Racing driver alan jones

The williams fw07 was a ground effect formula one racing car designed by patrick head, frank dernie, and neil oatley for the 1979 f1 season. Alan stanley jones, mbe born 2 november 1946 in melbourne, victoria is an australian former formula one driver. Apr, 2020 all the stats, form and information about trainer alan l jones available at racing. Today better known as father of 1980 world drivers champion alan jones, stan was a prominent racing driver himself, racing mainly in the 1950s. He was the first driver to win a formula one world championship with the williams team. At the end of 1997 alan jones sold his share of the team to jim and ross stone who renamed it. Jones has since then competed in sports cars, mainly in the grandam road racing rolex sports car series and continental tire sports car challenge. There have been 17 formula one drivers from australia, 14 of which have taken part in at least one race since the championship began in 1950, and 3 failed to qualify. Porsche kremer racing porsche 956b, australien australien. Alan jones vs gilles villeneuve dutch grand prix 1979 youtube. Aussie race ace alan jones airbrushed out of formula one. All the stats, form and information about trainer alan jones available at racing.

Active drivers career stats nascar cup series xfinity series gander outdoor truck series pintys series ntt indycar series arca menards series. Pack leader racing driver alan jones formula one career spanned from 1975 to 1986 and his final grand prix appearance was in adelaide, australia. But alan jones, the f1 world champion in 1980, knows better. He is also the most recent australian to win the australian grand prix in 1980. A straighttalking, ironwilled, harddriving tough guy, alan jones fought his way to the forefront, where he defended his territory with ruthless determination and large doses of intimidation. Stars cars 1980 f1 champion alan jones queensland times. John kept as many links to the sport as he could despite.

Alan jones racing was a motorsport team contesting the australian touring car championship. Stars cars 1980 f1 champion alan jones sunshine coast. Based on some wiki sites, an australian radio sensation jones was born in oakey, australia. He was the first man to win a title with the legendary williams racing, and is one of the most straighttalking, nononsense characters ever seen in f1. Outside formula one racing, alan has proved a versatile performer in a variety of areas including television commentating. Nhra driver steve collier suffers back breaking blowover in topeka during the monday rain delayed nhra heartland nationals i would witness one of the rarest crashes that can happen as top alcohol dragster driver steve collier would ride out the dreaded blowover, t. Alan jones racing driver born 1946, australian racing driver and formula one world champion 1980 allan jones footballer, born 1940 19401993, welsh footballer who played as. Oct 02, 20 aussie formula one driver alan jones was a contender on the world circuit in the late 1970s. The three men, hardened racers all, were comfortable with each other, talked the same downtoearth language, and wasted no time on sentiment or ceremony, and together they achieved one drivers title and two constructors titles. Alan jones mbe born november 2, 1946 was the first driver to win a formula one world championship with the williams team, becoming the 1980 world drivers champion. Alan jones race car driver bio, facts, family famous. Jones is also the last australian driver to win the australian grand pr.

Hes renowned as one of racings toughest nuts a driver who gave his all on the race track and didnt suffer fools off it. Stars cars 1980 f1 champion alan jones sunshine coast daily. Between 1978 and 1981 alan forged a tremendously strong working relationship with frank williams and patrick head. Lola formula 1 racing fan apparel and souvenirs for sale.

He currently works as a guest speaker, racing advisor, instructor and also runs a driver experience course at a country club in texas. He belongs to white ethnicity and has a decent height. At different points in his career jones has competed under both british and emirati licences. Alan jones fought his way to the forefront, where he defended his territory with ruthless determination and large doses of intimidation. At the end of 1997 alan jones sold his share of the team to jim and ross stone who renamed it stone brothers racing.

