Adam Jones (racing driver)

British racing driver (born 1980)

For other people with the same name, see Adam Jones (disambiguation).

Adam Jones

Nationality|  British
Born|  (1980-08-09) 9 August 1980 (age 44)
Birmingham (England)
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season| 2006
Current team| Clyde Valley Racing
Car number| 9
Former teams| Team Aircool
Xero Competition
Starts| 90
Wins| 0
Poles| 0
Fastest laps| 0
Best finish| 9th in 2008
Previous series
2007–08
2001–04
2002
2000–01
1999| British GT
FIA GT
British F3
French F3
Formula Renault Campus
Championship titles
1999| Formula Renault Campus

Adam Scott Jones (born 9 August 1980, in Birmingham) is a British racing driver.

## Early career

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He competed successfully in Formula 3 and Formula Renault in France, before switching to GT racing. Three years of irregular drives in both the FIA and British GT championships where followed by a stint in the Le Mans Endurance series alongside Sascha Maassen, winning his class at the Nürburgring. In 2005 he raced historic cars as well as the Britcar 24-hour race at Silverstone, in which he finished 3rd alongside Tim Harvey.

## Touring Cars

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Jones driving the GR Asia SEAT Toledo at Brands Hatch during the 2007 British Touring Car Championship season.

He moved to the British Touring Car Championship for 2006 driving a Lexus IS200 for Xero Competition. His only point came in round 6 of the season at Donington Park.

Adam contested 7 meetings of the 2007 British Touring Car Championship season in a SEAT Toledo Cupra prepared by GR Asia, in the car also used by Tom Coronel in the World Touring Car Championship. He was competitive in the first round but missed the next three meetings, before being among the frontrunners in round 5. In round 6 at Donington Park he qualified 7th, before charging through the field in the first race to finish 2nd for his first BTCC podium [1], and the first ever for a non-works SEAT. At Brands Hatch the team also ran Gavin Smith in a newer SEAT León, but Jones had the better of him, finishing 7th race one before running 2nd in race two. Contact with Colin Turkington dropped him to 6th, but the reverse grid gave him pole for race 3. He made a poor start before a long-running battle with Tom Onslow-Cole, which ended in a big collision eliminating Jones.

Jones driving the Clyde Valley Racing SEAT León at Oulton Park during the 2009 British Touring Car Championship season.

The team ran a SEAT León full-time in 2008 and Jones took a third and a fourth in round 2 at Rockingham, and another podium in round 5 at Croft. In the Independents Trophy he has been among the first 3 finishers in 11 of those 15 races, giving him the class lead – aided by many races having intermediate wet-dry conditions which did not suit the BMWs of his leading rivals Turkington and Mat Jackson. His season ended with a lucky escape at Brands Hatch, as his car speared off the track at Clearways, narrowly missing armco posts which had been bent by a huge crash involving John George earlier in the race. There is every chance that the car could have been launched onto the marshal's post or even into the crowd had he struck these. He ultimately finished 3rd in the class and 9th overall.

For 2009, Jones moved to the all-new Clyde Valley Racing team, alongside the returning Dan Eaves and continued to drive a León. The team failed to complete the season due to lack of funds.

For 2010 Adam competed in the European Abarth Trofeo Championship as a privateer finishing 2nd overall missing out by just a couple of points.

In 2011 Adam competed in the Britcar 24hr in a Seat Leon Supa Copa & also competing in the championship for 2012 gaining 3 pole positions & 2 wins with car owner & team mate Craig Davies.

His next race is the Historic Spa 6hrs competing in a Corvette again with car owner Craig Davies.

## Racing record

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### Complete British Touring Car Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded all races)

Year  | Team  | Car  | 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  | DC  | Pts

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2006 | Xero Competition | Lexus IS200 | BRH
1 | BRH
2 | BRH
3 | MON
1 | MON
2 | MON
3 | OUL

Ret | OUL

15 | OUL

12 | THR

11 | THR

11 | THR

13 | CRO

13 | CRO

13 | CRO

13 | DON

16 | DON

10 | DON

Ret | SNE
1 | SNE
2 | SNE
3 | KNO

11 | KNO

Ret | KNO

DNS | BRH

12 | BRH

Ret | BRH

12 | SIL

DNS | SIL

DNS | SIL

DNS | 22nd  | 1
2007 | Team Air Cool | SEAT Toledo Cupra | BRH

7 | BRH

6 | BRH

5 | ROC

DNS | ROC

DNS | ROC

DNS | THR
1 | THR
2 | THR
3 | CRO
1 | CRO
2 | CRO
3 | OUL

Ret | OUL

8 | OUL

5 | DON

2 | DON

5 | DON

Ret | SNE
1 | SNE
2 | SNE
3 | BRH

7 | BRH

6 | BRH

Ret | KNO

4 | KNO

7 | KNO

8 | THR

9 | THR

12 | THR

7 | 11th  | 72
2008 | Team Air Cool | SEAT León | BRH

10 | BRH

10 | BRH

18 | ROC

4 | ROC

8 | ROC

3 | DON

7 | DON

7 | DON

7 | THR

8 | THR

6 | THR

5 | CRO

8 | CRO

6 | CRO

2 | SNE

13 | SNE

10 | SNE

DSQ | OUL

8 | OUL

6 | OUL

2 | KNO

8 | KNO

12 | KNO

10 | SIL

8 | SIL

3 | SIL

2 | BRH

11 | BRH

11 | BRH

Ret | 9th  | 119
2009 | Cartridge World
Carbon Zero Racing | SEAT León | BRH

5 | BRH

7 | BRH

7 | THR

6 | THR

8 | THR

2 | DON

9 | DON

8 | DON

Ret | OUL

6 | OUL

8 | OUL

7 | CRO

16 | CRO

8 | CRO

Ret | SNE

7 | SNE

11 | SNE

7 | KNO
1 | KNO
2 | KNO
3 | SIL
1 | SIL
2 | SIL
3 | ROC
1 | ROC
2 | ROC
3 | BRH
1 | BRH
2 | BRH
3 | 11th  | 62

### Complete British GT results

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

Year  | Team  | Car  | Class  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  | 14  | 15  | 16  | DC  | Pts

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2006 | Cirtek Motorsport | Porsche 997 GT2-RS | GT2  | OUL
1 | OUL
2 | DON | PAU
1 | PAU
2 | MON
1 | MON
2 | SNE
1 | SNE
2 | ROC
1 | ROC
2 | BRH

Ret | BRH

2 | SIL | MAG
1 | MAG
2 | 16th  | 4
2007 | Team Modena | Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 | GT3 | OUL
1 | OUL
2 | DON
1 | DON
2 | SNE
4 | BRH
1 | BRH
2 | SIL
8 | THR

Ret | THR

DNS | CRO
1 | CRO
2 | ROC

3 | ROC

DNS |  |  | 14th  | 12
2008 | Team Modena | Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 | GT3 | OUL

DNS | OUL

DNS | KNO
1 | KNO
2 | ROC

2 | ROC

9 | SNE

8 | SNE

Ret | THR

4 | THR

DNS | BRH
1 | BRH
2 | DON | SIL
DNS |  |  | 27th  | 14

## External links

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* Adam Jones Archived 25 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine
* Profile from btcc.net
* Profile at BTCCPages.com

Sporting positions

Preceded by

Westley Barber

|  Formula Campus Champion
1999  | Succeeded by

Stéphane Morat
*[Best finish]: Best finish in the championship