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COOPER – CLIMAX T51

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HISTORY

The Cooper – Climax T51 is a car that participated at the Formula 1 World Championship in 1960. Thanks to the insight of John Cooper, the victory of the Ferrari 246 in the 1958 world championship was the last of a car with a front engine. The T51 derived from a Formula 2 car with a Coventry Climax engine mounted at the rear.

The Yeoman Credit Racing Team with Olivier Gendebien at the wheel of Cooper – Climax T51 finished sixth at the Formula 1 World Championship 1959 with ten points in season.
The Australian driver Jack Brabham with the Cooper – Climax T53 won the Formula 1 World Championship 1959.

CHASSIS

Cooper T51
Designed: John Cooper and Owen Maddock
aluminium body over steel tubular chassis
Length: 2311 mm
Width: 1181 mm
Height: 1219 mm
Suspension front: Double wishbones, coil springs over telescopic shock absorbers
Suspension rear: Double wishbones, transverse semi-elliptic leaf spring, telescopic shock absorbers
Brakes: Girling discs, all-round
Tyres: Dunlop

ENGINE

Coventry Climax FPF Straight 4 2495 cc
Power: 179 kW
Drive Type: Rear wheel drive
Transmission: Knight C5S four speed Manual
Fuel Type: Petrol
Tank capacity: ?

RESULT

Sixth in the Formula 1 World Champion 1960 driver Olivier Gendebien.
Eleventh in the Formula 1 World Champion 1960 driver Tony Brooks.
Nineteenth in the Formula 1 World Champion 1960 driver Henry Taylor.
Twenty-fifth in the Formula 1 World Champion 1960 driver Lucien Bianchi.