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 Despite this achievement, the car was superseded almost immediately by the T45.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.
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 Cooper Car Company Climax FPF 2.0 L4 ARG MON 500 FRA GBR GER PES ITA n/a n/a Jack Brabham 6 7/Ret 7 Les Leston DNQ Mike MacDowel 7 Roy Salvadori 5 Ret Climax FPF 1.5 L4 Ret Rob Walker Racing Team Jack Brabham Ret Climax FPF 2.0 L4 Ret J B Naylor Climax FPF 1.5 L4 Brian Naylor 13 Ridgeway Managements Tony Marsh 15 R Gibson Dick Gibson Ret F.R. Gerard Bristol BS 2.0 L4 Bob Gerard 6 Rob Walker Racing Team Climax FPF 2.0 L4 ARG MON NED 500 BEL FRA GBR GER POR ITA MOR 31 3rd Stirling Moss 1 Ron Flockhart DNQ Maurice Trintignant 8 8 Climax FPF 1.5 L4 Wolfgang Seidel Ret François Picard Ret High Efficiency Motors Ian Burgess 7 R Gibson Dick Gibson Ret Ecurie Eperon d'Or Christian Goethals Ret B.C. Ecclestone Climax FPF 2.5 L4 MON 500 NED FRA GBR GER POR ITA USA 401st 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 - Scuderia Colonia Climax FPF 1.5 L4 ARG MON 500 NED BEL FRA GBR POR ITA USA 48 (58)1st Piero Drogo 8 Equipe Prideaux/Dick Gibson Vic Wilson Ret
The World Constructors' Championship was not awarded before 1958. Shared drive. No points scored by the T43 as it was run in a Formula Two Category. Points also scored by the Cooper T45. Points also scored by the Cooper T51. Points also scored by the Cooper T51 and Cooper T53. 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