Jones 102B

The Jones 102B was an F1RWRS racing car designed and manufactured by the Jones Racing Group and used by the Castrol Jones Racing team for the 2013 F1RWRS season. The car competed in only fourteen races due to Sammy Jones' initial withdrawal following Daniel Prieto's rise to President of the F1RWRS Commission. Despite this, the car still managed two victories. Kay Lon, their second driver, would finish fourth in the Drivers Championship and won on the debut of the car at the 2013 F1RWRS Mexican Grand Prix but did not stay with the team. He was sacked following a sexual harassment charge after the 2013 F1RWRS Chinese Grand Prix. Drama aside, Jones failed to pass Holden for fourth in the Constructors Championship. The "B" specification of the car refers to the updated car that was brought to the team's first race after Jones rapidly designed a new car for the season.

Performance

Having missed the first two races of the season, the 102B was hastily constructed in time for the third race in Mexico as Jones pulled a u-turn on his original decision to leave the series. Lon was signed to partner Jones after the German had left Kamaha in acrimonious circumstances, and delivered a victory on his debut for the team. He followed this up with a second place at the next race in the US, confirming the strong characteristics of the car, despite it's hurried construction. Whilst Jones had retired from the first two races, he got off the mark in Monaco with a third place. It could have been even better though if the car hadn't failed him whilst leading in the dying moments of the race.

Reliability would prove to be the car's major weakness over the course of the year, and would be something that Jones and his team would make a priority in future seasons. Whilst the car lacked the overall speed of the turbo-powered teams, it made up for it with the driveable Ford engine and nimble handling. It wasn't enough however to prevent the team from scoring an ignominious DNPQ in France as they suffered from the lottery of pre-qualifying, and two double retirements in Britain and Germany followed. But the Jones team was back to winning ways at the next race in the Netherlands when Jones took his second win in the series. Consistent points finishes for both drivers saw out the remainder of the season, although when Lon was replaced by Melrose after the Chinese GP, the Australian couldn't manage points in either of his races, and both cars failed to finish at the final race of the year in Brazil.

Overall the 102B delivered Jones a respectable 4th place overall in the constructors' championship, having just been pipped by Holden to third place by a single point.

Controversy

Following another podium for Jones Racing at the 2013 F1RWRS Monaco Grand Prix, Barii Mori, owner of Kamaha, accused Jones of copying Kamaha's 2013 car, the Kamaha KM-4L. Mori claimed that Lon, recently sacked by Kamaha, had brought technical secrets to Jones in exchange for a race seat. These claims were never proven and the stewards of the Monaco Grand Prix and the WMSC both cleared Jones of any wrongdoing. However, the negative press caused Nabisco to terminate their contract with Jones Racing one year early. Sammy Jones vociferously denied all charges.

Complete F1RWRS Results

Year	Team	Engine	#	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Points	CC
2013	Castrol Jones Racing	Ford HBD VI			TAS	AUS	MEX	USA	MON	FRA	GBR	GER	NED	BEL	POR	MED	MAC	CHN	JPN	BRA	48	4th
			40	Sammy Jones			Ret	Ret	3†	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	1	2	4	11†	7†	Ret	4	Ret
			41	Kay Lon			1	2	Ret	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	9	5	6	Ret	6	3
				Daniel Melrose															8	Ret