Jones Racing Group

Jones Racing Group, frequently known as just Jones Racing, is a motor racing and manufacturing business managed and owned by Sammy Jones and based in Banbury, England. Established in the latter half of 2010, the Group is comprised of two separate entities, with all motorsport competition activities under the Jones Racing International name and all manufacturing operations under Jones Engineering. The Atlas Cars company is one of the activities making up Jones Engineering, alongside racing chassis manufacture.

In the aftermath of the inaugural F1RWRS season in 2010, Sammy Jones was one of the first drivers to establish his own team in the series, the Jones Racing F1RWRS Team, following a frustrating year driving for West Cliff Racing. In order to generate the capital necessary to found and then operate his own team though, Jones entered into a partnership with his close friend Tex Pearson, a rubber manufacturing magnate, who would bankroll the team through a three-year title sponsorship deal, using his RubberTex brand. A brand new facility was built on the Thorpe Way Industrial Estate in Banbury specifically for use by Jones' team. It was an ideal location, close to where Jones had been born and grown up and was famous for the other motorsport outfits that had been based there, including the Marussia and Simtek F1 teams, Dave Richards' Prodrive operation, and Kenny Roberts Snr's MotoGP team.

Although initially running just the F1RWRS team, Jones quickly realised that in order to secure the future of his fledgling organisation, he needed to branch out into other championships, and by 2014, the Jones name was gracing four separate single-seater categories. It was at this point, facing the prospect of having to manufacture additional chassis for the F3RWRS series that Sammy created the modern-day Jones Racing Group, and separating the chassis manufacture and motorsport competition arms of his company. As the chassis manufacturing business grew following great success in F3RWRS and the expansion into new categories such as sportscars, and on-track success increased across the board, further restructuring was required. This resulted in the birth of the two distinct entities known today - Jones Racing International and Jones Engineering.

Jones Racing International

The Jones Racing Group organisational structure.

Jones Racing International handles the motorsport side of Jones' business and is best known for its ARWS team, Jones Unipart TAG, one of the first ever driver-run outfits in the series which began competition in 2011. Since then, teams have been established in numerous other series - including F2RWRS, F3RWRS, AutoReject 3.5 and 2.0, the FIA Endurance Challenge and Anglo-Irish Formula 4.

Jones Racing is one of the most successful cross-championship racing teams and has won races in almost every category that it has competed in. Amongst their accolades are the F1RWRS Drivers' Championship, won in 2016 with Rhys Davies, and Constructors' Championship, won in 2017. The team has also been three times runners up for the Constructors' title in 2012, 2015 and 2016. In addition Jones have won the IFRC Drivers' Championship, with Terry Hawkin in 2016; the F2RWRS Teams' Championship in 2017; the F3RWRS Drivers' (with Nick Nurmester) and Teams' Championships in 2016 and Manufacturers' Championship, in 2016 and 2017; and the Eurasian FIA F3 Teams' Championship in 2018.

F1RWRS & ARWS

See Jones Racing ARWS Team.

AutoReject 3.5

Josh Carlisle in the Jones-liveried spec Scaven S11B chassis used in the 2014 RoLFS season.

Jones Racing, currently competing as National Jones Ford Juniors, has maintained an entry in the AutoReject 3.5 championship and its predecessors since its foundation in 2011 as the RoLFS series. In that time, much like the championship itself, the Jones team has had mixed fortunes, ranging from the highs of winning the Drivers' Championship in 2016, to the lows of coming last of the ten teams in the 2014 season with just three points.

To date, Jones Racing has won a total of 12 races in the series, achieved 37 podiums across the seven seasons completed so far with 466.5 points scored.

The series has provided a platform for many of the talents that have driven Jones machinery, including Terry Hawkin, Danny van Rijkens and Marko Jantscher. For the 2018 season, the Jones team will compete with James Jones and Luke Gilson-Clarke, both of whom are making their debut in the series and are part of National's "Champions of the Future" programme.

