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Alan Jones | |
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 Jones in 2007 | |
| Born | Alan Stanley Jones (1946-11-02)2 November 1946 (age 79) |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 4, includingChristian |
| Parent | Stan Jones (father) |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  Australian |
| Active years | 1975–1981,1983,1985–1986 |
| Teams | PrivateerHesketh,Hill,Surtees,Shadow,Williams,Arrows,Haas Lola |
| Entries | 117 (116 starts) |
| Championships | 1 (1980) |
| Wins | 12 |
| Podiums | 24 |
| Careerpoints | 199 (206)[a] |
| Pole positions | 6 |
| Fastest laps | 13 |
| First entry | 1975 Spanish Grand Prix |
| First win | 1977 Austrian Grand Prix |
| Last win | 1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1986 Australian Grand Prix |
Alan Stanley Jones (born 2 November 1946) is an Australian formerracing driver andbroadcaster, who competed inFormula One between1975 and1986.[b] Jones won theFormula One World Drivers' Championship in1980 withWilliams, and won 12Grands Prix across 10 seasons.
He was the first driver to win aFormula One World Championship with theWilliams team, becoming the1980 World Drivers' Champion and the second Australian to do so following triple World ChampionSir Jack Brabham. He competed in a total of 117 Grands Prix, winning 12 and achieving 24 podium finishes. Jones also won the1978 Can-Am championship driving aLola.
Jones is also the last Australian driver to win theAustralian Grand Prix, winning the1980 event atCalder Park Raceway, having lapped the field consisting mostly ofFormula 5000 cars while he was driving his Formula One Championship winningWilliams FW07B.
Alan Stanley Jones was born on 2 November 1946 inMelbourne,Victoria.[1]Jones attendedXavier College and is the son ofStan Jones, an Australian racing driver and winner of the1959 Australian Grand Prix, and wanted to follow in his footsteps. Jones initially worked in his father'sHolden dealership while racing aMini and aCooper.[2] The younger Jones left for Europe in 1967, to make a name for himself, but found that he could not afford even aFormula Ford drive.[2] He therefore returned home but was back in the UK in 1970 and set about building his career in company with compatriotBrian McGuire.[2]The two men bought and sold second-hand cars and Jones was eventually able to afford aFormula Three,Lotus 41 which he intended to adapt toFormula Two specification and take back to Australia to sell, in order to finance a season of Formula Three.[3] However, the machine was written off in a testing accident atBrands Hatch in which Jones suffered a broken leg.[3]
In late 1970, Jones signed with a firm for whom McGuire was working, designed to promote drivers' interests and was selected to compete in a series of races in Brazil.[4] However, in his first two races the engine failed and in the third the gearbox broke, which meant the opportunity ended.[5]
For 1971, Jones campaigned aBrabham BT 28 converted to BT35 specification,[5] inFormula Three and had a moderately successful season which led to a series of tests forMarch atSilverstone. However, despite the success of the test, Jones was not offered a drive by March and for 1972, drove aGRD in Formula Three.[6] Jones did enough that season to be kept on by GRD for the next year with a new sponsor and only lost the1973 championship due to a misfiring engine in the last round atBrands Hatch.[7] In 1974, Jones began the season in Formula Atlantic but felt it was a very amateurish effort, but a chance meeting withHarry Stiller led to a drive in the latter's March 74. At the end of the season, Jones made his F5000 debut for Stiller in the final round of the European Championship at Brands Hatch in a Chevron B24/28 owned by John MacDonald. It was planned to enterFormula 5000 for 1975.[8] However, Stiller's initial plans fell through but after some delay, during which Jones was effectively unemployed, Stiller arranged to purchase aFormula OneHesketh 308 and signed Jones to drive the car.[9]
His first race was the1975 Spanish Grand Prix at the fastMontjuïc circuit in the purchased Hesketh although the weekend turned out to be one of the most tragic inFormula One historywhenRolf Stommelen's crash caused the death of five spectators. After four races in Formula One the team ceased racing after Stiller moved abroad.[2] However, Jones was named as a replacement for the injured Stommelen inGraham Hill's team. His best finish with Hill, in four races for the team, was fifth at theNürburgring.[10]
He earned his first full-time Formula One drive in 1976, inJohn Surtees' team. Jones' car was known for its infamousDurex sponsorship which led the BBC refusing to cover Formula One races during the season.[11] He managed several good finishes in the TS19, a fourth inJapan in the final race of the season being the best of them.[10] Jones refused to drive for Surtees in 1977, preferring to sit out a season than continue with the team.[12]
Jones was racing in America when he was signed by theShadow team as a replacement forTom Pryce, who had been killed in a freak racing accident inSouth Africa. He made the most of the opportunity and won at theÖsterreichring for his maiden victory, finishing seventh in the championship, with 22 points.
