Cooper T45
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| Notable drivers |  Jack Brabham Maurice Trintignant Roy Salvadori | ||||||||
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| Debut | 1958 Monaco Grand Prix | ||||||||
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The Cooper T45 was an
Development history and technology
The Cooper T45 was the successor to the Cooper T43. The chassis remained almost unchanged, but the wheel suspension was revised. The engine was lowered. Until 1959 the cars had drum brakes, which were then replaced by disc brakes.[2][3]
Racing history
For the Formula 1 version, Climax developed a 2.2-litre engine. Since this engine was exclusively available to the works team, Rob Walker had to resort to the 2-litre engine, which had less power. In 1958, Frenchman Maurice Trintignant surprisingly won the Monaco Grand Prix with the Walker 2-litre T45. However, the car lacked power on the fast stretches. Especially against the competition from Ferrari and Vanwall, the Coopers had no chance. Works driver Roy Salvadori was third at Silverstone and second at the Nurburgring and fourth overall in the Drivers' Championship. Cooper finished third in the Constructor's Championship, which was held for the first time.[4]
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 |
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| 1958 | Cooper Car Company | Climax FPF L4 | D | ARG | MON | NED | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | POR | ITA | MOR | 311 | 3rd1 | |
| Jack Brabham | 4 | 8 | Ret | 6 | 6 | Ret† | 6 | Ret | 11† | ||||||||
| Roy Salvadori | Ret | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||
| Ian Burgess | Ret | ||||||||||||||||
| Jack Fairman | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
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Maurice Trintignant | 1 | 9 | 3 | Ret | Ret | |||||||||||
| 1959 | High Efficiency Motors | Maserati L4 | D | MON | 500 | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | POR | ITA | USA | 0 | - | |||
| Roy Salvadori | 6 | Ret | Ret | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Fairman | Ret | ||||||||||||||||
| Climax FPF L4 | Ret | 402 | 1st2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jean Lucienbonnet | Jean Lucienbonnet | DNQ | |||||||||||||||
| Equipe Alan Brown | Mike Taylor | Ret | |||||||||||||||
| Peter Ashdown | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gilby Engineering | Keith Greene | DNQ | |||||||||||||||
| R.H.H. Parnell | Tim Parnell | DNQ | |||||||||||||||
| 1960 | Equipe Nationale Belge
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Climax FPF L4 | D | ARG | MON | 500 | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | POR | ITA | USA | 48 (58)3 | 1st3 | ||
| Lucien Bianchi | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Arthur Owen | Arthur Owen | Ret | |||||||||||||||
| Wolfgang Seidel | Wolfgang Seidel | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Gilby Engineering | Maserati L4 | Keith Greene | Ret | 0 | - | ||||||||||||
| 1961 | Fred Tuck Cars | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | D | MON | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | USA | 14 (18)2 | 4th2 | ||||
| Jack Fairman | Ret |
† Formula Two entry.
^1 Points also scored by the Cooper T43.
^2 All points scored by other Cooper models.
^3 Points also scored by other Cooper models.
References
- ^ "Cooper T45 • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com.
- ^ "1958 Cooper T45/51". conceptcarz.com.
- ^ "1958 Cooper T45 technical and mechanical specifications". conceptcarz.com.
- ^ "Cooper T45 Climax – primotipo…". primotipo...
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