rob Walker Racing Team | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | | François Picard | 7 | 31 | 3rd | |||||||||||
High Efficiency Motors | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | | Ian Burgess | 7 | 31 | 3rd | |||||||||||
R Gibson | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | | Dick Gibson | Ret | 31 | 3rd | |||||||||||
Ecurie Eperon d'Or | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | | Christian Goethals | Ret | 31 | 3rd | |||||||||||
B.C. Ecclestone | Climax FPF 2.5 L4 | MON | 500 | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | POR | ITA | USA | 40 | 1st | |||||
B.C. Ecclestone | Climax FPF 2.5 L4 | Brian Whitehouse | DNA | 40 | 1st | ||||||||||||
Gilby Engineering | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | Keith Greene | DNQ | 40 | 1st | ||||||||||||
OSCA Automobili | OSCA Tipo 372 2.0 L4 | Alejandro de Tomaso | Ret | 0 | - | ||||||||||||
Scuderia Colonia | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | ARG | MON | 500 | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | POR | ITA | USA | 48 | 1st | ||||
Scuderia Colonia | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | Piero Drogo | 8 | 48 | 1st | ||||||||||||
Equipe Prideaux/Dick Gibson | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | Vic Wilson | Ret | 48 | 1st |
The World Constructors' Championship was not awarded before 1958.
Shared drive.
No points scored by the T43 as it was run in a Formula Two Category.
Points also scored by the Cooper T44 and Cooper T45.
Points also scored by the Cooper T51.
Points also scored by the Cooper T51 and Cooper T53.