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
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align:center"
!Season
!Series
!Position
|-
! 1994
| align="left" |CIK Stars of Karting - Pro Junior KF3
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
|}
Circuit racing career
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Season
! Series
! Position
! Car
! Team
|-
! 1996
| Australian Formula Ford Championship
|align="center" | 11th
| Van Diemen RF95 - Ford
| Australian Motor Sport Academy
|-
! 1997
| Australian Formula Ford Championship
|align="center" | 6th
| Spectrum 06 - Ford
| George Stockman
|-
!rowspan=2| 1998
| Australian Formula Ford Championship
|align="center" style="background:#dfdfdf;" | 2nd
| Spectrum 06b - Ford
| OAMPS Insurance Group
|-
| Formula Palmer Audi Winter Series
|align="center" | 4th
| Van Diemen PA - Audi
| MotorSport Vision
|-
! 2000
| Australian Nations Cup Championship
|align="center" | 7th
| Ferrari 360 Challenge
| Ross Palmer Motorsport
|-
! 2002
| Australian Formula Three Championship
|align="center" | 19th
| Dallara F301 - Mugen Honda
| Christian Jones Motorsport
|-
! 2003
| Australian Formula Three Championship
|align="center" | 4th
| Dallara F301 - Mugen Honda
| Christian Jones Motorsport
|-
!rowspan=2| 2004
| Asian Formula Three Championship
|align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| Dallara F301 - Mugen Honda
| Christian Jones Motorsport
|-
| Macau Grand Prix
|align="center" | 17th
| Dallara F304 - TOM'S Toyota
| TME Racing
|-
! 2005
| Asian Formula Three Championship
|align="center"| 7th
| Dallara F301 - Mugen Honda
| Christian Jones Motorsport
|-
! 2005/6
| A1 Grand Prix
|align="center" | 13th
| Lola A1GP Zytek
| A1 Team Australia
|-
! 2007
| Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
|align="center" style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
| SCC Racing Team
|-
!rowspan=2| 2008
| Australian Carrera Cup Championship
|align="center" | 21st
|rowspan=2| Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
| Greg Murphy Racing
|-
| Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
|align="center" | 4th
| Christian Jones Motorsport
|}
Complete Macau Grand Prix results
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Team
! Car
! Qualifying
! Quali race
! Main race
|-
! 2004
| style="text-align:left;"| TME Racing
| style="text-align:left;"| Dallara F304
| 28th
| 22nd
| 17th
|}
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! 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
|style="background:#F1F8FF;"|GBR<br />SPR<br />
|style="background:#F1F8FF;"|GBR<br />FEA <br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|GER<br />SPR <br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|GER<br />FEA <br />
|style="background:#F1F8FF;"|POR<br />SPR<br />
|style="background:#F1F8FF;"|POR<br />FEA<br />
|style="background:#F1F8FF;"|AUS<br />SPR<br />
|style="background:#F1F8FF;"|AUS<br />FEA<br />
|style="background:#F1F8FF;"|MYS<br />SPR<br />
|style="background:#F1F8FF;"|MYS<br />FEA<br />
|style="background:#F1F8FF;"|UAE<br />SPR<br />
|style="background:#F1F8FF;"|UAE<br />FEA<br />
|style="background:#F1F8FF;"|RSA<br />SPR<br />
|style="background:#F1F8FF;"|RSA<br />FEA<br />
|style="background:#F1F8FF;"|IDN<br />SPR<br />
|style="background:#F1F8FF;"|IDN<br />FEA<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|MEX<br />SPR<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|MEX<br />FEA<br />
|USA<br />SPR
|USA<br />FEA
|CHN<br />SPR
|CHN<br />FEA
| 13th
| 51
|-
|}
Complete Porsche Supercup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
! Year
! Team
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! DC
! Points
|-
|rowspan=2| 2007
! Golden Spike Pertamina Indonesia RT
|BHR1
|BHR2
|ESP1
|MON
|FRA
|GBR
|GER
|HUN
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|TUR<br>
|BEL
|ITA
|rowspan=2| NC
|rowspan=2| 0
|-
|}
References
- 1996 Australian Formula Ford Championship
- 1997 Australian Formula Ford Championship
- 1998 Australian Formula Ford Championship
External links
- Christian Jones Career stats at Third Turn Database.