By late 1977, he had caught the attention ofFrank Williams as well asEnzo Ferrari.[citation needed] Ferrari had a meeting with him atMaranello, but in the end,Gilles Villeneuve got the drive. Williams, who was looking to rebuild his Formula One racing team.[2]Williams Grand Prix had struggled for success in its first years and after Williams had restarted his team in 1977, Jones was entrusted to give them their first taste of it. As well as Williams, he also signed with Haas-Hall for 1978, and competed in aLola 333CS in theCan-Am series, winning the title. Jones took nine poles in ten races but missed theLaguna Seca race due to a Formula One scheduling conflict. Stand-inBrian Redman finished twelfth in that race after the kill wire was crimped under a valve cover, resulting in intermittent ignition. Of the nine races in which he competed, Jones won five (Atlanta, Mosport, Road America, Mid-Ohio, and Riverside.) He finished second toElliot Forbes-Robinson at Charlotte after hitting a chicane and losing a spark plug wire, retired through accident atSt Jovite and lost a radiator atWatkins Glen. He finished third atTrois-Rivières after losing a shift fork and being stuck with only second and fifth gears on the tight road circuit. At that race, water-injected brakes were first used in Can-Am, developed by the Haas team and copied with varying degrees of success by others. Jones ran one Can-Am race in 1979 (Mid-Ohio), where he andKeke Rosberg finished 1–2, with Jones winning his last Can-Am start. For Williams, his best result that season was a second-place finish atWatkins Glen. Jones helped put the team on the Formula One map in 1979 using theWilliams FW07, after winning four races in the span of five events near the end of the season. Jones finished third in the championship that year, and it was the springboard to an excellent 1980 campaign. Jones's best years in Formula One had just begun, in the middle of the ground-effect era.
Jones won seven races in 1980, although theSpanish Grand Prix was later removed from the championship and theAustralian Grand Prix was a non-championship race, so only five counted towards the Championship. Throughout the season he had a car which consistently made the podium, and he achieved ten during the year. At the end of the season he had beatenNelson Piquet by 13 points in the standings, becoming Australia's first World Champion sinceSir Jack Brabham. He had a good chance to repeat his success in 1981, but a very combative relationship withCarlos Reutemann led to an intense rivalry that possibly cost both drivers a chance at the championship. He finished four points behind Piquet for the championship and three behind Reutemann.
After winning the championship in 1980, Jones and Williams competed in the then non-championshipAustralian Grand Prix at Calder Park in November. Driving his FW07B against a field consisting mostly ofFormula 5000's (andBruno Giacomelli'sAlfa Romeo 179), Jones, who had previously finished 4th in the race in1977 (he was penalised 60 seconds for a jumped start, and officially finished just 20 seconds behind winnerWarwick Brown showing that if not for the penalty he would have won by 40 seconds), joined his father Stan as a winner of the Australian Grand Prix.
From 1979 to 1981, Jones was awarded the No.1 driver of the season by the editor of theAutocourse annual. During his championship year in 1980, the editor awarded Jones the No.1 slot not just because he was World Champion but because in the editor's opinion "Jones extracted every ounce of potential from the Williams FW07 -and more importantly, he did it consistently. All season Jones never gave anything less than his best." In 1981 despite missing the championship, theAutocourse editor still gave the No.1 driver award to Jones because "in 1981 Alan Jones was outstanding, his racing instincts sharper than ever, his driving aggressive and confident."
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Jones announced his retirement after the 1981 season, which he managed to cap with a win inLas Vegas, but came out of retirement for a one-time drive withArrows in1983 at theUnited States Grand Prix West atLong Beach where he qualified 12th but retired after 58 laps through driverfatigue. A week later he again drove for Arrows in the non-championshipRace of Champions atBrands Hatch where he qualified and finished third behind reigning World ChampionKeke Rosberg (Williams) and rookie American driverDanny Sullivan (Tyrrell). This was to be his last drive for the team, a bid to raise enough money to drive in theFrench Grand Prix the week after the Race of Champions failed which saw Arrows use its regular driversMarc Surer andChico Serra (whom Jones had replaced at Long Beach) instead.
