- Eric Brandon
Former F1 driver
Name = Eric Brandon
Nationality = flagicon|UK British
Years = F1|1952, F1|1954
Team(s) = non-works Cooper
Races = 5
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Points = 0
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race =1952 Swiss Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
Last race =1954 British Grand Prix Eric Brandon (
18 July 1920 inEast Ham ,London –8 August 1982 inGosport ,Hampshire ) was aFormula One driver who raced Coopers. When he and his boyhood friend John Cooper were released from military service afterWorld War II they built two cars to the new National 500cc regulations. Brandon, whose business was electrical goods, had access to BTH magnetos for the JAP engines, which Cooper's father Charlie then acquired.Brandon entered his Cooper in numerous hillclimbs and sprints and in 1947, at Gransden Lodge airfield, he won Britain's first-ever 500cc circuit race. [http://www.500race.org/Men/Brandon.htm Eric Brandon] "500race.org" Retrieved on
April 8 2008 ]He also won the first
Formula Three title. [ [http://www.motorsportsetc.com/champs/gbr_f3.htm British F3 Champions] "motorsportsetc.com" Retrieved onSeptember 4 ,2007 .]For much of his career Brandon raced for the Ecurie Richmond team, which he formed with
Alan Brown . He continued to compete until 1954, and then became involved inhydroplane racing.Complete Formula One World Championship results
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External links
* [http://www.500race.org 500 Owners Association]
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