1946 ERA E-Type GP2

This is one of the photographs I took on what was to be my last visit to the Donington Park Museum in September 2014.

It's the ERA E-Type GP2, built in 1939 with the supercharged 1,488cc version of the 6-cylinder inline engine, it was not fully developed before the war and it was 1946 before it saw any action, in the hands of Leslie Brooke. It was raced by Leslie Johnson from 1947 to 1950 and took part in the 1950 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, the first ever Formula One World Championship race, but retired on the second lap.