Cooper T55
naturally aspirated, rear mid, longitudinally mounted. | |||||
| Transmission | Cooper 6-speed manual gearbox. | ||||
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| Weight | 500 kg (1,100 lb) | ||||
| Tyres | Dunlop | ||||
| Competition history | |||||
| Notable entrants | Cooper Car Company | ||||
| Notable drivers |  Jack Brabham Bruce McLaren Tony Maggs John Love | ||||
| Debut | 1961 Monaco Grand Prix | ||||
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The Cooper-Climax T55 is a Formula One car built by the Cooper Car Company for the 1961 Formula One season. Its best result was third-place for Bruce McLaren at the 1961 Italian Grand Prix. [1][2][3]
Development
The T55 was a stop-gap development of the
Racing history
The T55 debuted at the non-championship
Ferrari 156
in the World Championship events, where McLaren's third place at Monza would be its best result. Cooper would finish fourth in the Constructors' championship.
The works team continued with the T55 at the start of 1962, along with the V8-powered T60, primarily driven by Brabham's replacement Tony Maggs, although McLaren used it in some non-championship events. John Love then obtained one of the cars and campaigned with it in several South African events, including its last World Championship appearance at the 1965 South African Grand Prix.[6]
Complete Formula One World Championship results
| Year | Entrants | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Points1 | WCC |
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| 1961 | Cooper Car Company | Climax FPF
1.5 in-line 4 |
D | MON | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | USA | 14 (18)2 | 4th | |||
| Jack Brabham | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | 4 | |||||||||||
| Bruce McLaren | 6 | 12 | Ret | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
| 1962 | Cooper Car Company | Climax FPF
1.5 in-line 4 |
D | NED | MON | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | USA | RSA | 29 (37)2 | 3rd | ||
| Tony Maggs | 6 | Ret | 9 | |||||||||||||
| John Love | John Love | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| 1963 | John Love | Climax FPF
1.5 in-line 4 |
D | MON | BEL | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | USA | MEX | RSA | 25 (26)3 | 5th | |
| John Love | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| 1965 | John Love | Climax FPF
1.5 in-line 4 |
D | RSA | MON | BEL | FRA | GBR | NED | GER | ITA | USA | MEX | 143 | 5th | |
| John Love | Ret |
- 1 Points were awarded on an 8-6-4-3-2-1 (1961) and 9-6-4-3-2-1 (1962 onwards) basis to the first six finishers at each round, but only the best placed car for each make was eligible to score points. In 1961 and 1962 only the best five results from the season were retained, and only the best six results for 1963 and 1965.
- 2 Includes points scored by other Cooper-Climax models
- 3 All points scored by other Cooper-Climax models
References
- ^ "Cooper T55 • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com.
- ^ "1961 Cooper T55 Climax - Images, Specifications and Information". Ultimatecarpage.com.
- ^ "1961 Cooper T55". www.classicdriver.com.
- ^ "1961 Cooper T55 Brabham". May 15, 2022.
- ^ "1961 Cooper T55". conceptcarz.com.
- ^ Brown, Allen. "Cooper T55 car-by-car histories". OldRacingCars.com.
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