Christian Jones

Christian Jones
Nationality	Australian
Born	27 September 1979 (1979-09-27) (age 32)
Retired	2008
Related to	Alan Jones (adoptive father) Stan Jones (Grandfather)
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
Years active	2007-08
Teams	Christian Jones Motorsport
Starts	25
Best finish	3rd in 2007 Asian Porsche Carrera Cup
Previous series
1996-98 1998 2000 2002-03 2004-05 2005-06 2008	Australian Formula Ford Formula Palmer Audi Australian Nations Cup Australian Formula Three Asian Formula Three Champ. A1 Grand Prix Australian Carrera Cup
Championship titles
2004	Asian Formula Three Champ.

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 ^[1]

He made a return to racing in the 2012 Malaysia Merdeka Endurance Race driving for the Asia Pacific Arrows Racing Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 placing fourth.

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

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
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
2005/6	A1 Grand Prix	13th	Lola A1GP Zytek	A1 Team Australia
2007	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	3rd	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	SCC Racing Team
2008	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

References

1. ^ http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?26/10/2008.GOLD.CC.M

• Driver Database stats
• Australian Formula Ford Championship 1996
• Australian Formula Ford Championship 1997
• Australian Formula Ford Championship 1998

Sporting positions
Preceded by None	Asian Formula Three Champion 2004	Succeeded by Ananda Mikola

Persondata
Name	Jones, Christian
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	27 September 1979
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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