During a 2012 Grand Prix Legends interview, Jones revealed that he had been contacted byFerrari to drive for the team from mid-1982 after the death ofGilles Villeneuve and the injury forced retirement ofDidier Pironi.[13] As he was enjoying life back in Australia at the time, Jones did not give them an answer straight away and basically gave them the run around, a move he regrets as it was possible that, as the 1980 World Champion, Ferrari would have wanted to keep him for 1983 when he was looking to make a comeback, which would have seen him drive the car which won the Constructors' Championship in 1983. After taking too long to give them an answer, the Scuderia instead offered the drive to1978 World ChampionMario Andretti who drove the last two races of the1982 season at Monza and Caesars Palace.
Jones did not compete in Formula One during1984, though he did drive someWorld Sportscar Championship races in1983 and1984. He made a full-time comeback to F1 late in1985 whenTeam Haas was created and Jones became the first driver for the team. The American owned and sponsored team was based in England and made its debut at the1985 Italian Grand Prix atMonza. Jones qualified the newLola THL1 9.851 seconds slower than pole manAyrton Senna in hisLotus-Renault and retired after only 6 laps with a blown engine. Jones was joined at Haas in1986 by formerFerrari andRenault works driverPatrick Tambay. The comeback was unsuccessful more due to theFordV6 engine's lack of power compared to its rivals fromHonda,TAG-Porsche,BMW,Ferrari and Renault, than any lack of effort from the team and its drivers.
At the end of the 1986 season after the Haas team lost its sponsorship and ran out of money, Jones retired from Formula One for good having won 12 races, 6 pole positions and one World Championship.
Jones' post Formula One career was initially spasmodic in nature. Briefly in demand for his services as a touring car co-driver, he raced occasionally in his home country's biggest endurance race, theBathurst 1000 but success was elusive. In 1982 he attempted his first full season of racing, driving aPorsche 935 to dominate the1982 Australian GT Championship. This championship included races against localtouring car acePeter Brock drivingBob Jane's 6.0 litreChevrolet Monza. The duels between Australia's two biggest motorsport names at the time have often been regarded as some of the best racing seen domestically in Australia. Soon after he made his first failed comeback to Formula One. During 1982 he formed his own touring car team, combining the resources of V8Ford Falcon driverBob Morris and rotaryMazda RX-7 racer Barry Jones into a single two-car team but results were mixed and the exercise dissipated by the end of the season, though Jones and Jones did win the CRC 300 atAmaroo Park in aMazda RX-7 (Alan Jones was to drive with Bob Morris in the Falcon in the Oran Park 250 endurance race, but elected after the race started to let Morris drive the 100 lap race solo. Morris went on to win the race).
1984 brought a top six finish at the24 Hours of Le Mans withKremer Racing teamed with1983 winner, fellow AussieVern Schuppan and FrenchmanJean-Pierre Jarier. From there he teamed again with Warren Cullen in a brand newHolden VK Commodore for theSandown 500 at home in Melbourne where a troubled run saw them finish 12th, and then a top four finish at theBathurst 1000. Cullen and Jones, who drove the final stint in the race and required pain killing injections after having the steering wheel wrench out of his hands during practice which damaged ligaments in his elbow, were unlucky not to finish 2nd, but a rear brake problem with the car saw him forced to use engine braking and thus more fuel than normal forced a late race stop for fuel (during the race the team discovered they'd made a mistake with their rear brake pad choice and when Jones pitted late it was found that the pads had worn away down to the brake discs). This allowed the secondHolden Dealer Team VK Commodore ofDavid Parsons andJohn Harvey to sneak into 2nd and the Mazda RX-7 ofAllan Moffat andGregg Hansford to claim 3rd.
Jones was quickly snapped up as teammate toColin Bond in Bond's newly formedfactory supportedNetwork Alfa touring car team for the1985 Australian Touring Car Championship driving an underpoweredAlfa Romeo GTV6 in Australia's first full year using the internationalGroup A touring car rules. After some giant killing performances in the early rounds of the championship, Jones abandoned his first seriousATCC campaign to make his second Formula One comeback with the Haas Lola team.
