John Cooper (racing driver)

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John Cooper competed in the Aurora AFX Formula 1 series in 1978 on a Williams FW05

John Cooper (born April 30, 1948 in Wolverhampton ) is a former British racing driver .

Career in motorsport

There is more than one person in British motorsport who goes by the name of John Cooper. In addition to the automobile racing driver John Cooper, the son of Charles Cooper , the founder of the Cooper Car Company and the motorcycle racer bear this name.

At the end of the 1970s, Cooper was involved in the Aurora AFX Formula 1 series . In 1978 he reached eighth place overall in the series. His best ranking in a race was third on a Williams FW05 at the International Gold Cup . In 1979 he finished the season 19th overall.

In the 1980s, Cooper mainly drove sports car races . Between 1975 and 1987 he competed ten times in the Le Mans 24-hour race . In 1981 he finished fourth overall with Dudley Wood and Claude Bourgoignie in a Porsche 935K3 and won the group 5 racing class . In 1983 he won the Thundersports Brands Hatch with partner Ray Mallock . 1981 he was in the World Sportscar Championship scoring 6-hour race at Mugello second.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1975 BelgiumBelgium Jean Blaton Porsche 911 Carrera RSR United KingdomUnited Kingdom Nick Faure BelgiumBelgium Jean Blaton Rank 6
1977 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Charles Ivey Racing Porsche 911 Carrera RSR United KingdomUnited Kingdom Peter Lovett United StatesUnited States John Rulon-Miller failure Engine failure
1979 United KingdomUnited Kingdom JC Racing Ltd. Lola T380 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Peter Lovett United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Morrison failure Electrics
1980 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Charles Ivey Racing Porsche 935K3 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Peter Lovett United KingdomUnited Kingdom Dudley Wood failure Cylinder head gasket
1981 BelgiumBelgium Claude Bourgoignie Porsche 935K3 BelgiumBelgium Claude Bourgoignie United KingdomUnited Kingdom Dudley Wood 4th place and class win
1982 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Charles Ivy Racing Porsche 935K3 BelgiumBelgium Claude Bourgoignie United KingdomUnited Kingdom Paul Smith Rank 8
1983 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Charles Ivey Racing Porsche 930 United KingdomUnited Kingdom David Ovey United KingdomUnited Kingdom Paul Smith 11th place and class win
1984 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Charles Ivey Racing Grid S2 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Barry Robinson United KingdomUnited Kingdom Dudley Wood failure fuel pump
1985 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Cheetah Automobiles Switzerland Cheetah G604 BelgiumBelgium Claude Bourgoignie BelgiumBelgium Bernard de Dryver failure accident
1987 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Charles Ivey Racing Tiga GC287 MoroccoMorocco Max Cohen-Olivar United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tom Dodd-Noble failure crankshaft

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Aurora AFX Formula 1 Series 1978
  2. Individual results of the Aurora AFX Formula 1 series 1978
  3. ^ Aurora AFX Formula 1 Series 1979
  4. ^ Thundersports Brands Hatch 1983
  5. ^ Mugello 6-hour race in 1981