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Christian Jones
NationalityAustralian
Born (1979-09-27) 27 September 1979 (age 45)
Retired2008
Related toAlan Jones (adoptive father)
Stan Jones (Grandfather)
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
Years active2007-08
TeamsChristian Jones Motorsport
Starts25
Best finish3rd in 2007 Asian Porsche Carrera Cup
Previous series
1995
1996-98
1998
2000
2002-03
2004-05
2005-06
2008		Australian Suzuki Swift Series
Australian Formula Ford Ch.
Formula Palmer Audi
Australian Nations Cup Ch.
Australian Formula Three Ch.
Asian Formula Three Champ.
A1 Grand Prix
Australian Carrera Cup Ch.
Championship titles
2004Asian Formula Three Champ.

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, 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 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 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

Karting career summary

Season Series Position
1994 CIK 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 Australia GBR
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 		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 TUR
Ret 		BEL ITA NC 0

References

  1. "Record Numbers for CIK Stars of Karting Championship Opener". Karting Australia. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  2. "The Three Big One's". Kart Sport News. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  3. "Natsoft results". www.natsoft.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012.
  4. "Aussie trio set for Sepang 12 Hour in Mosler". Speedcafe. Retrieved 3 June 2010.

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Sporting positions
Preceded byPepon Marave Asian Formula Three Champion
2004 		Succeeded byAnanda Mikola
Awards and achievements
Preceded byMike Hazelton Jon Targett Perpetual Karting Trophy
1995 		Succeeded byRyan Briscoe
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