Jones joined Kremer Racing for the1984 24 Hours of Le Mans where he would share aPorsche 956B with1983 Le Mans winner (and fellow Aussie)Vern Schuppan along with former F1 driverJean-Pierre Jarier. After dicing for the lead with the pole sittingLancia LC2 ofBob Wollek andAlessandro Nannini for the first third of the race, damage caused when Schuppan was the innocent victim of a spinningRoger Dorchy, and finally a broken conrod, saw Jones finish his first24 Hours of Le Mans start in 6th place. Jones had previously driven for the Kremer brothers when he and Schuppan drove a 956 to 5th place in the1983 1000 km of Silversone. Later in 1984, Jones drove with Schuppan for the factory backedRothmansPorsche team at the1000 km of Sandown Park, the final round of the1984 World Sportscar Championship and the first everFIA World Championship race to be held in Australia. After Schuppan qualified the Porsche 956B 3rd behind teammatesStefan Bellof andJochen Mass, Jones started the race and got the jump on the West German pair and had the honour of leading the first lap of the firstFIA World Championship race ever held in Australia. Jones and Schuppan eventually finished 9th, 12 laps down on Bellof andDerek Bell after numerous punctures.
On 20 September 1987 atSUGO Jones won a round ofAll Japan Touring Car Championship drivingToyota Team Tom's, Group AToyota Supra MA70 Turbo. Unfortunately the factory backed Supra could not compete, even with the Private Ford Sierras, thus for the remaining two JGTC races he scored only one additional podium on 6 December at Suzuka where he finished 3rd. After returning home again in 1987 his career did not pick up again until a competitive 3rd placing at the1988 Bathurst 1000 with Colin Bond's team in aFord Sierra RS500, saw him signed up as full-time number two driver toTony Longhurst in Longhurst'sFrank Gardner runteam to drive a Sierra in1990. TheBenson & Hedges sponsored Sierra's were brutally fast but disappointingly fragile and results were again elusive. The team switched toBMW M3 Evolution's in1991 saw the return of reliability at the cost of speed. Jones took the occasional podium result while Longhurst took two wins against the all-powerfulNissan Skyline R32 GT-R's. A switch toGlenn Seton Racing mid-season in 1992 brought improved results and race wins and he finished runner up to his team leaderGlenn Seton as their V8Ford Falcons dominated the1993 Australian Touring Car Championship. Jones' reputation as a hard charger was shown in the 1993 ATCC when he was involved in a number of incidents, most notably pushing theHolden Commodore ofMark Skaife off the track atSymmons Plains Raceway before also doing the same to theHolden Racing Team's Commodore driven by Australia's1987 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle World ChampionWayne Gardner less than half a lap later. Rule changes to make the Commodores more competitive saw the team's dominance fade over the next few years. The1995 Bathurst 1000 looked to be a high point with a memorable 1–2 finish for their two cars fading into just a second for the car Jones shared with veteranAllan Grice, the pair finishing behind theHolden Commodore of ex-F1 driverLarry Perkins andRussell Ingall (Seton, leading by 5 seconds with just 9 laps remaining, retired with a dead engine).
By this point the team was sundering apart and Jones took the major sponsor (Philip Morris International) to form a new team with engineering brothers Ross and Jim Stone as partners, known commercially asPack Leader Racing (the Pack Leader name came about as the use of the Peter Jackson cigarette brand was banned following theAustralian Government's blanket ban on all cigarette advertising from 1 January 1996). Initially fast, the partnership was fading by 1997 and the Stones bought Jones out, re-badging the team asStone Brothers Racing. Jones returned to race with Tony Longhurst'sLonghurst Racing team again in 1998 by this time his form was fading. From 1999 onwards he no longer raced full-time, driving just the endurance races as a hired gun. His final race was withDick Johnson Racing, driving into a 7th-placed finish at the2002 Bathurst 1000.
In August 1985, one month before his return to Formula One at the Italian Grand Prix, Jones' association with Team Haas owner Carl Haas saw him used as a substitute for injuredNewman/Haas Racing driver (and1978 World F1 Champion)Mario Andretti in aChamp Car World Series race atRoad America inWisconsin. In his only IndyCar start and showing he had lost none of the speed, skill and determination that took him to the World Championship, Jones drove Andretti'sLola T900-Cosworth to third place behindJacques Villeneuve Sr. (winner) and Mario's sonMichael Andretti (2nd).
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Jones then become involved in theAustralian franchise of theA1 Grand Prix as Team Director in 2005 until the series demise in 2010.
He attempted to race in theGrand Prix Masters World Series at Kyalami in November 2005 but had to pull out before qualifying due to neck pains.