Complete LFS Cup / IRDU Rejects Cup / RoLFS / IFRC / AR3.5 Results
LFS Cup
Year	Chassis	Engine	#	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	TC	Points
2011	Scaven S11	Hart 830			SOU	KYO	WES	AST	BLA	FER																			4th	27
			3	Template:GBR Sammy Jones	7	2	5	14	11	10
			4	Joey Tempest	9	8	14	1	18	12
IRDU Rejects Cup
2012‡	Lola FN06	Toyota			CRO	AUT	GER	BEN	CHI	AFR	BRA	MAN																	N/A	N/A
			9	Template:GBR Sammy Jones	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
			10	Template:USA Dan Greenlaw	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Rejects of LFS
2014	Scaven S11B	Judd V8			BLA		SOU		FER		KYO		WES		AST														10th	3
					FEA	SPR	FEA	SPR	FEA	SPR	FEA	SPR	FEA	SPR	FEA	SPR
			19	Template:GBR Josh Carlisle	7	5	18	Ret	14	16	13	11
				Danny van Rijkens									13	3	11	18
			20	Template:USA Tristan Jung	11	12	6	8	10	6	15	19	11	5	12	9
2015	Scaven S15	Judd V8			BLA		WES		FER		SOU		AST		KYO		KYO												8th	25.5
					HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	300
			19	Danny van Rijkens	3	14	6	1
				Template:FRA Gilles Massinion					11	DNQ	8	5	14	DNQ	14	DNQ	9
			20	Connor O'Heagan	9	16	6	15	10	DNQ	2†	Ret			12	DNQ	3
				Template:USA Matt Brinson									10	DNQ
International Formula Reject Challenge
2016	Lola B06/51	Ford-Cosworth 3.0 V8			AUS		MEX		FRA		GBR		ITA		USA		GER		NED		FIN		BEL		RUS		JPN		3rd	182
					HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA
			12	Template:GBR Terry Hawkin	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	11	2	2	Ret	2	21†	1	Ret	3	3	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	12	2
			13	Connor O'Heagan	5†	7	Ret	6	Ret	DNQ	7	12	Ret	DNQ	15	DNQ	12	9	Ret	DNQ			13	9	Ret	DNQ	9	Ret
				Deividas Lukauskis																	17	DNQ
AutoReject 3.5
2017		Ford 3.5 V8			AUS		FRA		AUT		ITA		GBR		USA		NED		GER		BEL		JPN						2nd	218
					HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA
			5	Alessandro Marchesi	3	1	15	DNQ	13	20	15	DNQ	11	17	6	Ret	9	16	7	7	1	2	8	3
			6	Template:AUT Marko Jantscher	2	11	4	4	2	2	2	1	2	1	21	DNQ	2	2	2	Ret	7	11	9	12
2018		Ford 3.5 V8			AUS		FRA		AUT		ITA		GBR		USA		NED		GER		BEL		JPN						15th	23
					HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA
			3	Luke Gilson-Clarke	13	15	15	DNQ	12	8	12	C	13	11	13	21	10	11	12	27	17	DNQ	4	10
			4	Template:GBR James Jones	5	21	11	Ret	16	DNQ	12	C	5	12	6	Ret	Ret	DNQ	10	22	9	20	8	Ret

• * Season in progress
• † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
• ‡ The IRDU Rejects Cup 2012 season was cancelled following the collapse of the series, with no races having taken place, before its revival in 2014 as the Rejects of LFS series.

Former activities

F2RWRS (2015-2017)

The Jones-liveried stock Lola B17/50 chassis used for the 2017 F2RWRS season. Nurmester and Hawkin would finish second and third overall, and Jones sealed the teams' title in its final year in the series.

For the 2014 season, refer to Scuderia Jones Italia.

Jones Racing was a former F2RWRS team that competed in its own right in the series from 2015 to 2017.

Compared to other outfits at the time, Jones was a relative latecomer to the F2RWRS grid, not running a team themselves until 2015, the second season of the series, having missed out on the entry deadline for 2014. That year, after a bitter public argument with old foe Alessandro Linari, Jones was able to secure an entry of sorts, forming Scuderia Jones Italia in partnership with Linari's organisation as a solution to the disputed Trueba team's entry. The following year however Jones was able to establish his own team, and 2015 marked the start of competition proper for Jones Racing in F2RWRS.

