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🇦🇺 Alan Jones
Racing driver from Australia. Formula 1, Lola. One-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Alan Jones
Born
2 November 1946(b. 1946)
Nationality
Australia
Current team
Lola
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Championships
11980
Career wins
12
Career podiums
24
Career starts
117
Career DNFs
49
Racer Rating
5,869
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,869Rank 337 of 40,700 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago
Alan Jones is a racing driver from Australia who last raced in Formula 1 for Lola. Jones is a one-time champion (1980), with 12 wins and 24 podiums from 117 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,869 ranks Jones 337th of 40,700 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
1986 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
| 1986-10-26 | Adelaide Street Circuit | DNF | −106 |
| 1986-10-12 | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | DNF | −69 |
| 1986-09-21 | Autódromo do Estoril | DNF | −119 |
| 1986-09-07 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | P6 | +95 |
| 1986-08-17 | Red Bull Ring | P4 | +124 |
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +152 | Red Bull Ring 1977 | Formula 1 | P1 |
| +143 | Hockenheimring 1979 | Formula 1 | P1 |
| +141 | Watkins Glen International 1978 | Formula 1 | P2 |
| +135 | Red Bull Ring 1979 | Formula 1 | P1 |
| +126 | Zandvoort 1979 | Formula 1 | P1 |
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Red Bull Ring7 starts+31
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza7 starts+30
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve5 starts+13
Long Beach7 starts+6
Struggles
Circuit de Monaco8 starts-35
Silverstone4 starts-20
Kyalami4 starts-20
Scandinavian Raceway4 starts-14
Season by season
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | ▸Formula 1 | Lola | 16 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | P10 | −658 | 5,869 |
| 1985 | ▸Formula 1 | Lola | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | P15 | −628 | 6,527 |
| 1983 | ▸Formula 1 | Arrows | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P17 | −74 | 7,155 |
| 1981 | ▸Formula 1 | Williams | 15 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 46 | P3 | −171 | 7,229 |
| 1980 | ▸Formula 1 | Williams | 14 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 71 | P1 | +581 | 7,399 |
| 1979 | ▸Formula 1 | Williams | 15 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 43 | P3 | +500 | 6,818 |
| 1978 | ▸Formula 1 | Williams | 16 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 11 | P10 | −92 | 6,319 |
| 1977 | ▸Formula 1 | Shadow | 14 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 22 | P7 | +98 | 6,411 |
| 1976 | ▸Formula 1 | Surtees | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | P12 | +348 | 6,313 |
| 1975 | ▸Formula 1 | Embassy Hill | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | P15 | +4,615 | 5,965 |
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Jones finished ahead vs behind
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 Jacques Laffite | 6,099 | 106 | 51 | 55 | 48% |
| 🇬🇧 John Watson | 6,238 | 97 | 53 | 44 | 55% |
| 🇦🇷 Carlos Reutemann | 6,552 | 93 | 43 | 50 | 46% |
| 🇺🇸 Mario Andretti | 6,053 | 93 | 53 | 40 | 57% |
| 🇮🇹 Riccardo PatreseFIA Bronze | 6,417 | 88 | 52 | 36 | 59% |
| 🇿🇦 Jody Scheckter | 6,391 | 80 | 36 | 44 | 45% |
| 🇧🇷 Emerson Fittipaldi | 5,823 | 77 | 45 | 32 | 58% |
| 🇫🇷 Jean-Pierre Jarier | 4,698 | 77 | 54 | 23 | 70% |
| 🇩🇪 Jochen Mass | 6,098 | 71 | 39 | 32 | 55% |
| 🇧🇷 Nelson PiquetFIA Platinum | 6,711 | 70 | 37 | 33 | 53% |
| 🇫🇷 Alain ProstHigher-rated, 4× champion | 6,802 | 49 | 22 | 27 | 45% |
| 🇦🇹 Gerhard BergerHigher-rated | 6,491 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 25% |
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,700 drivers indexed
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 327 | 🇮🇹 Lamberto Leoni | International Formula 3000 | 5,880 |
| 328 | 🇯🇵 Yuhi Sekiguchi | Super GT | 5,880 |
| 329 | 🇺🇸 Carson Kvapil | NASCAR Xfinity | 5,879 |
| 330 | 🇺🇸 Ross Chastain | NASCAR Cup Series | 5,879 |
| 331 | 🇩🇰 Tom Kristensen | WEC | 5,879 |
| 332 | 🇬🇧 Ash Sutton | BTCC | 5,877 |
| 333 | 🇺🇸 Pat O'Connor | Formula 1 | 5,876 |
| 334 | 🇳🇱 Robin Frijns | WEC | 5,873 |
| 335 | 🇺🇸 Sheldon Creed | NASCAR Xfinity | 5,871 |
| 336 | 🇬🇧 Alan Brown | Formula 1 | 5,870 |
| 337 | 🇦🇺 Alan Jones | Formula 1 | 5,869 |
| 338 | 🇮🇹 Vincenzo Sospiri | IndyCar | 5,869 |
| 339 | 🇦🇷 Carlos Menditeguy | Formula 1 | 5,868 |
| 340 | 🇦🇷 Onofre Marimón | Formula 1 | 5,866 |
| 341 | 🇺🇸 Carroll Shelby | Formula 1 | 5,861 |
| 342 | 🇫🇷 Olivier Panis | FIA GT Championship | 5,859 |
| 343 | 🇯🇵 Bertrand Baguette | Super GT | 5,857 |
| 344 | 🇫🇷 Philippe Streiff | Formula 1 | 5,857 |
| 345 | 🇦🇷 Ricardo Zunino | Formula 1 | 5,855 |
| 346 | 🇬🇧 Chris Irwin | Formula 1 | 5,854 |
| 347 | 🇮🇹 Bruno Giacomelli | Formula 1 | 5,852 |
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