JAMES CROOK.
Vehicle-ography

The cars, in order.

The Locost's bare steel frame in the garage
The frame
The finished Locost above Beachy Head
Finished
01Eastbourne · built at 18

Locost

Built from Ron Champion's book Build Your Own Sports Car for as Little as £250. Mostly self-built, with key components from Caterham, specialist suppliers and Ford.

Formula Student car number 82 on a cone course
02Cambridge

Formula Student

Student race car, alongside an engineering degree at Cambridge.

White Jaguar XJS race car, number 17, cornering on track
03Classic Sports Car Club

Jaguar XJS race car

Class winner at Snetterton, April 2013.

Blue Mini parked on grass
04First car after university

Mini

Trusty first car after university. Went through a few clutches…

Black and gold Lotus Formula 1 car in the Enstone reception
05Enstone

Lotus F1

Formula 1 aerodynamics with Lotus F1 Team: CFD and wind-tunnel development.

Grey Porsche 911 Carrera S of the 997 generation on a country lane
06Carrera S · manual

Porsche 911 (997)

First Porsche: a first-generation manual Carrera S. Survived a couple of laps of the Nürburgring. Only minor bore scoring…

James in a Martini-liveried Williams chassis at the factory
Martini · 2019
Williams team photo in the Monza pit lane
Monza · 2019
James in the cockpit of the 2021 Williams
Cockpit · 2021
07Grove

Williams F1

Formula 1 aerodynamic development at Williams, across several eras of car.

The new Tesla Roadster at night, doors up and rear wing deployed
08California · 2022–2026

Tesla Roadster

Led aerodynamic development of the new Roadster, revealed on 15 October 2026. Image: Tesla

Green 1967 Porsche 912 parked above a beach on the coast
091967 · Irish Green

Porsche 912

Latest addition: a 1967 912 in Irish Green, from Dodi Auto Sales.