Search results
Alan Stanley Jones, MBE (born 2 November 1946) [ 2 ] is an Australian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1975 to 1986. Jones won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1980 with Williams. He was the first driver to win a Formula One World Championship with the Williams team, becoming the 1980 World Drivers' Champion ...
Alan Stanley Jones, born in Melbourne on November 2, 1946, was inspired by his father's successes and encouraged by him to have a go himself. At 15 he was a kart racing champion and soon also went well in a Mini and in one of his father's single-seater Coopers. Further progress was delayed when Stan Jones went bankrupt in an Australian economic ...
Alan Belford Jones AO (born 13 April 1941 [1][2][3]) is an Australian former radio broadcaster. He is a former coach of the Australia national rugby union team and rugby league coach and administrator. He has worked as a school teacher, a speech writer in the office of the Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, and in musical theatre.
Alan Jones. The 1980 Formula 1 World Champion was a hard-as-nails, no compromise racer whose success had seemed as unlikely as his team owner’s just five years or so before. Alan Jones grew up watching his father race in Australian national events, present as Stan Jones received the laurel wreath for winning the 1959 Australian Grand Prix at ...
Apr 24, 2019 · And this week on F1’s official podcast, Beyond The Grid, supported by Bose, 1980 World Champion Alan Jones regales host Tom Clarkson with no-nonsense tales from his extraordinary career. Having arrived in Europe from his native Australia in the early 70s, Jones worked his way into F1 before becoming a Grand Prix winner with Shadow in 1977.
Alan Jones is a retired Australian racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1975 to 1986. Jones is best known for winning the 1980 Drivers’ Championship with Williams, becoming the first driver to secure a championship for the team and only the second Australian to win the title, following Jack Brabham.
The fact that Jones was the driver who turned Williams from middling privateers into world champions didn't hurt, either. Four wins in 1979 with the FW07 gave the team a kick-start, and set the scene for the five victories in 1980 that put Jones 13 points clear of Nelson Piquet to give him the title.
Browse new releases, best sellers or classics & find your next favourite book. Huge selection of books in all genres. Free UK delivery on eligible orders
Free Shipping Available. Buy on eBay. Money Back Guarantee!