Jones was made a member of the order of the british empire mbe in 1980 for service to motor racing and was inducted into the sport australia hall of fame in 1985. Alan jones interview beyond the grid official f1 podcast. Alan stanley jones mbe born 2 november 1946 in melbourne, victoria is an australian former formula one driver. Miscellaneous all races for a year all races on a specific date random page chase races road course. The record books show that just one australian red bull racings mark webber in 2010 has won the spanish formula one grand prix. Racing driver clive james learns what it takes to be a racing driver with stirling moss r. Alan stanley jones mbe born 2 november 1946 in melbourne, victoria, australia, is a former racing driver who won the world championship in 1980. He was the first man to win a title with the legendary williams racing, and. Born in melbourne, jones was the son of stan jones, an australian racing driver and winner of the 1959 australian grand prix.

All the stats, form and information about trainer alan l jones available at racing. The system found 25 answers for jean racing driver crossword clue. Alan jones mbe is an australian former formula one driver. Also featuring ayrton senna, alain prost, alan jones, james humt, barry sheen and bernie ecclestone. View results and future entries as well as statistics by course, race type and prize money. When cave found alan s address he hurried to the mayfair flat and knocked on the door. Four wins in 1979 with the fw07 gave the team a kickstart, and set the scene for the five victories in 1980 that put jones points clear of nelson piquet to give him the title. Alan jones and his road to the top in formula one sportshounds. The winner of sundays feature race at the opening round of the. Kamui kobayashi japans best ever f1 driver alan jones. Adam jones born 9 august 1980, in birmingham is an english auto racing driver. Stan jones racing driver stanley jones march 1923 16 march 1973 was an australian racing driver.

John was a car dealer and owned a restaurant and had property interests as well. Stone brothers racing sbr was an australian motor racing team that competed in the international v8 supercars championship between 1998 and 2012. Tune in and listen to what 1980 world champion alan jones had to say. Racing driver alan jones remains the most successful australian formula one driver since jack brabham, when he won the world championship in 1980. Apr 24, 2019 hes renowned as one of racings toughest nuts a driver who gave his all on the race track and didnt suffer fools off it. I knew more about his father, who had won the australian grand prix in 1959. Jack brabham, who won it three times, and alan jones, the most recent australian world champion. He has won in all different kinds of cars in road racing all over the world. Career winning several karting championships in his early teens, christian moved to australian formula ford in 19961998, with his best season finish of 2nd in 1998.

Jones raced the maybach specials, the last of the great australian built specials to. November 1946 in melbourne ist ein ehemaliger australischer. Patrick tambay ran the last race of 1976 at riverside for theodore racing. Jackie stewart checks out alan jones s 1980 williams youtube. Four wins in 1979 with the fw07 gave the team a kickstart, and set the. Former world champion alan jones believes kamui kobayashi is the best japanese driver to have ever competed in grand prix racing. Sadly died in 2020 after a period of fraility, although he did manage to celebrate his 90th birthday in early 2020. Australia has only ever produced two formula 1 world champions, and with sir jack brabham no longer with us, 1980 champ alan jones is our most successful racing driver alive today. A no nonsense character who mainly does tv work as a commentator and broadcaster now, but also has a number of business interests, including mens luxury watches and performance vehicles, but is also a consultant and ambassador for lexus. The alan jones breakfast show australias most popular talkback presenter, alan jones, is a phenomenon. Alan jones wiki, married, wife, gay, family, show, salary. Jean racing driver crossword clue and solver crossword solver. Jones williams fw07 f1 racer helped him secure the formula one drivers championship for 1980. Edward jones born 12 february 1995 is an emiratiborn british racing driver.

Aussie formula one driver alan jones was a contender on the world circuit in the late 1970s. Formula 1 world champion alan jones is set to present the winning s5000 driver in albert park with a trophy bearing his name. He drives cars fast and well and being without a fortune or a huge sponsor used his talents to get to the top. I had nothing to do with formula one or indy with theodore racing. Alan jones grew up watching his father race in australian national events, present as stan jones received the laurel wreath for winning the 1959 australian grand prix at longford. Alan jones racing driver wikipedia republished wiki 2. The race was won by newly crowned 1980 formula one world drivers champion, alan jones, driving one of his championship winning williams fw07 cars in front of an enthusiastic home crowd come to. Jack brabham career overview years in numbers the following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the career details further below on the page. Com the first destination for australian horse racing. Click on the site to see alan joness career results at that track glossary. They then went into formula one and also indy type racing.

