James Robert Key (born January 14, 1972) is a Formula One engineer and Technical Director who has worked for many teams. In 1998, he joined Jordan, spending several years as a data engineer, then became race engineer for Takuma Sato. Shortly after the team's ownership transferred to MF1 Racing, Key became the team's Technical Director during the 2005 season following a brief period as Technical Co-ordinator. He was one of the youngest Technical Directors of a Formula One team, at the age of 33 years, along with Sam Michael (born in 1971)