Cooper-ATS

Cooper-ATS was a Formula 1 constructor that participated briefly in the 1967 season. The team made its sole Grand Prix appearance with driver Silvio Moser but failed to score any championship points or achieve podium finishes. Despite its short-lived presence, Cooper-ATS represents a transitional period in Formula 1 history when smaller constructors attempted to establish themselves amid increasing competition.

The team’s career spanned only a single race entry, resulting in no wins, poles, or points. With a win rate and podium rate of 0.0%, Cooper-ATS did not make a competitive impact on the championship standings. Its lack of retirements in that lone race indicates the car completed the event, although outside the points-scoring positions.

Cooper-ATS’s brief tenure highlights the challenges faced by new or smaller teams during the 1960s, a decade marked by rapid technological development and growing manufacturer involvement. The constructor’s one-race career over 59 years ago underlines the difficulties in sustaining a Formula 1 program during that era.