The team
Founder John Begley brought together a highly experienced team to help make his dream of the ultimate lightweight road legal track day car a reality.
He personally sought out people who were not only at the pinnacle of their respective fields, but also shared his passion and determination to build a cutting-edge lightweight sports car. The result was a unique blend of expertise split 50:50 between F1/Motorsport and road going Prestige Sportscar design.
Together this team became Elemental Cars, and to this day they remain at the core of the business, offering our customers unparalleled access to the people that actually designed and built the class-leading RP1.
John Begley, Founder and Technical Director
John has a wealth of experience in race car and high performance road car engineering and chassis design, gained from working at McLaren and Triple8. He is renowned in the industry for his expertise in vehicle handling and dynamics, and designed the chassis, suspension and dynamics of Nissan and Triple Eight race winning BTCC cars.
John is responsible for the entire structural and dynamic layout and design of the Elemental RP cars and he has worked extensively on mechanical and aerodynamic development for the McLaren F1 team and had critical design input into the McLaren Mercedes SLR, 12C and P1.
Mark Fowler, Co-founder, Aerodynamics and Body Engineering Manager
Mark has a long work history of aerodynamics design for McLaren F1, and previously worked as a Design Engineer for a number of major car manufacturers. Mark is responsible for the innovative downforce creating underfloor design of the RP cars and his experience and contacts in the world of F1 aerodynamics has been instrumental in the development of the world class aerodynamics and downforce that the RP cars exhibit.
Guy Colborne, Design Manager
A specialist in automotive exterior and interior design as well as 3D CAD, Guy has worked in vehicle design for Pininfarina, Daewoo, BMW, Ford and Opel on cars such as the Opel Astra and Zafira, Holden HSV VY, Ford Focus CC and RS, Transit and C-Max.
Guy is currently course tutor on the Intelligent Mobility MA programme at London’s Royal College of Art; training and mentoring the next generation of automotive designers from around the world.
Guy is responsible for all of the visible features of the RP cars
Jeremy Curnow, Finance Director and Programme Manager
Jeremy has worked in design and project management for Lotus, McLaren, Chrysler, AMG and Porsche, and brings with him a detailed knowledge of all areas of vehicle design and architecture, and the project planning, resource and funding required to bring the Elemental RP cars to market. Jeremy also brings experience of commercial and business management from his work in this and other business sectors.