{"id":24728,"date":"2012-01-09T14:03:33","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T14:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=24728"},"modified":"2022-06-22T16:54:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T15:54:39","slug":"masterclass-sir-sterling-the-cooper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/masterclass-sir-sterling-the-cooper\/","title":{"rendered":"Masterclass: Sir Stirling & The Cooper"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Down tools for ten minutes and enjoy with us this informative and entertaining video of Sir Stirling Moss threading a beautiful little Cooper around Donington Park. The car is similar to the one in which Sir Stirling won the 1958 Argentine Grand Prix – and also the one in which Jack Brabham won the 1959 World Driver’s Championship.<\/p>\n

We can’t be sure exactly which designation is the car in the video, a T45 or a T51 – but pedantry aside we think you’ll agree it’s a very lovely piece of machinery.<\/p>\n

This is the sort of lightweight, rear-engined car that ushered in an area of Empire dominance and loosened Ferrari, Mercedes and Masterati’s stranglehold on the sport.<\/p>\n

Despite its lack of torsional rigidity and safety features it still managed to top 160 on a long straight, and achieved amazing performance for such a small car.<\/p>\n

Little wonder the guys, like Stirling, who raced these machines were made of rakish, swashbuckling stuff.<\/p>\n