John Alfred Booth (born 18 December 1954 in Rotherham, England) is the former Director of Racing at Scuderia Toro Rosso.
Among the drivers who have gone on to greater things having raced with Manor Motorsport are: Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Räikkönen, Paul di Resta, Jason Plato, Oliver Jarvis and Antônio Pizzonia.
On 12 June 2009 it was announced Manor's application to participate in the 2010 Formula One season had been accepted - the original intention having been to race in GP2, but the entry list was full.
On 30 October 2015, media announced the resignation of both Booth and Chief Executive Officer Graeme Lowdon from the team at the end of 2015, citing differences with team owner Stephen Fitzpatrick.
[4] In April 2016, it was announced that Booth had joined Toro Rosso as Director of Racing.