The team was characterised by its drivers - a number of which ended up failing to live up to the potential Jones himself saw in them. This was particularly apparent in 2016, when in protest at what Jones perceived to be unfair treatment of Terry Hawkin, he moved his protege to the IFRC (now AR3.5) series in a bid to save his career. An underpowered Ford engine and insipid performances from drivers Johannes Rueckert, Gilles Massinion and Wouter Lamberigts conspired to leave the team with eight double DNPQs and second-bottom in the final standings.

With changes and new management however, Jones re-evaluated his assessment of F2RWRS as a "career-killer" and placed Hawkin and fellow exciting prospect Nick Nurmester at the team for the 2017 season. Both drivers enjoyed considerable success, with the title going down to the wire. Both ended up on 83 points, pipped to the title by 5 points by Dan Greenlaw. The success of the two drivers however was more than enough for Jones to run away with the teams' championship.

For 2018, F2RWRS was re-branded under the new FIA ownership to become a revived FIA Formula 2 championship. Jones was offered his place in the series' new format, but declined, citing private disagreements with the FIA and a desire to focus on the AutoReject motorsport ladder instead. This didn't affect a previous agreement for Formula 3 (see below).

Complete F2RWRS Results
Year	Chassis	Engine	#	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	TC	Points
2015	Lola F2-15	Aston Martin AM-88			TAS	RSA	TUR	MON	FRA	GBR	GER	BEL	AUT	ITA	NED	SIN	JPN	USA	100			6th	53
			24	Template:GBR Terry Hawkin	7	3	DNPQ	5	Ret	14†	9	3	1	5	6	7	16†	7	Ret
			25	Hansuke Shioya	Ret	13	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	12	11	Ret	13	15
				Johannes Rueckert											2	Ret	7	6	Ret
2016	Lola F2-16	Ford Zetec XRF2A			AUS	PAC	GBR	ITA	AUT	TUR	USA	GER	NED	MON	BEL	MEX	CHN	JPN	100			14th	7
			11	Template:FRA Gilles Massinion	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	12	DNPQ	DNPQ	8	12	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	Ret
			12	Johannes Rueckert	5	10	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	13	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	7	DNPQ	DNPQ
				Template:BEL Wouter Lamberigts													DNPQ	13	DNPQ	14
2017	Lola B17/50	Ford Zetec XRF2B			AUS	MAL	GBR	ITA	AUT	CAN	QUE	USA	FRA	GER	NED	RSA	BEL	MON	MAR	JPN	MAC	1st	166
			23	Template:GBR Terry Hawkin	2	2	3	21	1	8	4	5	4	2	1	8	15	12	2	Ret	4
			24	Nick Nurmester	17	1	1	2	5	19	13	3	5	Ret	5	6	1	6	3	2	6

• † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

F3RWRS & FIA Formula 3 (2014-2018)

Jones Racing's third F3RWRS chassis, the 108, was raced by five teams in 2016. In arguably Jones' finest year in the series, Nurmester clinched the drivers title, along with team and constructor titles for Jones.

Jones Racing was an FIA Formula 3 team that also competed in the series' previous iteration, the F3RWRS from the inaugural 2014 season, up to (and including) 2018.

With an open chassis formula from the outset, Jones elected to build their own car, debuting with the 104 in 2014 which saw a young Terry Hawkin finish second in the championship. For 2015, chassis manufacture was expanded, with JLD Motorsport the first customers. The numerical superiority of teams using the Dallara chassis prevented Jones from taking the first F3RWRS constructors championship but Eric Swerts still finished in fourth place overall. In 2016 the tables were turned as four customer teams, plus the Jones team, utilised the 108 chassis and Jones driver Nick Nurmester sealed the drivers' crown, with Jones taking home both teams' and constructors' titles.

The 2017 season marked the end of the F3RWRS as a series, but with teams keen to have the best equipment, demand for the Jones chassis continued to rise. Almost half of the grid were using Jones machinery in 2017, and Franc Piscine driving for MRT took the title in a Jones car, ensuring a second consecutive constructors' title went the way of Sammy's team. His own drivers of Stan Frankham and George MacDrage had a quieter year, with MacDrage completely outclassed, preventing a defence of the teams' title.

