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 Despite this achievement, the car was superseded almost immediately by the T45.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.

A Cooper T43 in Formula Two form

Bob Gerard purchased a T43 chassis and fitted it with a Bristol engine. This car was given an official Cooper works number as the T44.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position, results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Points	WCC
1957	Cooper Car Company	Climax FPF 2.0 L4	D A		ARG	MON	500	FRA	GBR	GER	PES	ITA				n/a1	n/a1
				Jack Brabham		6		7/ Ret2			7
				Les Leston		DNQ
				Mike MacDowel				72
				Roy Salvadori					5		Ret
		Climax FPF 1.5 L4								Ret3
	Rob Walker Racing Team			Jack Brabham						Ret3
		Climax FPF 2.0 L4							Ret
	J B Naylor	Climax FPF 1.5 L4		Brian Naylor						133
	Ridgeway Managements			Tony Marsh						153
	R Gibson			Dick Gibson						Ret3
	F.R. Gerard	Bristol BS 2.0 L4		Bob Gerard						67
1958	Rob Walker Racing Team	Climax FPF 2.0 L4	C D		ARG	MON	NED	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA	MOR	314	3rd4
				Stirling Moss	1
				Ron Flockhart		DNQ
				Maurice Trintignant							8		8
		Climax FPF 1.5 L4		Wolfgang Seidel								Ret3
				François Picard											Ret3
	High Efficiency Motors			Ian Burgess								73
	R Gibson			Dick Gibson								Ret3
	Ecurie Eperon d'Or			Christian Goethals								Ret3
1959	B.C. Ecclestone	Climax FPF 2.5 L4	D		MON	500	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA	USA			405	1st5
				Brian Whitehouse	DNA
	Gilby Engineering	Climax FPF 1.5 L4		Keith Greene					DNQ
	OSCA Automobili	OSCA Tipo 372 2.0 L4		Alejandro de Tomaso									Ret			0	-
1960	Scuderia Colonia	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	D		ARG	MON	500	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	POR	ITA	USA		48 (58)6	1st6
				Piero Drogo									8
	Equipe Prideaux/Dick Gibson			Vic Wilson									Ret

^1 The World Constructors' Championship was not awarded before 1958.
^2 Shared drive.
^3 No points scored by the T43 as it was run in a Formula Two Category.
^4 Points also scored by the Cooper T45.
^5 Points also scored by the Cooper T51.
^6 Points also scored by the Cooper T51 and Cooper T53.
^7 Gerard's car designated T44.

See also

The first true Formula One Coopers

External links

• http://www.f1-images.de/009900 - Race results
• https://web.archive.org/web/20071011020230/http://www.formula2.net/ - Race results