Christian 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 4th in the 2003 title. In 2004 he won the Asian

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Championship and subsequently entered the 2004 Macau Grand Prix, 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 3rd. 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 Speedcar Series, 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

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and in 2011 driving for the Asia Pacific Arrows Racing

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LP560 GT3 placing fourth.

Career results

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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

References

External links

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1996 Australian Formula Ford Championship

1997 Australian Formula Ford Championship

1998 Australian Formula Ford Championship
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