Christian Alan Jones (born 27 September 1979) is an Australian racing driver; he is the adopted son of 1980

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World Champion Alan Jones.

Biography

Winning several Karting championships in his early teens, Christian moved to Australian

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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

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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

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Championship and subsequently entered the

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, finishing 17th. In 2005 he represented

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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

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debut at the Turkish Grand Prix support race in

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. For 2007/08 he has been linked to the new

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, based in the Middle East, following the

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calendar. Also linked are

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and

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but continued in the Carrera Cup Asia Championship placing fourth and also the Surfers Paradise round of the

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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

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LP560 GT3 placing fourth.

Career results

Karting career summary

Circuit racing career

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

References

1996 Australian Formula Ford Championship

1997 Australian Formula Ford Championship

1998 Australian Formula Ford Championship

External links

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Christian Jones
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