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Christian Jones : biography

27 September 1979 –

Christian Jones (born 27 September 1979) is an Australian racing driver; he is the adopted son of 1980 Formula One 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 Three Championship, which saw him place 4th in the 2003 title. In 2004 he won the Asian Formula Three 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 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 http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?26/10/2008.GOLD.CC.M

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

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
1998 Formula Palmer Audi Winter Series 4th Van Diemen PA – 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 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
2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia 4th Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Christian Jones Motorsport

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 Australia GBRSPRPO GBRFEA PO GERSPR 15 GERFEA 14 PORSPRPO PORFEAPO AUSSPRPO AUSFEAPO MYSSPRPO MYSFEAPO UAESPRPO UAEFEAPO RSASPRPO RSAFEAPO IDNSPRPO IDNFEAPO MEXSPR16 MEXFEARet USASPR USAFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA 13th 51

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points
2007 Golden Spike Pertamina Indonesia RT BHR1 BHR2 ESP1 MON FRA GBR GER HUN TURRet BEL ITA NC 0