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Alan Stanley Jones, MBE (born 2 November 1946) [ 2 ] is an Australian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1975 to 1986. Jones won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1980 with Williams.
Alan Belford Jones AO (born 13 April 1941 [1][2][3]) is an Australian former radio broadcaster. He is a former coach of the Australia national rugby union team and rugby league coach and administrator. He has worked as a school teacher, a speech writer in the office of the Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, and in musical theatre.
He was the first man to win a title with the legendary Williams Racing, and is one of the most straight-talking, no-nonsense characters ever seen in F1! Tune...
A straight-talking, iron-willed, hard-driving tough guy, Alan Jones fought his way to the forefront, where he defended his territory with ruthless determination and large doses of intimidation.
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Aug 5, 2017 · AUSTRALIAN Alan Jones was an F1 world champion and in his new biography, AJ: How Alan Jones Climbed to the Top of Formula One, he reveals a never-before told story about an unusual experience while in South Africa. JONES’ SOUTH AFRICAN SECRET. SOUTH Africa was an awkward weekend.
It might seem paradoxical that a character so stereotypically Australian as Alan Jones remains the driver by which a team so stereotypically British as Williams has come to measure all...
Sep 29, 2020 · Instead, the Alan Jones story is one of the best and most unlikely rises. The ubiquitous route took him through Formula Ford (Merlyn), Formula 3 (Lotus 41 – and a broken leg at Brands Hatch), before a works GRD drive in 1973 lit the blue touchpaper.
Alan Jones. Biography. Championship Seasons. Non-Championship Races. Teams. The 1980 Formula 1 World Champion was a hard-as-nails, no compromise racer whose success had seemed as unlikely as his team owner’s just five years or so before.
Alan Jones was a key part of Williams’ early success. He won the drivers championship with them but the following year got into a dispute with team mate Carlos Reutemann and abruptly retired.
