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| Category | Formula One, Formula Two | ||||||||
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| Constructor | Cooper Car Company | ||||||||
| Designer(s) | Owen Maddock | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Cooper T51 | ||||||||
| Successor | Cooper T55 | ||||||||
| Technical specifications | |||||||||
| Chassis | Steel spaceframe | ||||||||
| Suspension (front) | Double wishbone, coil spring and damper | ||||||||
| Suspension (rear) | Double wishbone, coil spring and damper | ||||||||
| Axle track | F: 1,190 mm (47 in) R: 1,220 mm (48 in) | ||||||||
| Wheelbase | 2,310 mm (91 in) | ||||||||
| Engine | Coventry Climax FPF 2.5-litre straight-4, naturally aspirated, rear mid, longitudinally mounted. | ||||||||
| Transmission | Cooper 5-speed manual gearbox. | ||||||||
| Weight | 500 kg (1,100 lb) | ||||||||
| Tyres | Dunlop | ||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||
| Notable entrants | Cooper | ||||||||
| Notable drivers |  Jack Brabham Bruce McLaren John Surtees | ||||||||
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| Constructors' Championships | 1 (1960) | ||||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 1 (Jack Brabham, 1960) | ||||||||
| n.b. Unless otherwise stated, all data refer to Formula One World Championship Grands Prix only. | |||||||||
The Cooper T53 is a Formula One car built by British motorsport team Cooper for the 1960 Formula One season. Jack Brabham drove it to his second World Championship that year, and with teammate Bruce McLaren gave Cooper its second Constructors' Championship.[1][2][3][4]
A T53 was purchased by Honda as part of its own F1 development efforts and can be considered the forerunner of Honda F1 machines. [5] [6]
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- ^ "Bonhams : 1961 Cooper-Climax T53P "Lowline' Formula 1 & 2 Racing Single-Seater T53Chassis no. F1/9/61". www.bonhams.com.
- ^ "A World Championship car: the 1960 Cooper Climax T53". March 21, 2019.
- ^ "COOPER T53 CLIMAX".
- ^ "Formula One Entry: The Initial Phase / 1964". global.honda.