Alan Jones (racing driver)
Australian racing driver and commentator (born 1946) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Born | (1946-11-02) 2 November 1946 (age 77) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | Australian |
Active years | 1975–1981, 1983, 1985–1986 |
Teams | Hesketh (privateer) Hill, Surtees, Shadow, Williams, Arrows, Haas Lola |
Entries | 117 (116 starts) |
Championships | 1 (1980) |
Wins | 12 |
Podiums | 24 |
Career points | 199 (206)[1] |
Pole positions | 6 |
Fastest laps | 13 |
First entry | 1975 Spanish Grand Prix |
First win | 1977 Austrian Grand Prix |
Last win | 1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1986 Australian Grand Prix |
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.