Owing to the success of the Jones chassis, the organisation was asked by the FIA to be the sole supplier to the new one-make FIA Formula 3 championship from the 2018 season onwards. The Jones team's own drivers for 2018 were Stan Frankham, retained for a second season, and Finnish driver Tōnu Pykälistö. Frankham would mount a serious title challenge, winning five races and only loosing out in the final race by one point to finish runner-up overall. It allowed Jones to clinch another teams' championship with the support of Pykälistö who finished seventh overall.

2018 marked the final year of the Jones team competing in the category. Keen to ensure his junior teams were nurturing talent that might eventually drive for his ARWS team, Sammy Jones made the decision to move the team to AutoReject 2.0 to create a clear path that also included the Group's AutoReject 3.5 team, and away from the FIA-sponsored rival career ladder.

Complete F3RWRS & FIA Formula 3 Results
F3RWRS
Year	Chassis	Engine	#	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	TC	Points
2014	Jones 104	VW 2.0 TFSI			AUS			USA			GBR			GER			BEL			CHN			SUR	3rd	111
			7	Template:GBR Terry Hawkin	4	13	4	7	19	10				1	2	1	3	21	10	4	Ret	X	1
				Template:AUS Joel Melrose							7	Ret	X
			8	Template:BEL Eric Swerts	12	Ret	X	4	15	9	11	NC	11	Ret	1	2	4	9	3	12	19	16	13
2015	Jones 106	BMW F31/5			AUS		TUR		MON	USA		GBR		GER		SPA	ITA		JPN		SUR			4th	76
			5	Roberto Dinella	10	16	Ret	21	26	31	22	13	17	15	19	Ret	16	7	6	41†	30
			6	Template:BEL Eric Swerts	29†	Ret	13	Ret	51†	7	6	7	2	30	2	3	2	37†	3	Ret	1
2016	Jones 108	BMW F31/6			AUS		GBR		ITA		PAU	CAN		GER		ZAN	BEL		SMR		JPN		SUR	1st	335
			5	Roberto Dinella	23	9	6	8	1	5	Ret	32	C	2	22	Ret	18	30	31†	27†	24	C	5
			6	Nick Nurmester	10	Ret	2	NC	5	21	1	3	C	1	1	2	2	2	33†	1	2	C	Ret
2017	Jones 110	BMW F31/7			HIG	AUS		GBR		AUT		USA		ATP	NED		GER		BEL		MOR		SUR	11th	41
			0	Template:GBR Stan Frankham	Ret	17†	8	10	4	11	C	7	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
			2	Template:GBR George MacDrage	Ret	19†	Ret	DNQ	23†	27	C	16	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
FIA Formula 3
2018	Jones 115	Holden LSF3-18			JPN		TUR		GER		TPE		RUS		FIN		GBR		FRA		UAE		KOR	1st	217
			5	Template:GBR Stan Frankham	19	1	10	10	17	1	1	2	13	14	6	6	12	7	2	1	3	1	15
			6	Tōnu Pykälistö	13	14	20	1	2	12	Ret	14	11	8	10	7	2	Ret	1	4	18	18	2

• † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Young Driver Scheme

In addition to the operation of numerous racing teams, Jones Racing International has also supported a number of drivers via their young driver training scheme. In 2017, as part of their sponsorship agreement with Jones, National Petroleum took over the management of the young driver scheme which became National's "Champions of the Future" programme. Notable current members of the scheme include Terry Hawkin and Stan Frankham. Meanwhile former drivers who have been supported by Jones in their careers include Gauthier F1RWRS driver Danny van Rijkens and Roberto Dinella.

