Mini Cooper group T (1959)

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Production
1,190,000 units built for Mk I (1959-1967)

Group	T and 1			GT, T	1
Homolotation number	1047, 5027	1048, 5026	1064	45, 1095, 1298	5013
Homolotation start	17/9/1959, 31/10/1964 (1/1/1966)	17/9/1959, 24/10/1964 (1/1/1966)	29/4/1961	31/10/1961, 16/1/1962, 12/4/1964	1/10/1964 (1/1/1966)
Model	Austin 7 - Mini 850	Moris Minor - Mini 850	Austin 7 Countryman - Mini (Estate)	Austin Moris Mini Cooper	Austin-Moris Mini Cooper 1300
Chassis	A-A2S7	M-A2S4	AAW7	C-A2S7, K-A2S4
Engine	8A/U/H, 1964: 8AM	8MB/U/H, 1964: 8AM	8AM/U/M	9F/SA/H	9FA, 9FD
Engine capacity	848cc			997cc

Couper S

Group	T, 1 and 2
Homolotation number	1201	1299, 1515	1300
Homolotation start	9/5/1963	11/4/1964
Chassis	C-A2S7, K-A2S4
Engine	9F/SA/H	9T/SA/X	9F/SA/Y
Engine capacity	1071cc	970cc	1275cc

1964: hydroelastic spring and dumpers for suspension

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Results in WSCC

1962Season races for Touring cars

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Targa Florio	d' Auvergne	Nurb
Team			500km
Downton Engineering (1000 group P)	#106, OTL
Daniel Richmond (1000 group P)		#30, 21st
Blez International (850)			#51, eng ine
Philip Cadman/ Rona Pearson (1000)			#67, gear box
Dieter Mohr/ Peter Lindner (1000)			#68, mecha nical
Blez International (1000)			#69, 18th
Andrew Hedges (1000)			#70, 44th
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 7/3	1/0	1/1	5/2
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Downton Engineering
Bernard Cahier	|106
Paul Metternich	106
Daniel Richmond
Jimmy Blumer		30
Blez International
Jean Aley			51, 69
Daphne Freeman		51
Andrew Hedges
H. P. Hoffmann			70
Max Scheerle			70

1963Season races for Touring cars

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Sebring	Targa Florio	Nurb	Cons uma	Ross feld	Nurb	TdF
Team	12h		1000km	Hill climb	Hill climb	500km
BMC, A2S4221347 (1000)							#24, dnf
BMC, A2S4222450 (1000)							#27, eng ine
BMC, A2S4384627 (1.1S)							#38, 7th
BMC, A2S4384611 (1.1S)							#39, eng ine
Frederick Royston (group P)	#68, crank pulley
Downton Engineering (Targa group P)		#154, 25th
Downton Engineering (Twini 2 x 998cc group P)		#162, 27th
Radbourne Racing (1300 group P)			#95, dns
Claudio Bilenchi (1100)				#272, in entry list
Franco Zaniratti (1000)				#314, in entry list
John Aley (1000)						#52, dnf
Raymond Schweich/ Bob Think (1000)						#67, 31st
Dieter Mohr (1000)						#68, in entry list
Georges Naneix/ Charles Gigon (1.0)							#25, dnf
Hugues Hazard/ Claude Marbaque (1.1)							#26, 18th
Terry Hunter/ Denise McCluggage (1.0)							#28, over heating
Pierre Tollemer/ Alexandre Tollemer (1.0)							#30, dnf
Jacques Jauson/ Patrick Antonin (1.1S)							#35, dnf
Yves Deprez/ Julien Vernaeve (1.1S)							#37, acci dent
Roger Cazes/ Laurent Idrac (1.0)							#23, in entry list
Jean-Marie Pierson/ Jean-Pierre Cornet (1.0)							#31, in entry list
Jean-Louis Marnat/ "Ventu" (1.1S)							#36, in entry list
Roger Meunier/ Pierre Maublanc (1.0)							in entry list
Statistics
Starts/finishes 16/5	1/0	2/2	1/0			2/1	10/2
Drivers	Team entries and car number
BMC
Rauno Aaltonen							24
John Tony Ambrose							24
Timo Mäkinen							27
Logan Morrison							27
Paddy Hopkirk							38
Henry Liddon							38
Pauline Mayman							39
Elizabeth Jones							39
Frederick Royston
Gordon Browne	68
Grant Clark	68
Downton Engineering
Bernard Cahier		154
Rob Slotemaker		154
John Whitmore		162
Paul Frere		162
Radbourne Racing
John Anstead			95
Peter Clarke			95
John Aley
Sheridan Thynne						52
Jonathan Williams						52

