Eric
Brandon

Eric Brandon was born in East Ham, in the United Kingdom, on 18 July 1920. After the Second World War he and his childhood friend John Cooper built two cars for the new 500 cc category. Brandon entered his Cooper in many hillclimbs and sprints. In 1947 he won the first 500 cc circuit race held in Britain, at Gransden Lodge, and in 1951 he took the first Formula Three title. He often raced for Ecurie Richmond, a team he had set up with Alan Brown.

In the Formula One World Championship, Brandon started four races in 1952 and one in 1954, always in a Cooper. He did not score any points. He kept racing cars until 1956, but became more and more involved in hydroplane racing and from 1957 devoted himself entirely to it. Eric Brandon died on 8 August 1982.

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