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Sports and Touring Car racing. Jones in 2007. Jones' post Formula One career was initially spasmodic in nature. Briefly in demand for his services as a Touring Car co-driver, he raced occasionally in his home country's biggest endurance race, the Bathurst 1000 but success was elusive.
A straight-talking, iron-willed, hard-driving tough guy, Alan Jones fought his way to the forefront, where he defended his territory with ruthless determination and large doses of intimidation. His belligerence was partly a by-product of a long and hard struggle to make it to Formula 1 racing in the first place.
Alan Jones was a straight-talking, iron-willed, and hard-driving tough guy who fought to the forefront of Formula One racing. Initially considered a journeyman driver, his career took off when he teamed up with the then equally undistinguished Williams team. Together, they conquered the racing world, with Jones becoming the prototypical ...
Apr 24, 2019 · Having arrived in Europe from his native Australia in the early 70s, Jones worked his way into F1 before becoming a Grand Prix winner with Shadow in 1977. But it’s with Williams that AJ is inextricably linked, winning 11 world championship races for the squad, as well as their first drivers’ crown.
Jones’s F3 career came good in 1973 when driving a DART Racing GRD 373. With earlier driving inconsistencies all-but irradiated, he won six times and led the John Player F3 Championship for most of the season. However, a misfire at the final double points round at Brands Hatch handed the title to Tony Brise.
Alan Jones won the 1980 Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship. Born on the 2nd of November in Melbourne, Australia, Alan Jones’ racing roots began at a really early age. His father, Stan, was part of Australia’s elite class of drivers in the 1950s, which propelled Alan’s passion for the sport.
Alan Jones won the world championship with Williams in 1980, retired at the end of the following season, then made two comeback attempts.