1964Season races for Touring cars

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Targa Florio	Consuma	Rossfeld	Nurb	TdF	Brigde Hampton
Team		Hill climb	Hill climb	500km		500km
BMC, A2S4489078 (1.0S)					#18, acci dent
BMC, A2S4488512 (1.0S)					#19, mecha nical
BMC, A2S4488503 (1.0)					#20, 28th
BMC (1.3S)					#23, coo ling
BMC, A2S7487640 (1.3S)					#30, mecha nical
BMC (1.3S)					#31, 26th
Vita Foam (group S)	#176, acci dent
Enrico Verga (1100)		#177, 145th
Fernando Wissel (1100)		#183, 96th
Roberto Benelli (1100)		#187, 47th
Franco Zaniratti (1100)		#189, 45th
Piero Conte (1.1S)		#191, dnf
Gilberto Bagnasacco (1100)		#192, 66th
Sergio Fiorentino (1.1S)		#180, in entry list
Gianfranco Padoan (1.1S)		#188, in entry list
Isar Racing (1.3S)			#122, dnf
Voelkel (1.3S)			#123, dnf
Alfred Krohe (1.3S)			#126, 36th
John R. Williamson/ William Shepherd (1.0)				#55, 27th
Bernd Wucherpfennig/ Christian Schmarje (1.0S)				#58, 7th
William D. Kelly/ Philip Wicks (1.0)				#59, 21st
Tartaruga (1.0)				#63, dnf
Tartaruga (1.0)				#71, dnf
Tartaruga (1.3)				#73, 10th
Raymond Schweich/ Jacques Winandy (1.0)				#65, 44th
Martyn H. Ryan/ R. M. Wilson (1.0)				#66, 26th
John Fitzpatrick/ Ulrich Therstappen (1.3)				#74, dnf
Sussex Racing (1.3)				#76, dnf
Continental American (1.3)				#78, 22nd
Willi Martini (1.3S)				#80, dnf
BMC Germany (1.3S)				#81, dnf
OASC (1.3S)				#82, in entry list
Weber Racing (1.0S)					#17, eng ine
AGACI (1.3S)					#27, acci dent
AGACI (1.3S group GT)					#108, eng ine
Vita Foam (1.3S)					#28, min dist
Violette Pyrenees (1.3S)					#29, 30th
Mediterranee (1.3S)					#33, mecha nical
Loire (1.3S)					#34, mecha nical
Francis Tomas/ Michel Gamet (1.3S)					in entry list
Al Pease Racing Partnership (1.3S group S)						#11, 15th
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 37/17	1/0	6/5	3/1	13/7	13/3	1/1
Drivers	Team entries and car number
BMC
Timo Mäkinen					18
Paul Easter					18
Paddy Hopkirk					19
Henry Liddon					19
Pauline Mayman					20
Valerie Domleo					20
Geoffrey Mabbs					23
John Davenport					23
Rauno Aaltonen					30
John Tony Ambrose					30
John Michael Wadsworth					31
Johnstone Syer					31
Vita Foam
Rupert Jones	176				28
Harry Ratcliffe	176
John Clegg					28
Isar Racing
Manfred Behnke			122
Voelkel
Gianfranco Padoan			123
Tartaruga
J. C. Thurston				63
R. F. Bunting				71
John Terry				73
Sussex Racing
Mike Renny				76
Tony Stracey				76
Continental American
John Nibert				78
Jim Smith				78
Willi Martini
Dieter Mohr				80
Horst Eiteneuer				80
BMC Germany
Karl-Heinz Becker				81
OASC
F. X. Schmoellerl				82
Karl Ritter				82
Weber Racing
Robert Buchanan-Michaelson					17
Alan Hutcheson					17
AGACI
Alain Reille					27
Bruno D'Armaille					27
Jean-Louis Marnat					108
"Ventu"					108
Violette Pyrenees
Michel Castaing					29
Jacques Chambon					29
Mediterranee
Paul Justamond					33
Henri-Bernard Zubléna					33
Loire
Serge Lelong					34
Dominique Bouniol					34
Al Pease Racing Partnership
Al Pease						11

