Alan Jones

Alan Stanley Jones (born 2nd November, 1946 in Melbourne, Australia) is a Australian former racing driver and a two-time Formula One World Champion. Jones won the World Championship in 1979 and 1980 driving for Williams.

Formula One

1976: Tyrrell

Jones joined the Tyrrell team for the 1976 season, but failed to score any points all year - his best finish all year being a ninth place in South Africa.

1977-1978: Williams

Following the unmitigated disaster of a season in 1976, Jones switched to the fledgling Williams Racing team alongside Swiss driver Clay Regazzoni. A definite step up in pace from the Tyrrell, Jones scored his first points of the season at the Spanish Grand Prix. Unfortunately for Jones, his season would be hampered after being involved in a serious incident at the Dutch Grand Prix. Jones suffered a transmission failure on the pit straight on lap 67, causing his Williams to slow down rapidly. Emerson Fittipaldi, who was directly behind him, slammed into the rear of the Williams. Jones was then sent flying across the track into the path of Patrick Tambay, who had nowhere to go t-boned Jones at full speed. Jones then slid down the track before making contact with the end of the pit wall.The collision left Jones with fractured ribs, a broken left wrist, fractured left radius, fractured left ulna, bruised knees, fractured vertebrae, right ankle sprain, and a slight concussion - and as a result he would not return until the season-ending Japanese Grand Prix. During this time, he was replaced by Elio de Angelis and Patrick Depailler.

Jones opened his 1978 account in the best way possible when he took a first career win in the season-opening Argentine Grand Prix, leading home a Williams one-two ahead of Depailler. Jones and Williams then took a second one-two five races later in the Monaco Grand Prix - establishing Jones as a potential contender for the title.

Later Career

Following his departure from Formula One, Jones returned to his native Australia - where he dabbled in GT and Touring Car racing. In 1988, he entered the Tooheys 1000 at Bathurst for the Caltex CXT Ford team alongside Colin Bond. He finished in sixth place overall.

In 1989, Jones entered again - this time alongside Tony Longhurst for the Benson & Hedges Racing Ford team. Jones and Longhurst completed 98 laps before retiring with an engine failure.

Jones and Longhurst continued together in 1990.

Complete Formula 1 Results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Points	WDC
1976	Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell 008	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG 13	RSA 9	USW Ret	ESP 11	BEL Ret	MON Ret	SOV 10	FRA 11	GBR 10	GER 11	AUT Ret	NED 14	ITA DNPQ	CAN 11	USA 13	JPN Ret		0	—
1977	Williams Racing	Williams FW05B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG Ret	RSA 9	USW Ret	ESP 5	BEL 7	MON 7	FRA Ret	TUS 7	SOV Ret	GBR Ret	NED Ret	GER INJ	AUT INJ	ITA INJ	CAN INJ	USA INJ	JPN 6	3	17th
1978	Saudia Williams Racing Team	Williams FW06	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG 1	RSA Ret	USW 4	ESP 8	BEL Ret	MON 1	SUI 3	TUS Ret	GBR 4	FRA Ret	NED 3	GER 1	AUT 3	ITA Ret	CAN 2	USA Ret		51	3rd
1979	Saudia Williams Racing Team	Williams FW07	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG 1	BRA 1	RSA Ret	USW 2	ESP 4	BEL 3	MON 5	EUR 1	SMR 2	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER 2	AUT 1	NED C	ITA 4	CAN 1	USA Ret	73 (75)	1st
1980	Saudia Williams Racing Team	Williams FW08	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG Ret	BRA 2	USW Ret	ESP 2	BEL 1	MON Ret	MEX 2	SMR 2	FRA 2	GBR 3	GER Ret	AUT 1	ITA 12†	CAN 1	CPL 1	DUB 1		79	1st
1981	Team Lotus	Lotus 81	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG 4	RSA 7	BRA Ret	USW 11	ESP WD	BEL 6	MON Ret	SMR 11	MEX 6	FRA Ret	GBR 7	GER 7	AUT Ret	SUI EX	ITA	CAN	CPL	5	13th

Sporting Accolades
Formula 1
Preceded by: Mario Andretti	World Driver's Championship Champion 1979	Succeeded by: Himself
Preceded by: Himself	World Driver's Championship Champion 1980	Succeeded by: TBD
Preceded by: Carlos Reutemann	World Driver's Championship Third Place 1978	Succeeded by: Mario Andretti