Alan Stanley Jones was an Australian racing driver and broadcaster, born in Melbourne on 2 November 1946, who competed in Formula One between 1975 and 1986. The son of Stan Jones, winner of the 1959 Australian Grand Prix, he built his career in British Formula Three before reaching Formula One with Hesketh in 1975, then drove for Hill, Surtees and Shadow, where he won the 1977 Austrian Grand Prix. Signed by Williams for 1978, he became the first driver to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship with that team, taking the 1980 title. Across 117 Grands Prix he won 12 and reached the podium 24 times. He also won the 1978 Can-Am championship in a Lola and the 1980 Australian Grand Prix at Calder Park. After retiring he worked as a broadcaster. The source article records his death on 5 November 2026.
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Alan Stanley Jones was born on 2 November 1946 in Melbourne, Victoria.
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was an Australian racing driver and broadcaster who competed in Formula One between 1975 and 1986
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Jones won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1980 with Williams
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