Drivers/Australia
Alan Jones
- 1× World Champion
- 1975–1986
- JON
- Born 2 November 1946 in Melbourne
- Alan Stanley Jones
- Starts116117 entries
- Wins1210% of starts
- Podiums2421% of starts
- Pole positions66× started from P1
- Fastest laps13
- Titles11980
Career numbers
- Avg grid position11.4
- Avg finish6.2
- Retirement rate41%
- Pole-to-win conversion33%
- Positions gained+263
- Points scored206
- Longest winning streak3
- Longest podium streak5
- Longest points-scoring streak6
- TeamsHesketh (1975) · Hill (1975) · Surtees (1976) · Shadow (1977) · Williams (1978–1981) · Arrows (1983) · Lola (1985–1986)
Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.
The career at a glance
Season by season
Every race
117 entries, 116 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.
- First entrySpanish Grand Prix 1975DNF · Hesketh
- First winAustrian Grand Prix 1977P1 · Shadow
- Last winCaesars Palace Grand Prix 1981P1 · Williams
- Last startAustralian Grand Prix 1986DNF · Lola
All 117 races, season by season
Against team-mates
Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.
| Team-mate | Years | Races | Qualifying | Quali gap | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Reutemann | 1980–1981 | 11:7 | 13:16 | +0.06% | 117 : 98 | Compare |
| Clay Regazzoni | 1979 | 5:1 | 15:0 | −0.97% | 43 : 32 | Compare |
| Patrick Tambay | 1986 | 1:1 | 3:10 | +1.10% | 4 : 2 | Compare |
| Brett Lunger | 1976 | 3:1 | 8:1 | −1.33% | 4 : 0 | Compare |
| Riccardo Patrese | 1977 | 3:0 | 6:3 | −0.12% | 13 : 1 | Compare |
| Henri Pescarolo | 1976 | 3:0 | 7:0 | −1.32% | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Rupert Keegan | 1980 | 4:0 | 4:0 | −2.70% | 30 : 0 | Compare |
| Tony Brise | 1975 | 1:2 | 0:4 | +1.49% | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| James Hunt | 1975 | 0:0 | 0:4 | +1.18% | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Noritake Takahara | 1976 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 3 : 0 | Compare |
| Renzo Zorzi | 1977 | 0:0 | 2:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Torsten Palm | 1975 | 0:1 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Jackie Oliver | 1977 | 0:1 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Arturo Merzario | 1977 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Eddie Cheever | 1986 | 0:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Conny Andersson | 1976 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Jean-Pierre Jarier | 1977 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Marc Surer | 1983 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 2 | Compare |
Green: Alan Jones came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.
Strongest circuits
Circuits with at least two starts, most wins first.
| Circuit | Starts | Wins | Podiums | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Bull Ring | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2.4 |
| Gilles Villeneuve | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5.3 |
| Zandvoort | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7.2 |
| Long Beach | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3.7 |
| Hockenheimring | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Paul Ricard | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7.3 |
| Brands Hatch | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Watkins Glen | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3.7 |
| Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4.7 |
| Monaco | 8 | 1 | 4 | |
| Zolder | 7 | 1 | 5.5 | |
| Monza | 7 | 2 | 7.5 | |
| Jarama | 5 | 8 | ||
| Anderstorp Raceway | 4 | 13.7 | ||
| Silverstone | 4 | 8.5 | ||
| Dijon-Prenois | 3 | 10.5 | ||
| Nelson Piquet | 3 | 1 | 6.5 | |
| Kyalami | 3 | 4 | ||
| Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Nürburgring | 2 | 7.5 | ||
| Mosport | 2 | 10 | ||
| Fuji | 2 | 4 | ||
| José Carlos Pace | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Adelaide | 2 | – |