1959 Cooper T51: Tiny British Team That Humiliated Ferrari and Changed F1 Forever

The Cooper T51 was built by a father and son in a tiny Surrey garage, cost under a thousand pounds, and ran a backwards Citroen road car gearbox. In 1959 it beat Ferrari to win both World Championships. By 1961 every car on the F1 grid copied its layout. This is how the cheapest car in the paddock changed racing forever.