Ed Jones (racing driver)

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Ed Jones
Nationality United Kingdom British[1][2]
Born (1995-02-12) 12 February 1995 (age 29)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Indy Lights career
Debut season 2015
Current team Carlin
Car no. 11
Starts 24
Wins 5
Poles 7
Fastest laps 3
Best finish 3rd in 2015
Previous series
2014
2013
2012–13
2012
2011–13
2011
2011		 FIA European F3 Championship
British F3
European F3 Open Championship
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault UK
InterSteps Championship
Championship titles
2013 European F3 Open Championship

Edward "Ed" Jones (born 12 February 1995) is a British-Emirati racing driver who lives in Dubai.

Career

Karting

Born in Dubai, Jones began his racing career in karting at the age of nine in local championships. In 2005 he clinched the United Arab Emirates karting championship title.[3] He collected six titles in various classes before he started a karting campaign in Europe in 2008. He raced in the Rotax Max and KF3 categories until 2010.[4]

InterSteps & Formula Renault

In 2011 Jones made his début in single-seaters taking part in the new-for-2011 InterSteps championship for Fortec Motorsport, finishing the championship in fourth place with one win.[5] As well as this, Jones raced for Fortec in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and the British Formula Renault Championship, as well as the off-season Formula Renault UK Finals Series, finishing 15th in the standings with four point-scoring finishes.[6]

Jones continued his collaboration with Fortec into 2012, competing in Formula Renault 2.0 NEC and the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.[7] His only points in the Eurocup was a ninth place at Le Castellet, that brought him 27th place in the series standings.

Jones remained at Fortec in 2013, competing again in some of the Formula Renault Eurocup rounds taking two podium positions at the Red Bull Ring in Austria, Spielburg. He finished 11th in the championship with 45 points.[8]

Formula Three

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Ed Jones in F3 - Hockenheimring 2014

After contesting the final round of the 2012 European F3 Open Championship for Team West-Tec, Jones moved into the series full-time the following year, competing for the same team.[9] Despite missing the opening round, he exceeded Sandy Stuvik in the championship battle with six wins and another four podiums.[10]

Jones, who already competed for Fortec in the Hockenheimring round of the FIA European Formula Three Championship in 2013, raced for Carlin Motorsport in 2014.[11]

Indy Lights

In 2015, Jones moved to the Indy Lights series, the recognised feeder championship for the IndyCar Series. He was signed to drive for Carlin, as he did in Formula 3, and took pole position and the race victory in both his and Carlin's first event in the series in St Petersburg. He also won the second and third races of the season, and finished third in the championship standings.

In October 2015, it was announced that Jones would return with Carlin to the Indy Lights series for 2016.[12]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2011 InterSteps Championship Fortec Motorsports 20 1 5 3 9 427 4th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Formula Renault UK 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Formula Renault UK Finals Series 6 0 0 0 0 42 15th
2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Fortec Motorsports 14 0 0 0 0 2 27th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 11 0 0 0 1 85 20th
European F3 Open Team West-Tec F3 2 0 0 0 1 0 NC†
2013 European F3 Open Team West-Tec F3 14 6 4 3 10 130 1st
British Formula 3 National Class 6 5 4 4 5 103 3rd
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Fortec Motorsports 12 0 0 0 2 45 11th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 5 0 0 0 0 43 29th
FIA European Formula 3 Championship 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 19th
2014 FIA European Formula 3 Championship Carlin 20 0 0 0 2 70 13th
2015 Indy Lights Carlin 16 3 2 3 7 324 3rd
2016 Indy Lights Carlin 8 2 5 0 5 185 1st*

* Season still in progress.
† As Jones was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 DC Points
2013 Fortec Motorsports Mercedes MNZ
1		 MNZ
2		 MNZ
3		 SIL
1		 SIL
2		 SIL
3		 HOC
1
20		 HOC
2
23		 HOC
3
20		 BRH
1		 BRH
2		 BRH
3		 RBR
1		 RBR
2		 RBR
3		 NOR
1		 NOR
2		 NOR
3		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 NÜR
3		 ZAN
1		 ZAN
2		 ZAN
3		 VAL
1		 VAL
2		 VAL
3		 HOC
1		 HOC
2		 HOC
3		 NC† 0†
2014 Carlin Volkswagen SIL
1
8		 SIL
2
7		 SIL
3
15		 HOC
1
2		 HOC
2
3		 HOC
3
15		 PAU
1
8		 PAU
2
Ret		 PAU
3
17		 HUN
1		 HUN
2		 HUN
3		 SPA
1		 SPA
2		 SPA
3		 NOR
1		 NOR
2		 NOR
3		 MSC
1		 MSC
2		 MSC
3		 RBR
1
NC		 RBR
2
6		 RBR
3
6		 NÜR
1
10		 NÜR
2
8		 NÜR
3
DNS		 IMO
1
13		 IMO
2
13		 IMO
3
Ret		 HOC
1
13		 HOC
2
14		 HOC
3
9		 13th 70

† As Jones was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

American open-wheel racing results

Indy Lights

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points
2015 Carlin STP
1		 STP
1		 LBH
1		 ALA
4		 ALA
11		 IMS
3		 IMS
4		 INDY
10		 TOR
5		 TOR
3		 MIL
8		 IOW
2		 MDO
9		 MDO
9		 LAG
3		 LAG
4		 3rd 324
2016 Carlin STP
10		 STP
7		 PHX
2		 ALA
1		 ALA
2		 IMS
1		 IMS
4		 INDY
2		 RDA
 RDA
 IOW
 TOR
 TOR
 MDO
 MDO
 WGL
 LAG
 LAG
 1st* 185*

* Season still in progress.

References

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External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by European F3 Open
Champion
2013		 Succeeded by
Sandy Stuvik
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