ALAN JONES MOTORSPORT QUOTE
- Aug 12, 2016
- 1 min read
Updated: Mar 31, 2025
Alan Jones, Australian
"An obnoxious little bastard, a big-headed little prick."
- Jones' view on himself as a youngster
"About as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle."
- Jones on the Lola he drove in his final season in F1 in 1986
Alan Stanley Jones MBE
(born 2 November 1946 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian former Formula One driver. 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. He competed in a total of 117 Grands Prix, winning 12 and achieving 24 podium finishes. In 1978 Jones won the Can-Am championship driving a Lola.
TWO WORLD CHAMPIONS
Two bronze busts of Jack Brabham and Alan Jones were unveiled at the Albert Park Lake F1 motor racing circuit in 2013. Likeness appears very good for both.
The two drivers were both born in Australia. Alan Jones in Victoria and Jack Brabham in New South Wales.
JACK BRABHAM & ALAN JONES
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