Name	Team	Series
Current Drivers
Terry Hawkin	Fusion Motorsports	ARWS
James Jones	National Jones AutoReject Racing	AutoReject 3.5
Luke Gilson-Clarke	National Jones AutoReject Racing	AutoReject 3.5
Stan Frankham	Jones Racing Team	Formula 3
Former Drivers
Danny van Rijkens	Equipe Gauthier	ARWS
Josh Carlisle	Peak Aeroracing Engineering	Formula 2
Roberto Dinella	Adriatica Touring Racing	IPC
Connor O'Heagan	Blokkmonsta Racing (test driver) Shannon Group	ARWS IPC

Jones Engineering

Jones Engineering is mainly made up of the chassis manufacture for Jones Racing International teams, as well as customers, primarily within Formula 3 and previously F3RWRS where Jones chassis have enjoyed considerable success and are now the sole supplier to the one-make F3 Eurasian Championship. In addition to the chassis manufacture however, the Engineering side also covers the Atlas Cars project, a road car company established by Sammy Jones and David Marshall.

Atlas Cars

After failing to revive the Triumph brand from BMW in 2015, David Marshall sought out a partnership with Sammy Jones to establish a brand new British car manufacturer and revitalise the country's failed domestic car industry. The Atlas Cars project was the result of this partnership, and saw Ford lend a considerable amount of resources to help set up the new venture. The company's first two cars, the Compact - a small hatchback, and the Vixen - a sports coupe, were based heavily on existing Ford platforms for the Fiesta and Mustang respectively. Initial concepts for the two cars were revealed in late 2016 and production is expected to begin in 2018, with both models to be manufactured initially for a seven year period.

Atlas Cars was combined with Jones' chassis manufacturing operations to form Jones Engineering during the parent Group's restructuring during 2016, and operates out of a separate facility in Coventry, with Marshall as Managing Director and Jones as CEO and Chairman.

Cars built to date

Jones Racing Group has designed and manufactured a range of cars since it's creation. Primarily specialising in open-wheeled single seaters, they have also diversified into other areas such as sportscars, whilst the road car programme under Atlas Cars also utilises the Group's chassis-numbering system.

Model	Category	Series	Period used	Notes
100	Open-wheel formula	F1RWRS	2011	First car designed and built. Won with Chris Dagnall.
101	Open-wheel formula	F1RWRS	2012	Runner up in drivers' championship with Dagnall and also second in constructors' title.
102	Open-wheel formula	F1RWRS	2013 (planned)	Car originally designed for 2013 F1RWRS season. Scrapped after rule changes.
102B	Open-wheel formula	F1RWRS	2013	Heavily modified 102 built to meet new rules. Won on debut with Kay Lon.
103	Open-wheel formula	F1RWRS	2014	Beginning of greater partnership with Ford in latter half of the season.
104	Open-wheel formula	F3RWRS	2014	First car built outside of F1RWRS regulations. Terry Hawkin second overall.
105	Open-wheel formula	F1RWRS	2015	Second in constructors' title, Rhys Davies and Rosco Vantini 2nd and 3rd respectively.
106	Open-wheel formula	F3RWRS	2015	First Jones car sold to customers.
107	Open-wheel formula	F1RWRS	2016	Rhys Davies champion, Jones team runners up overall for third time.
108	Open-wheel formula	F3RWRS	2016	Five teams use 108 chassis. Nick Nurmester champion, Jones win team and manufacturers' titles.
109	Open-wheel formula	F1RWRS	2017	2017 Constructors' Championship winner, Drivers' Championship runner-up with Mark Dagnall.
110	Open-wheel formula	F3RWRS	2017	Last F3RWRS chassis before series re-brand. Wins drivers' (Franc Piscine) and manufacturers' titles.
111	Closed-cockpit LMP2	ACO Le Mans Cup	2017	Stillborn project following series cancellation.
112	Road-going hatchback	N/A (road model)	2018-2025	The Atlas Compact - one of the first two Atlas Cars vehicles.
113	Road-going sports coupe	N/A (road model)	2018-2025	The Atlas Vixen - one of the first two Atlas Cars vehicles.
114	Open-wheel formula	ARWS	2018	First Jones ARWS car following F1RWRS championship re-brand.
115	Open-wheel formula	Formula 3	2018-2019	First chassis design for the one-make series. Jones win the 2018 teams' championship in last season.
116	Closed-cockpit sports prototype	FIA Endurance Challenge	2019	Origins in stillborn LMP2 111 chassis. First Jones prototype sportscar to race.
117	Open-wheel formula	ARWS	2019	Design under development for 2019 ARWS season.