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John Crosthwaite

John Crosthwaite (9 October 1925 – 5 September 2010) was an English race car designer and engineer, active in both the United Kingdom and the United States.

Crosthwaite worked with Cooper Cars, Colin Chapman at Team Lotus and Mickey Thompson as well as drivers Graham Hill, Dan Gurney and Jackie Stewart. He designed and built cars for Formula Junior and the 1962 and 1963 Indianapolis 500. A chassis specialist, he worked at Formula 1 team BRM and later drew up chassis for the Intermeccanica Italia, the Bond Bug and the Reliant Scimitar GTE road cars.

Lotus Elevens at 1956 British Grand Prix, Silverstone for the Formula 2 race. Crosthwaite holding cloth. Driver car no.16, Cliff Allison leaning on car. Driver car no.18, Graham Hill standing on left. Race winner Roy Salvadori standing with foot on tyre of the Cooper T41. Colin Chapman finished second in Lotus number 14 [1]
  1. ^ "Silverstone Grand Prix - Formula 2 1956 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars".

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