Christian Jones

Christian Alan Jones (born 27 September 1979) 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, Jones moved to Australian Formula Ford in 1996-1998, with his best season finish of second 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 Three Championship, which saw him place fourth 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 third. The same year saw Jones make his Porsche Supercup debut at the Turkish Grand Prix support race in Istanbul. For 2007/08, he was linked to the new Speedcar Series, based in the Middle East, following the A1 Grand Prix calendar. Also linked were 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

Jones 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 Karting career summary SeasonSeriesPosition 1994CIK Stars of Karting - Pro Junior KF3 1st

Circuit racing career Season Series Position Car Team 1996 Australian Formula Ford Championship 11th Van Diemen RF95 - Ford Australian Motor Sport Academy 1997 Australian Formula Ford Championship 6th Spectrum 06 - Ford George Stockman 1998 Australian Formula Ford Championship 2nd Spectrum 06b - Ford OAMPS Insurance Group Formula Palmer Audi Winter Series 4th Van Diemen PA - Audi MotorSport Vision 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 Macau Grand Prix 17th Dallara F304 - TOM'S Toyota TME Racing 2005 Asian Formula Three Championship 7th 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 2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship 21st Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Greg Murphy Racing Porsche Carrera Cup Asia 4th Christian Jones Motorsport

Complete Macau Grand Prix results Year Team Car Qualifying Quali race Main race 2004 TME Racing Dallara F304 28th 22nd 17th

Complete A1 Grand Prix results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points 2005–06 AustraliaGBRSPRGBRFEA GERSPR GERFEA PORSPRPORFEAAUSSPRAUSFEAMYSSPRMYSFEAUAESPRUAEFEARSASPRRSAFEAIDNSPRIDNFEAMEXSPRMEXFEAUSASPRUSAFEACHNSPRCHNFEA 13th 51

Complete Porsche Supercup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)