How to Pronounce Charles Cooper (motor manufacturer)
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Oct 14, 1893 Paris, Île de France, France Died on 02 Oct 1964 (aged 70)
British motorsport mechanic (1893-1964)
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About Charles Cooper Motor Manufacturer
- Charles Newton "Charlie" Cooper (14 October 1893 – 2 October 1964) was a British motorsport mechanic, designer and entrepreneur. With his son John Cooper he founded the Cooper Car Company, which produced a string of successful racing cars through the 1950s and '60s.
- While John provided the enthusiasm and vigour that drove the Cooper company forward, it was Charles' shrewd business brain that provided the stability – and profitability – that laid the foundation for their sporting success.
- Regular works driver Jack Brabham won the World Drivers' Championship in both the 1959 and 1960 Formula One seasons driving the Coopers' revolutionary mid-engined cars, and the Cooper team itself took the World Constructors' Championships.
- Although they never again achieved the heights of a World Championship, the Coopers' innovative vehicles left a lasting influence on racing car design.
- Before 1959 all Formula One World Champions had driven front-engined cars; since 1959 no front-engined car has won the World Championship again.
