Jones 109
The Jones 109 was an F1RWRS racing car designed and manufactured by the Jones Racing Group and used by the National Jones Ford Team team for the 2017 F1RWRS season. With it the team clinched their first (and to date only) Constructors' Championship in the series.
The car was driven throughout the year by Mark Dagnall and Diego Álvarez Torrente with both scoring wins, a total of seven between them. This was particularly impressive for Torrente in his debut year in the series. Dagnall finished the year as runner up to eventual champion Thomas De Bock with Torrente fifth, and the team clinched the Constructors' Championship on countback after both Jones and Voeckler were tied on 101 points. Jones' seven wins to Voeckler's four winning the tiebreaker.
The Jones 109 was largely an evolution of the previous year's 107 model. There were few major revisions, mainly refineries to what had been a successful design in 2016. An updated Ford engine, the XR8C, also featured. The most obvious change on the car was its livery. A striking new blue colour replacing the green of Castrol which had been a trademark of Jones cars in previous years. The change came as a result of a revised sponsorship deal with BP, who chose to replace Castrol with National Petroleum as the logos on the side of the Jones cars.
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 |
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2017 | National Jones Ford Team | Ford Zetec XR8C | AUS | NSW | GBR | ITA | AUT | CAN | USS | USN | GER | NED | BEL | MON | MAR | ARG | JPN | CHN | 101 | 1st | ||
3 | Mark Dagnall | Ret | Ret | 4 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 5† | 1 | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 | Ret | 7† | |||||
4 | Diego Álvarez Torrente | Ret | 1 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 3 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 3 | 5 |