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 F1RWRS team, National Jones Ford Team, 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 - the F2RWRS and F3RWRS junior categories and AutoReject 3.5.

Jones Racing is one of the most successful cross-championship racing teams and has won races in 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, and the F3RWRS Drivers' (with Nick Nurmester), Teams' and Manufacturers' Championships, also all won in 2016.

F1RWRS & ARWS

See Jones Racing F1RWRS 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 AutoReject Racing, 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 six seasons completed so far with 455.5 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 part of National's "Champions of the Future" programme.

Complete AR3.5 / IFRC / F1RLFS / IRDU Rejects Cup / RoLFS Results
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	Pts	TC
2011	Scaven S11	Hart 830			SOU	KYO	WES	AST	BLA	FER																			27	4th
			3	Sammy Jones	7	2	5	14	11	10
			4	Joey Tempest	9	8	14	1	18	12
2012‡	Lola FN06	Toyota			CRO	AUT	GER	BEN	CHI	AFR	BRA	MAN																	N/A	N/A
			9	Sammy Jones	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
			10	Dan Greenlaw	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
2014	Scaven S11B	Judd V8			BLA		SOU		FER		KYO		WES		AST														3	10th
					FEA	SPR	FEA	SPR	FEA	SPR	FEA	SPR	FEA	SPR	FEA	SPR
			19	Josh Carlisle	7	5	18	Ret	14	16	13	11
				Danny van Rijkens									13	3	11	18
			20	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												25.5	8th
					HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	300
			19	Danny van Rijkens	3	14	6	1
				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
				Matt Brinson									10	DNQ
2016		Ford-Cosworth 3.0 V8			AUS		MEX		FRA		GBR		ITA		USA		GER		NED		FIN		BEL		RUS		JPN		182	3rd
					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	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
2017		Ford 3.5 V8			AUS		FRA		AUT		ITA		GBR		USA		NED		GER		BEL		JPN						218	2nd
					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	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						0*	NA*
					HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA	HEA	FEA
			3	Luke Gilson-Clarke
			4	James Jones

F2RWRS

The Jones-liveried stock Lola F2-15 chassis used for the 2015 F2RWRS season. Hawkin's #24 car differed from Shioya's in it's display of San Miguel logos on the engine cover.

For the 2014 season, refer to Scuderia Jones Italia.

Jones Racing, currently competing as National Jones Ford Juniors, are an F2RWRS team that has competed in its own right in the series since the 2015 season.

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 has been 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, with both going on to enjoy considerable success that year.

Complete F2RWRS Results
Year	Chassis	Engine	#	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pts	TC
2015	Lola F2-15	Aston Martin AM-88			TAS	RSA	TUR	MON	FRA	GBR	GER	BEL	AUT	ITA	NED	SIN	JPN	USA	100			53	6th
			24	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			7	14th
			11	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
				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	130*	1st*
			23	Terry Hawkin	2	2	3	21	1	8	4	5	4	2	1	8	15
			24	Nick Nurmester	17	1	1	2	5	19	13	3	5	Ret	5	6	1

F3RWRS & F3

Jones' participation and success in the F3RWRS championship led to it manufacturing and selling customer chassis, and this in turn has resulted in the company being handed an exclusive contract to supply the re-branded one-make series (now Formula 3) with a single chassis design.

Complete F3RWRS / Formula 3 Results
Year	Chassis	Engine	#	Drivers	1			2			3			4			5			6			7	Pts	TC
2014	Jones JR-300	VW 2.0 TFSI			AUS			USA			GBR			GER			BEL			CHN			SUR	111	3rd
			7	Terry Hawkin	4	13	4	7	19	10				1	2	1	3	21	10	4	Ret	X	1
				Joel Melrose							7	Ret	X
			8	Eric Swerts	12	Ret	X	4	15	9	11	NC	11	Ret	1	2	4	9	3	12	19	16	13
2015	Jones JR-301	BMW F31/5			1		2		3		4	5		6		7	8		9		10			23*	7th*
					AUS		TUR		MON	USA		GBR		GER		SPA	ITA		JPN		SUR
			5	Roberto Dinella	10	16	Ret	21	26	31	22	13	17	15	19
			6	Eric Swerts	29†	Ret	13	Ret	51†	7	6	7	2	30	2

• * Season in progress
• † Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, 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.

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 F3 Factory Team	Formula 3
Former Drivers
Danny van Rijkens	Equipe Gauthier	ARWS
Josh Carlisle	Aeroracing Engineering	F2RWRS
Roberto Dinella	Aston Martin Motor Racing	F2RWRS
Connor O'Heagan	Unattached

Jones Engineering

Jones Engineering is mainly made up of the chassis manufacture for Jones Racing International teams, as well as customers, primarily within the F3RWRS championship where Jones chassis have enjoyed considerable success. 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.
111	Closed-cockpit LMP2	ACO Le Mans Cup	2017	Stillborn project following series cancellation.
112	Road-going hatchback	N/A (road model)	Est. 2018-2025	The Atlas Compact - one of the first two Atlas Cars vehicles.
113	Road-going sports coupe	N/A (road model)	Est. 2018-2025	The Atlas Vixen - one of the first two Atlas Cars vehicles.
114	Open-wheel formula	ARWS	2018	Car currently in development for 2018 in re-branded F1RWRS championship.
115	Open-wheel formula	Formula 3	2018	Jones given chassis contract to supply all teams in the one-make series.