1965Season races for T 1.3-

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Mugelo	Rossfeld	Bolzano Mendola	CdE	Nurb	Bridgeh
Team		Hill climb	Hill climb		500km	500km
Paolo Senni/ Giovanni Brancadori (1000 group S)	#51, in entry list
Isar Racing (1.3S)		#108, 18th
Austin Austria (1.3S)		#109, dns	#106, 27th
Mariahilf (1.3S)		#110, 31st
Alfred Krohe (1.3S)		#111, 26th
Isar Racing (1.3S)		#112, 29th
Brescia Corse (1.3S)		#106, in entry list	#100, 62nd	in entry list
Karl Foitek (1.3S)		#107, in entry list
Jochen Neerspasch (1.3S)		#113, in entry list			#62, 21st
Willi Nessling (1.0)		#123, in entry list
Gernot Leu (1.0)			#80, 7st
Aylesbury Tuning (1.0)			#88, 53rd		#79, in entry list
Heinz Stieger (1.0)			#94, 67th
Franz Thaller (1.3S)			#114, 45th
Silvano Pittini (1.3S)			#120, 54th
Günther Insam (1.3S)			#122, 59th
Luciano Roiatti (1.3S)			#124, 44th
Fernando Wissel (1.1 group GT)			#210, in entry list
Broadspeed (1.3S)					#56, dnf
John Glyde Walker/ Simon Scrimgeour (1.3S)					#67, 40th
Taurus (1.0)					#68, dnf
Taurus (1.0)					#69, 32nd
William Shepherd/ John R. Williamson (1.0)					#72, dnf
Eckhard Casteel/ Heinrich von Schweinichen (1.0)					#77, 29th
John Aley/ Tim Lalonde/ Jean Aley (850)					#85, dnf
Escargot (1.3S)					#59, in entry list
Michel Moisset/ Julien Vernaeve (1.3S)					#66, in entry list
Gustav Bontemps (1.0)					#82, in entry list
John W. Langerman (1.0)						#68, in entry list
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 22/17		5/4	9/9		8/4
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Brescia Corse
Gianfranco Padoan		106	100	+
Karl Foitek
Edy Welti		107
Isar Racing
Manfred Behnke		108
Austin Austria
Dieter Delle Karth		109	106
Mariahilf
Josef Chalupa		110
Jochen Neerspasch
Hans-Friedrich Höftmann		113			62
Karl von Wendt					62
Aylesbury Tuning
Phil De Banks			88		79
Martyn H. Ryan					79
Broadspeed
John Terry					56
Laurie Goodwin					56
Escargot
David Strauss					59
Dave Helmick					59
Taurus
Philip Wicks					68
William D. Kelly					68
David Meer					69
Mike Pignéguy					69

