[4] Two years later, during an annual trip to Finland to improve her handling technique, she had an accident where she crashed her car against a frozen snow bank over 130 mph (210 km/h) and broke her collarbone and nine ribs.
[5] Her first season was considered successful by taking four class podium finishes with two of those being victories and was ranked in the top ten standings of the British Rally Championship Challenge.
[9] At the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally, Cook became the first woman to claim a production class podium position by finishing in second place.
Cook's funding had dried up before Rally New Zealand and was forced to sell her trophies on eBay to raise £17,000 which enabled her continuation in the championship.
[12] In the Rally d'Italia Sardegna, her car was affected by multiple problems and fought through pain in her left arm to finish tenth in her class.
[13] Cook was diagnosed with a broken collarbone by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's (FIA) medical delegate Jean Duby and was required to withdraw from the season-ending Rally Catalunya.
[16] Days before she was due to enter the 2015 Rally d'Italia, a surgical screw from an operation three years previously got stuck in her subclavian artery and obstructed blood flow which led to her being transported to Maidstone Hospital.
Cook was able to re-assemble the car, but a homologation problem in the spare seat brackets made her unable to start the final leg of the rally.
[21] Although her name was in the entry list for the fourth round of the season, the Tour de Corse,[22] she could not raise the necessary amount of funding to take part in the rally.
[27] Since 24 July 2011, Louise Cook has maintained her own channel on YouTube called "Cookie and Cars", with the majority of videos revolving around sim racing and other car-related content.