After retiring from F1 for good after 1986, Jones became a commentator withChannel Nine as part of their Formula One coverage in Australia in1987, a role which lasted until 2002 with change of network rights for Formula 1. This association with Nine saw him hosting F1 telecasts from Nine's Sydney studios working mostly withDarrell Eastlake, but sometimes with formerGrand Prix motorcycle World ChampionBarry Sheene on 500cc Grand Prix telecasts. Jones also worked as a pit reporter during theAustralian Grand Prix where his relationships with those in F1 made it easier for him to obtain relevant information, and also as a pit reporter for Nine's broadcasts of theAustralian Motorcycle Grand Prix.
In March 2013, Jones signed withNetwork Ten as a commentator for their Formula One coverage where he joins regular hostsMatthew White and formerMotoGP riderDaryl Beattie.
His autobiographyAJ: How Alan Jones Climbed to the top of Formula One has been co-authored with motorsport writer Andrew Clarke was released in August 2017 byPenguin Random House.
Jones separated from his wife Beverley in the late 1980s. In 1996 he began a relationship with Amanda Butler Davis and in 2001 their twins, Zara and Jack, were born.
Jones also has a daughter, Camilla, born in 1990.
Jones' adopted sonChristian raced in various forms of motorsport in the 1990s and 2000s.[14]
His eldest daughter, Emma, has two daughters (born 2001 and 2004).
Jones was made a Member of theOrder of the British Empire (MBE) in 1980 for "service to motor racing" and was inducted into theSport Australia Hall of Fame in 1989.[15][16]
Jones and his father Stan, along withGraham andDamon Hill, andKeke andNico Rosberg, are the only father/son combinations to ever win the Australian Grand Prix.
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| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Victoria Sporting Club | S 2.0 | Chevron B21 | FordCosworth FVC 1.8L4 | MNZ | SPA | NÜR | IMO | LMS | ÖST | GLN | LEC | BRH Ret | KYA | [N 1] | ||
| 1975 | Steward Chubb Racing | S 2.0 | Lola T294 | FordCosworth 1.8L4 | DAY | MUG | DIJ 12 | MNZ 14 | SPA Ret | PER | NÜR 15 | ÖST | GLN | [N 1] | |||
| 1983 | Porsche Kremer Racing | C | Porsche 956 | Porsche Type 935/76 2.6F6t | MNZ | SIL 5 | NÜR | LMS | SPA | FUJ | KYA | 38th | 8 | ||||
| 1984 | Porsche Kremer Racing | C1 | Porsche 956B | Porsche Type 935/76 2.6F6t | MNZ | SIL | LMS 6 | NÜR | BRH | MOS | SPA | IMO | FUJ | KYA | 49th | 9 | |
| RothmansPorsche | Porsche 956 | SAN 8 | |||||||||||||||
| 1985 | TWRJaguar | C1 | JaguarXJR-6 | Jaguar 6.2V12 | MUG | MNZ | SIL | LMS | HOC | MOS | SPA | BRH Ret | FUJ | SHA | NC | 0 | |
| 1987 | Toyota TeamTom's | C1 | Toyota 87C | Toyota 3S-GTM 2.1L4t | JAR | JER | MNZ | SIL | LMS Ret | NOR | BRH | NÜR | SPA | FUJ Ret | NC | 0 | |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap.)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Custom Made Harry Stiller Racing | ChevronB24/B28 | Chevrolet 5.0V8 | BRH | MAL | SIL | OUL | BRH | ZOL | THR | ZAN | MUG | MNZ | MAL | MON | THR | BRH | OUL | SNE | MAL | BRH Ret | NC | 0 |
| 1975 | RAM Racing | Chevron B28 | Chevrolet 5.0V8 | BRH | OUL | BRH | SIL | ZOL | ZAN Ret | THR | 7th | 64 | |||||||||||
| March 75A | Ford GAA 3.4V6 | SNE DNS | MAL Ret | THR 3 | BRH 1 | OUL Ret | SIL 1 | SNE Ret | MAL 3 | BRH NC | |||||||||||||
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap.)
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap.)
