Ed Jones (racing driver)

Edward Jones (born 12 February 1995) is an Emirati-born British racing driver.[1] At different points in his career Jones has competed under both British and Emirati licences.[2][3] He is the 2016 Indy Lights champion, winning for Carlin Motorsport in his second season in the series. He joined the IndyCar Series in 2017 driving for Dale Coyne Racing, and placed third at the 2017 Indianapolis 500. He later raced in IndyCar for Chip Ganassi Racing and a joint entry between Ed Carpenter Racing and sports car team Scuderia Corsa.

Ed Jones
Jones at the 2018 ABC Supply 500
Nationality	British
Born	Edward Jones 12 February 1995 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
IndyCar Series career
46 races run over 2 years
2018 position	13th
Best finish	13th (2018)
First race	2017 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Last race	2019 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey (Laguna Seca)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 3 0
Previous series
2016 2014 2013 2012–13 2012 2011–13 2011 2011	Indy Lights 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 2016	European F3 Open Championship Indy Lights

For 2020, Jones has signed to drive in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Audi Sport Team WRT.[4]

Career

Karting

Born in Dubai, Jones began his racing career in karting in local championships at the age of nine. In 2005 he clinched the United Arab Emirates karting championship title.[5] 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.[6]

InterSteps and Formula Renault

In 2011 Jones made his debut in single-seaters taking part in the new-for-2011 InterSteps championship for Fortec Motorsport, finishing the championship in fourth place with one win.[7] 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.[8]

Jones continued his collaboration with Fortec into 2012, competing in Formula Renault 2.0 NEC and the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.[9] His only points finish 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 Spielburg, Austria. He finished 11th in the championship with 45 points.[10]

Formula Three

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.[11] Despite missing the opening round, he exceeded Sandy Stuvik in the championship battle with six wins and another four podiums.[12]

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.[13]

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, Florida.[14] 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.[15] With two wins at Barber and Indianapolis, Jones would claim the Lights championship over Santiago Urrutia in a controversial ending. During the last lap of the last race of the 2016 series in Laguna Seca, Jones was holding the fifth position but was helped by his teammate Félix Serrallés who was holding fourth position in the race. Serralles moved aside and gave his position to Jones, making him the champion by a slim points difference.[16] Consequently he won the Earl Howe trophy for the best performance by a British driver in North America in 2016.[17]

Dale Coyne Racing (2017)

Having won the 2016 Indy Lights title, Jones stepped up to IndyCar for 2017. On 14 November 2016 he was announced as the driver of the No. 19 for Dale Coyne Racing alongside Sébastien Bourdais.[18] He achieved his first podium finish in the series at the 2017 Indy 500.[19] Jones was the 2017 Rookie of the Year.[20]

Chip Ganassi Racing (2018)

On 25 October 2017, he was announced as the driver of the No. 10 for Chip Ganassi Racing alongside Scott Dixon for 2018.[21] In September 2018 it was announced that he would be replaced for 2019 by Felix Rosenqvist.[22]

Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa (2019)

On 17 October 2018, it was confirmed that Jones would run all non-oval events as well as the 2019 Indianapolis 500 for a joint venture between Ed Carpenter Racing and Scuderia Corsa, driving the No. 20 in the road/street events and the No. 63 in the Indy 500.[23] In his first race with the team, Jones broke a bone in his hand after a shunt that knocked him out of the race.[24]

Jones with Scuderia Corsa places in the Fast 9 in Indianapolis 500 qualifying and eventually placed fifth overall in the field. Jones also topped a practice session as well.

In 2019, Jones signed to drive the road and street course races and Indianapolis 500 for the joint entry Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa.[25]

DTM

In December 2019, it was announced that Jones would be driving for Audi in the 2020 DTM series.[26]

However, he was replaced by Harrison Newey in the beginning of the season as he was stuck in Dubai due to travel restrictions because of COVID-19. [27]

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 Championship - 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	18	2	8	0	8	363	1st
2017	IndyCar Series	Dale Coyne Racing	17	0	0	0	1	354	14th
2018	IndyCar Series	Chip Ganassi Racing	17	0	0	0	2	343	13th
2019	IndyCar Series	Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa	13	0	0	0	0	217	20th
2021	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD	Scuderia Corsa	1	0	0	0	0	194	14th*

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

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.

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 4	RDA 13	IOW 3	TOR 6	TOR 5	MDO 6	MDO 11	WGL 2	LAG 2	LAG 4	1st	363

IndyCar Series

(key)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
2017	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara DW12	Honda	STP 10	LBH 6	ALA 16	PHX 11	IMS 19	INDY 3	DET 9	DET 22	TXS 17	ROA 7	IOW 18	TOR 20	MDO 21	POC 17	GTW 13	WGL 13	SNM 19	14th	354
2018	Chip Ganassi Racing			STP 8	PHX 20	LBH 3	ALA 20	IMS 22	INDY 31	DET 6	DET 3	TXS 9	ROA 9	IOW 13	TOR 12	MDO 15	POC 12	GTW 8	POR 24	SNM 10	13th	343
2019	Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa		Chevrolet	STP 21	COA 14	ALA 19	LBH 16	IMS 6	INDY 13	DET 20	DET 14	TXS	RDA 22	TOR 12	IOW	MDO 13	POC	GTW	POR 14	LAG 23	20th	217

* Season still in progress.

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2017	Dallara	Honda	11	3	Dale Coyne Racing
2018	Dallara	Honda	29	31	Chip Ganassi Racing
2019	Dallara	Chevrolet	4	13	Scuderia Corsa with Ed Carpenter Racing

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2021	Scuderia Corsa	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	DAY 14	SEB	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	LBH	PET	14th*	198*

^* Season still in progress.

References

1. "Dubai-born Ed Jones wins Indy Lights Series to earn place at 2017 Indy 500 | The National". Retrieved 28 March 2017.
2. "2014 FIA FORMULA 3 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON – Entry List" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
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14. "Mazda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Race 1". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
15. "Jones Returns with Carlin, has sights on '16 title". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
16. "Ed Jones clinches Indy Lights title". F1Today.net. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
17. "British Racing Drivers' Club". www.brdc.co.uk. MSO.net. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
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19. Reporter, Ashley Hammond, Staff (29 May 2017). "Landmark Indy 500 podium a stepping stone for Ed Jones". GulfNews. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
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21. "Chip Ganassi Racing signs IndyCar Rookie of the Year Ed Jones". Autoweek.
22. "Rosenqvist to drive for Chip Ganassi Racing in 2019". Indianapolis Star.
23. "ECR confirms Scuderia Corsa IndyCar partnership, Jones". RACER. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
24. Koelle, Christian. "Ed Jones Suffers Broken Bone in Hand in Accident in St. Petersburg Season Opener". Frontstretch. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
25. "ECR confirms Scuderia Corsa IndyCar partnership, Jones". RACER. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
26. Errington, Tom (11 December 2019). "New WRT DTM driver line-up, Haas Formula 1's Fittipaldi won't return". Autosport.com. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
27. https://www.autosport.com/dtm/news/150583/newey-replaces-jones-in-wrt-audi

External links

• Official website
• Ed Jones career summary at DriverDB.com