Cooper T45
| Category | Formula One, Formula Two | ||||||||
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| Constructor | Cooper Car Company | ||||||||
| Designer(s) | Owen Maddock | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Cooper T43 | ||||||||
| Successor | Cooper T51 | ||||||||
| Technical specifications | |||||||||
| Chassis | Steel spaceframe | ||||||||
| Suspension (front) | Double wishbone, coil spring and damper | ||||||||
| Suspension (rear) | Lower wishbone, transverse leaf spring with transverse link and damper | ||||||||
| Engine | Climax FPF, Maserati 2.5 or 1.5-litre straight-4, naturally aspirated, rear mid, longitudinally mounted. | ||||||||
| Transmission | manual gearbox. | ||||||||
| Tyres | Dunlop | ||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||
| Notable entrants | Cooper R.R.C. Walker Racing Team | ||||||||
| Notable drivers | Jack Brabham Maurice Trintignant Roy Salvadori | ||||||||
| Debut | 1958 Monaco Grand Prix | ||||||||
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The Cooper T45 was an open-wheel formula racing car, developed and built by the Cooper Car Company in 1958, and designed by Owen Maddock. It competed in Formula 2 racing as well as in Formula One racing, where it won one World Championship Grand Prix, the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix, being driven by Maurice Trintignant.