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Vanwall, BRM, Cooper and Lotus. These are the names that usually get the credit when it comes to the early days of British motorsport success. They certainly all played their part in Formula 1 in the 1950s, but two decades earlier a different firm had hinted at what was possible for a UK operation.
When English Racing Automobiles started building voiturettes – effectively a pre-Second World …Keep reading