Cooper T51

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Cooper T51

Category	Formula One, Formula Two
Constructor	Cooper Car Company
Designer(s)	Owen Maddock
Predecessor	Cooper T45
Successor	Cooper T53
Technical specifications
Chassis	Steel spaceframe
Suspension (front)	Double wishbone, coil spring and damper
Suspension (rear)	Double wishbone, leaf spring and damper
Axle track	F: 55 in (1,397 mm) R: 53 in (1,346 mm)
Wheelbase	104 in (2,642 mm)
Engine	Climax, Maserati, Castellotti, Borgward or Ferrari 2.5- or 1.5-litre straight-4, naturally aspirated, rear mid, longitudinally mounted.
Transmission	Citroen, Colotti (and others) manual gearbox.
Weight	1,545 lb (701 kg)
Tyres	Dunlop
Competition history
Notable entrants	Cooper, Rob Walker Racing Team, Scuderia Centro Sud, Yeoman Credit Racing Team
Notable drivers	Stirling Moss Jack Brabham Bruce McLaren Phil Hill Wolfgang Von Trips Tony Brooks Maurice Trintignant Masten Gregory Olivier Gendebien Roy Salvadori
Debut	1959 Monaco Grand Prix
Races Wins Poles F/Laps 24 5 6 6
Constructors' Championships	1 (1959)
Drivers' Championships	1 (Jack Brabham, 1959)

The Cooper T51 was a Formula One and Formula Two racing car designed by Owen Maddock and built by the Cooper Car Company for the 1959 Formula One season. The T51 earned a significant place in motor racing history when Jack Brabham drove the car to become the first driver to win the World Championship of Drivers with an engine mounted behind them, in 1959. The T51 was raced in several configurations by various entrants until 1963 and in all no less than 38 drivers were entered to drive T51s in Grand Prix races.