However, despite the success of the test, Jones was not offered a drive by March and for 1972, drove a GRD in Formula Three. įor 1971, Jones campaigned a Brabham BT 28 converted to BT35 specification, in Formula Three and had a moderately successful season which led to a series of tests for March at Silverstone.

However, in his first two races the engine failed and in the third the gearbox broke, which meant the opportunity ended. In late 1970, Jones signed with a firm for whom McGuire was working, designed to promote drivers' interests and was selected to compete in a series of races in Brazil. However, the machine was written off in a testing accident at Brands Hatch in which Jones suffered a broken leg.

The two men bought and sold second-hand cars and Jones was eventually able to afford a Formula Three, Lotus 41 which he intended to adapt to Formula Two specification and take back to Australia to sell, in order to finance a season of Formula Three. He therefore returned home but was back in the UK in 1970 and set about building his career in company with compatriot Brian McGuire. The younger Jones left for Europe in 1967, to make a name for himself, but found that he could not afford even a Formula Ford drive. Jones initially worked in his father's Holden dealership while racing a Mini and a Cooper. Jones attended Xavier College and is the son of Stan Jones, an Australian racing driver and winner of the 1959 Australian Grand Prix, and wanted to follow in his footsteps. Jones is also the last Australian driver to win the Australian Grand Prix, winning the 1980 event at Calder Park Raceway, having lapped the field consisting mostly of Formula 5000 cars while he was driving his Formula One Championship winning Williams FW07B. In 1978 Jones won the Can-Am championship driving a Lola. He competed in a total of 117 Grands Prix, winning 12 and achieving 24 podium finishes. He was the first driver to win a Formula One World Championship with the Williams team, becoming the 1980 World Drivers' Champion and the second Australian to do so following triple World Champion Sir Jack Brabham. Hill, Surtees, Shadow, Williams, Arrows, Haas LolaĪlan Stanley Jones, MBE (born 2 November 1946) is an Australian former Formula One driver.

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