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap.)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Theodore Racing Hong Kong | Lola T330 | Chevrolet 5.0V8 | MAL | SNE | OUL Ret | BRH 1 | THR | BRH | MAL | SNE | BRH | THR | OUL | BRH | BRH | 16th | 22 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap.)
| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Theodore Racing | McLaren M16C | Offy 159 cit | ONT DNS | PHX | TWS | TRE | INDY | MIL | POC | MOS | MCH | TWS | MIL | ONT | MCH | PHX | NA | - |
| Year | Team | No. | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Newman/Haas Racing | 3 | Lola T900 | CosworthDFXV8t | LBH | INDY | MIL | POR | MEA | CLE | MCH | ROA 3 | POC | MOH | SAN | MCH | LAG | PHX | MIA | 23rd | 14 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Phoenix Racing | Shadow DN4B | Dodge | MTT | LAG | GLN | ROA | MOH | MOS 25 | CTR | SPR 11 | RIR 33 | NC | 0 | |
| 1978 | Carl A. Haas Racing Team | Lola T333CS | Chevrolet | ROA 1 | CMS 2 | MOH 1 | MTT Ret | GLN 15 | ROA 1 | MOS 1 | CTR 3 | LAG | RIR 1 | 1st | 2712 |
| 1979 | Carl A. Haas Racing Team | Lola T333CS | Chevrolet | ROA | CMS | MOS | MOH 1 | GLN | ROA | BIR | CTR | LAG | RIR Ret | 6th | 9 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Fred Opert Racing | Chevron B40 | Hart | SIL | THR | HOC | NÜR 19 | VAL | PAU | MUG | ROU | NOG | PER | MIS | EST | DON | NC | 0 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | BMW Motorsport | ZOL | MCO | DIJ 2 | SIL 5 | HOC Ret | ÖST Ret | ZAN 8 | MNZ Ret | 10th | 27 | |
| 1980 | BMW Motorsport | DON 3 | AVS 7 | MCO 4 | NOR 5 | BRH 2 | HOC Ret | ÖST 8 | ZAN 4 | IMO 2 | 2nd | 77 |
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 |  Porsche Kremer Racing | Vern Schuppan Jean-Pierre Jarier | Porsche 956B | C1 | 337 | 6th | 6th |
| 1987 |  Toyota TeamTom's |  Geoff Lees Eje Elgh | Toyota 87C | C1 | 19 | DNF | DNF |
Source:[19] | |||||||
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap.)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Caltex CXT Racing Team | Ford Sierra RS500 | BAT 3 | WEL 4 | PUK Ret | FUJ | 2nd | 49 |
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Seiko Watches | Mazda RX-7 | D | DNF | DNF | ||
| 1984 | Kmart Auto Racing | Warren Cullen | Holden VK Commodore | Over 3000cc | 102 | 12th | 8th |
| 1988 | Caltex CXT Racing Team | Colin Bond | Ford Sierra RS500 | A | - | DNS | DNS |
| 1989 | Benson & Hedges Racing |  Denny Hulme | Ford Sierra RS500 | A | 87 | DNF | DNF |
| 1991 | Benson & Hedges Racing | Peter Fitzgerald | BMW M3 Evolution | B | 155 | 2nd | 1st |
| 1992 | Peter Jackson Racing | Glenn Seton | Ford EB Falcon | 3A (1993) | 18 | DNF | DNF |
| 1993 | Peter Jackson Racing | Glenn Seton | Ford EB Falcon | A | 124 | DNF | DNF |
| 1994 | Peter Jackson Racing | David Parsons | Ford EB Falcon | V8 | 147 | DNF | DNF |
| 1995 | Peter Jackson Racing | Allan Grice | Ford EF Falcon | 161 | 2nd | 2nd | |
| 1996 | Pack Leader Racing | Allan Grice | Ford EF Falcon | 110 | DNF | DNF | |
| 1997 | Alan Jones Racing | Jason Bright | Ford EL Falcon | 157 | 3rd | 3rd | |
| 1998 | Longhurst Racing | Adam Macrow | Ford EL Falcon | OC | 0 | DNF | DNF |
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | BMW Australia Pty Ltd | Neville CrichtonTony Longhurst | BMW M5 | C | 251 | 2nd | 1st |
| 1993 | Mazda Australia | Garry Waldon | Mazda RX-7 | T | 263 | 1st | 1st |
| 1994 | Neville Crichton | Neville CrichtonJohn Bowe | BMW M3 | X | 120 | DNF | DNF |
| 1995 | Terry Bosnjak | Terry Bosnjak | Mazda RX-7 SP | X | 94 | DNF | DNF |
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| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Team Golden Palace | Delta Motorsport GPM | Nicholson McLaren 3.5V8 | RSA DNS |
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| Preceded by | Can-Am Champion 1978 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Formula One World Champion 1980 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Winner of the Bathurst 12 Hour 1993 With:Garry Waldon | Succeeded by |
| Awards and achievements | ||
| Preceded by | Hawthorn Memorial Trophy 1979–1981 | Succeeded by |
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