Cooper-Bristol

The designation T was originally introduced by Cooper for the 500 cubic centimeter racing car.

Many of them wanted to enter the highest class of motorsport and expected a car from Cooper to do so.

Therefore, the car had to be light and easy to handle in order to keep up with the Ferrari that dominated at the time.

As expected, the car had no chance against the vehicles from Italy, but it did score the first points for Cooper in the Formula 1 World Championship by Alan Brown at the Swiss Grand Prix in 1952.

Mike Hawthorn achieved his first success on a T20 and in Britain became a popular racing driver almost overnight.