Adam Jones (racing Driver)
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Adam Scott Jones (born 9 August 1980, in
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) is a British
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.


Early career

He competed successfully in Formula 3 and Formula Renault in France, before switching to GT racing. Three years of irregular drives in both the FIA and British GT championships where followed by a stint in the Le Mans Endurance series alongside
Sascha Maassen Sascha Maassen (born 28 September 1969 in Aachen, Germany) is a veteran sports car driver. Early career Maassen began his career in karts, and moved to cars in 1989, in Formula Ford 1600. During the early 1990s, he raced in the German Formula 3 s ...
, winning his class at the
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. In 2005 he raced historic cars as well as the Britcar 24-hour race at
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, in which he finished 3rd alongside
Tim Harvey Timothy James Harvey (born 20 November 1961) is a British racing driver, best known for being the 1992 British Touring Car Champion, and the 2008 and 2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain champion. A household name in the 1990s, Harvey won s ...
.


Touring Cars

He moved to the
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for
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driving a Lexus IS200 for Xero Competition. His only point came in round 6 of the season at
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. Adam contested 7 meetings of the
2007 British Touring Car Championship season The 2007 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship season was the 50th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. It was won by Fabrizio Giovanardi with 10 race wins and 17 podiums. Going into the final race, Fabrizio Giovanardi was one po ...
in a SEAT Toledo Cupra prepared by
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, in the car also used by
Tom Coronel Tom Romeo Coronel (born 5 April 1972) is a Dutch professional racing driver. Tom's twin brother Tim Coronel, Tim is also a racer, just like their father Tom Coronel Sr. His most important results are winning the Masters of Formula 3, Marlboro Mast ...
in the
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. He was competitive in the first round but missed the next three meetings, before being among the frontrunners in round 5. In round 6 at
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he qualified 7th, before charging through the field in the first race to finish 2nd for his first BTCC podiu

and the first ever for a non-works
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. At
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the team also ran Gavin Smith in a newer
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, but Jones had the better of him, finishing 7th race one before running 2nd in race two. Contact with
Colin Turkington Colin Henry Turkington (born 21 March 1982) is a British auto racing, racing driver from Northern Ireland who competed in the 2022 British Touring Car Championship, British Touring Car Championship most recently for West Surrey Racing, Team BMW ...
dropped him to 6th, but the reverse grid gave him pole for race 3. He made a poor start before a long-running battle with Tom Onslow-Cole, which ended in a big collision eliminating Jones. The team ran a
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full-time in 2008 and Jones took a third and a fourth in round 2 at Rockingham, and another podium in round 5 at Croft. In the Independents Trophy he has been among the first 3 finishers in 11 of those 15 races, giving him the class lead – aided by many races having intermediate wet-dry conditions which did not suit the
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s of his leading rivals Turkington and
Mat Jackson Mathew Jackson (born 10 June 1981) is a former British auto racing, racing driver. Racing career Early years Born in Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, Jackson started racing in karts in his teens, before finishing 4th in the 2000 Renault Clio ...
. His season ended with a lucky escape at
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, as his car speared off the track at Clearways, narrowly missing armco posts which had been bent by a huge crash involving John George earlier in the race. There is every chance that the car could have been launched onto the marshal's post or even into the crowd had he struck these. He ultimately finished 3rd in the class and 9th overall. For 2009, Jones moved to the all-new Clyde Valley Racing team, alongside the returning Dan Eaves and continued to drive a León. The team failed to complete the season due to lack of funds. For 2010 Adam competed in the European Abarth Trofeo Championship as a privateer finishing 2nd overall missing out by just a couple of points. In 2011 Adam competed in the Britcar 24hr in a Seat Leon Supa Copa & also competing in the championship for 2012 gaining 3 pole positions & 2 wins with car owner & team mate Craig Davies. His next race is the Historic Spa 6hrs competing in a Corvette again with car owner Craig Davies.


Racing record


Complete British Touring Car Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded all races)


Complete British GT results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)


External links


Adam Jones

Profile from btcc.netProfile at BTCCPages.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Adam 1980 births English racing drivers Formule Campus Renault Elf drivers British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers British Touring Car Championship drivers FIA GT Championship drivers Living people British GT Championship drivers European Le Mans Series drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers British Formula Three Championship drivers Britcar 24-hour drivers 24H Series drivers La Filière drivers Racing drivers from Birmingham, West Midlands