Christian Jones


Christian Jones is an Australian racing driver; he is the adopted son of 1980 Formula One World Champion Alan Jones.

Biography

Winning several Karting championships in his early teens, Christian moved to Australian Formula Ford in 1996-1998, with his best season finish of 2nd in 1998. Later that year he moved to Formula Palmer Audi winter series, placing 4th in the championship. A brief return to racing in 2000 with a Ferrari in Australia's GT Championship, lead to a full return at the end of the 2002 Australian Formula Three Championship, which saw him place 4th in the 2003 title. In 2004 he won the Asian Formula Three Championship and subsequently entered the 2004 Macau Grand Prix, finishing 17th. In 2005 he represented Australia in the A1 Grand Prix series. 2007 saw Jones return to Asia and the Porsche Carrera Cup Asian Championship where he finished 3rd. The same year saw Jones make his Porsche Supercup debut at the Turkish Grand Prix support race in Istanbul. For 2007/08 he has been linked to the new Speedcar Series, based in the Middle East, following the A1 Grand Prix calendar. Also linked are Jean Alesi and Ukyo Katayama but continued in the Carrera Cup Asia Championship placing fourth and also the Surfers Paradise round of the Australian Carrera Cup Championship placing sixth for the round
He made a return to racing in the 2009 Malaysia Merdeka Endurance Race for Team Hong Kong Racing driving an Aston Martin Vantage GT2 and in 2011 driving for the Asia Pacific Arrows Racing Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 placing fourth.

Career results

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516171819202122DCPoints
2005–06AustraliaGBR
SPR
PO		GBR
FEA
PO		GER
SPR
15		GER
FEA
14		POR
SPR
PO		POR
FEA
PO		AUS
SPR
PO		AUS
FEA
PO		MYS
SPR
PO		MYS
FEA
PO		UAE
SPR
PO		UAE
FEA
PO		RSA
SPR
PO		RSA
FEA
PO		IDN
SPR
PO		IDN
FEA
PO		MEX
SPR
16		MEX
FEA
Ret		USA
SPR		USA
FEA		CHN
SPR		CHN
FEA		13th51