Alan Jones (racing driver)

Alan Jones
MBE
Jones in 1980 at Zandvoort
Born (1946-11-02) 2 November 1946 (age 77)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityAustralia Australian
Active years19751981, 1983, 19851986
TeamsHesketh (privateer)
Hill, Surtees, Shadow, Williams, Arrows, Haas Lola
Entries117 (116 starts)
Championships1 (1980)
Wins12
Podiums24
Career points199 (206)[1]
Pole positions6
Fastest laps13
First entry1975 Spanish Grand Prix
First win1977 Austrian Grand Prix
Last win1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix
Last entry1986 Australian Grand Prix

Alan Stanley Jones,[2] MBE (born 2 November 1946) is an Australian former Formula One driver. He was the first driver to win a Formula One World Championship with the Williams team, becoming the 1980 World Drivers' Champion and the second Australian to do so following triple World Champion Sir Jack Brabham. He competed in a total of 117 Grands Prix, winning 12 and achieving 24 podium finishes. Jones also won the 1978 Can-Am championship driving a Lola.

Jones is also the last Australian driver to win the Australian Grand Prix, winning the 1980 event at Calder Park Raceway, having lapped the field consisting mostly of Formula 5000 cars while he was driving his Formula One Championship winning Williams FW07B.

  1. ^ Up until 1990, not all points scored by a driver contributed to their final World Championship tally (see list of points scoring systems for more information). Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
  2. ^ FIA Year Book of Automobile Sport 1979. Patrick Stephens. white p. 38. ISBN 0-85059-320-4.

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