Christian Jones
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Christian Jones  |
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| Born | September 27, 1979  London, England |
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| Occupation | Racecar driver |
| Spouse | none |
| Children | none |
| Website http://www.cjmotorsport.com |
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Christian Jones is an Australian racing driver; he is the adopted son of 1980 Formula 1 World Champion Alan Jones. 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 (PROCAR), lead to a full return at the end of the 2002 Australian Formula 3 Championship, which saw him place 4th in the 2003 title. In 2004 he won the Asian Formula 3 Championship. 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.
[edit] Career results
| Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
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| 1996 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | 11th | Van Diemen RF95 - Ford | Australian Motor Sport Academy |
| 1997 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | 6th | Spectrum 06 - Ford | |
| 1998 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | 2nd | Spectrum 06b - Ford | |
| 1998 | Formula Palmer Audi Winter Series | 4th | Van Diemen - Audi | |
| 2000 | Australian Nations Cup Championship | 7th | Ferrari 360 Challenge | Ross Palmer Motorsport |
| 2002 | Australian Formula Three Championship | 19th | Dallara F301 - Mugen Honda | Christian Jones Motorsport |
| 2003 | Australian Formula Three Championship | 4th | Dallara F301 - Mugen Honda | Christian Jones Motorsport |
| 2004 | Asian Formula Three Championship | 1st | Dallara F301 - Mugen Honda | Christian Jones Motorsport |
| 2005 | Asian Formula Three Championship | 6th | Dallara F301 - Mugen Honda | Christian Jones Motorsport |
| 2005/6 | A1 Grand Prix | 13th | Lola A1GP Zytek | A1 Team Australia |
| 2007 | Porsche Carrera Cup Asia | 3rd | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | SCC Racing Team |
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| Preceded by None |
Asian Formula Three Champion 2004 |
Succeeded by Ananda Mikola |
[edit] References
- Cams Australia [1]
- Australian Formula Ford Championship [2]
- Asian Formula Three Championship [3]
- Procar Australia [4]
- Formula 3 CC [5]
- Speedcar Series [6]
- Asian Carrera Cup[7]
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