Ka cika wannan jumla: 1958 ya kasance mai ban sha'awa a wata hanya mai muhimmanci ga Formula One. A kan karamin filin Ferrari da Maserati, Stirling Moss ya lashe Grand Prix na Argentina yana tuka Cooper mai matsakaicin matsakaici wanda ƙungiyar masu zaman kansu ta Rob Walker ta shiga, kuma injin Coventry-Climax Straight-4 mai lita 2 ya ba shi. Wannan ita ce nasara ta farko ga mota tare da injin da aka saka a bayan direba a cikin Formula One. Har ila yau, shi ne karo na farko na gasar cin kofin duniya na GP don mai shiga mai zaman kansa (sai dai Indianapolis 500 inda duk shigarwar ta kasance masu shiga masu zaman kansu ne ta hanyar amfani da sayen kaya). Gasar Grand Prix ta gaba a
Monaco kuma ya ci nasara da wannan motar Cooper, a wannan lokacin Maurice Trintignant ne ya tuka shi kuma yana fuskantar babbar adawa. Ana amfani da injina masu ƙarancin ƙarfi, Coopers sun kasance a waje a cikin 1958 amma da zaran an sami sabon injin Coventry-Climax mai lita 2.5, ƙananan motocin Burtaniya sun ci gaba da mamaye Formula One. Lokacin 1959 ya kasance farkon farkon juyin juya halin tsakiyar-injini, kuma wannan kakar ta ga gasa mai zafi tsakanin ayyukan Cooper na Australiya Jack Brabham da Moss a cikin Cooper na Walker. Canjin da aka canza na Citroën Traction Avant wanda aka canza shi ya zama ƙafar Achilles na Coopers, don haka Walker ya canza zuwa transaxle wanda tsohon injiniyan Maserati Valerio Colotti ya ƙera. Musamman watsa ya juya ya zama mafi unreliable fiye da misali bangare, da kuma Brabham dauki lakabi da Moss biyu.