1966Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Mugelo	Montagna	Nurb
Team		Hill climb	500km
Federico Giunta/ Carlo Cremascoli (1.3S)	#2, 44th
"Aquilotto"/ Enrico Agostinii (1.3S)	#3, 20th
Franco Zaniratti (1.3S)	#6, 25th
Philippe Carron (1000)		#114, 76th
Carlo Dubach (1.3S)		#125, 40th
Meute (1.3S)		#127, 73rd
Troisime Etoiles (1.3S)		#128, in entry list
Troisime Etoiles (1.3S)		#130, 77th
Rene Neumann (1000)		#112, in entry list
Werner Haefliger (1000)		#113, in entry list
Pier-Giorgio Pelligrini (1.3S)		#122, in entry list
Geneve Groupe Competition (1.3S)		#126, in entry list
Aylesbury Tuning (1.3S)			#65, dns
Raganr Eklund (1.3S)			#68, dnf
Raganr Eklund (1.3S)			#69, 14th
John Aley (1000)			#70, 25th
Altenhofen (1.3S)			#71, 11th
Richard Miles (1.3S)			#72, dnf
C. B. Mynott (1.3S)			#75, dns
Broadspeed (1.3S)			#79, dnf
William Shepherd (1000)			#84, dnf
Statistics
Starts/finishes 16/10	3/3	4/4	9/3
Driver	Team entries and car number
Geneve Groupe Competition
Jean Selz		126
Meute
Marcel Fleury		127
Troisime Etoiles
Pierre Proz		128
Harold Missilliez		130
Aylesbury Tuning
Phil De Banks			65
Raganr Eklund
Raganr Eklund			68
Dadobert Swenson			69
Altenhofen
Toni Brenn			71
Richard Miles
David Meer			72
C. B. Mynott
M. R. B. Clarke			75
Broadspeed
John Terry			79
William Shepherd
John R. Williamson			84

1967Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Targa Florio	Mugelo	Ollon	Nurb
Team	24h	720km	529km	Hill climb	500km
Paul Metternich/ Wittigo Einsiedel, C-A2S7-L/956939 (group P)		#196, acci dent
Domenico Cedrati/ Giancarlo Galimberti (1.3S)			#163, dnf
Franco Zaniratti (1.3S)			#169, dnf
Furlan/ Silvano Pittini (1.3S)			#171, dnf
Formel Rennsport Club, Zurich (1.3S)				#85, 54th
VSA München (1.3S)				#88, 48th
Richard Broström (1.3S)				#91, 58th
Corsaires (1.3S)				#84, in entry list
Richard Groves (1.3S group P)					#18T, OTL
Richard Miles (1.3S)					#82, dnf
Charles Mynott (1.3S)					#86, dnf
Ragnar Eklund (1.3S)					#91, dnf
Tony Mercx (1.3S)					#95, 22nd
Picko Troberg (1.3S)					#96, dnf
Stiletto (1.3S)					#97, dnf
Ian J. Alexander (1.0S)					#102, 8th
Phil de Banks (1.0S)					#83, in entry list
J. A. Woodhouse (1.0S)					#93, in entry list
Statistics
Starts/finishes 15/5		1/0	3/0	3/3	8/2
Driver	Team entries and car number
Corsaires
Alain Cattin				84
Formel Rennsport Club, Zurich
Carlo Dubach				85
VSA München
Alfred Krohe				88
Richard Groves
Mike Pignéguy		18T
Richard Miles
Roger Heavens					82
J. A. Woodhouse
Christian Schmarje					93
Grafo Brussel
Alfred Krohe					95
Stiletto
Bill Vanderford					97

1972Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Buenos Ayres	Dayt	Sebring	Brands Hatch	Monza	Spa	Targa Florio	Nurb	Le Man	Zeltweg	Watkins Glen
Team	1000km	6h	12h	1000km	1000km	1000km		1000km	24h	1000km	6h
Aretusa (group S)							#51, dns
Statistics
Starts/finishes 1/0							1/0
Driver	Team entries and car number
Aretusa
Matteo Sgarlata							51
Joe Anastasi							51

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Source
Mini Twini '63