Jul 11, 2017 erik jones will move to joe gibbs racing to drive the no. He stepped into the earth in 1941 and celebrates the birthday with his family on april. Jean racing driver crossword clue and solver crossword. John campbelljones born 21 jan 1930 leatherhead, surrey.

His belligerence was partly a byproduct of a long and hard struggle to make it to formula one racing in the first place. In the case of alan jones, its probably down to the english weather. It was closely based on the lotus 79, even being developed in the same wind tunnel at imperial college london. Alan jones is a great driver who isnt m8uch of a headliner.

Christian jones born september 27, 1979, australian. Exclusive 15minute question and answer session with erik jones grandstand ticket bring a book to mis and be entered to win an erik jones racing prize pack for the august race. He is one of eleven drivers to have won the australian and new zealand grands prix. The driver was alan jones who had his father staying with him. When alan jones won the 1980 australian grand prix at calder, he and his father stan joined the ascaris as the only fatherson combination to win their home grands prix. The team was formed in 1998 when ross and jim stone bought alan jones s shares in alan jones racing and renamed it stone brothers racing. Get the best deals on lola formula 1 racing fan apparel and souvenirs when you shop the largest online selection at ebay. Apr 24, 2019 he was the first man to win a title with the legendary williams racing, and is one of the most straighttalking, nononsense characters ever seen in f1. And this week on f1s official podcast, beyond the grid, supported by bose, 1980 world champion alan jones regales host tom clarkson with nononsense tales from his extraordinary career. By the end of his first season, clark had achieved his first podium finish third place at the portuguese grand prix and scored eight championship points, conveniently. An incredible duel between australian alan jones in the williams and gilles villeneuves ferrari. When anybody asked little alan what he was going to do when he grew up, id always say i was going to be a racing driver. Dragster crashes alan jones dragster crash drag racing. He is the 2016 indy lights champion, winning for carlin motorsport in his second season in the series.

Stanley jones march 1923 16 march 1973 was an australian racing driver today better known as father of 1980 world drivers champion alan jones, stan was a prominent racing driver himself, racing mainly in the 1950s. This category includes all australian drivers who have participated in or attempted to participate in. 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. The fact that jones was the driver who turned williams from middling privateers into world champions didnt hurt, either. Jones senior ran a holden dealership in their native melbourne and his son was driving as soon as he could. A straighttalking, ironwilled, harddriving tough guy, alan jones fought his way to the. Alan jones motorcycle racing art, montreal, quebec. Click on the site to see alan jones s career results at that track. He competed in a total of 117 grands prix, winning 12 and achieving 24 podium finishes. In 1978 jones won the canam championship driving a lola. Alan stanley jones, mbe is an australian former formula one driver.

They ran tony brise in 1975 and alan jones in 1976. Two drivers have won the world drivers championship. He drove for hesketh, hill, surtees, shadow, williams, arrows and lola during his career. He joined the indycar series in 2017 driving for dale coyne racing, and placed third at the 2017 indianapolis 500. Our system collect crossword clues from most populer crossword, cryptic puzzle, quicksmall crossword that found in daily mail, daily telegraph, daily express, daily mirror, heraldsun, the couriermail, dominion post and many others popular newspaper. Another prominent australian sporting identity is the racing driver and 1980 formula one champion alan jones. The team starting in 1974 was known as theodore racing. Jones is convinced the 26yearold deserves to be on the formula 1.

Described by many as the nations greatest orator and motivational speaker, he has the mind and capacity to make complex issues understandable to the largest breakfast audience in australia. Once there, he was considered little more than a journeyman driver, until he. Documentary with alan jones about the life of the f1 drivers in the 80s here. Drivers drivers by state compare drivers driver rankings owners crew chiefs. The son of racing driver stan jones, alan got an early.