Ed Jones (racing driver)

Ed Jones
Jones at the 2018 ABC Supply 500
Nationality	British
Born	Edward Jones (1995-02-12) 12 February 1995 (age 29) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Racing licence	FIA Gold
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
IndyCar Series career
63 races run over 4 years
Team(s)	No. 18 (Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan)
2019 position	20th
Best finish	13th (2018)
First race	2017 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Last race	2021 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach (Long Beach)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 3 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
3 races run over 1 year
Car no., team	24/26 (Sam Hunt Racing)
First race	2024 Focused Health 250 (Circuit of the Americas)
Last race	2024 Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 250 (Sonoma)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2023 position	81st
Best finish	81st (2023)
First race	2023 XPEL 225 (Austin)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0

Edward Jones (born 12 February 1995) is an Emirati-born British racing driver^[1] who competes part-time in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, driving the No. 20 Oreca 07 for High Class Racing, and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the Nos. 24/26 Toyota Supra for Sam Hunt Racing. Primarily an open wheel racing driver, Jones previously competed in the Formula Renault Eurocup, Formula Three, Indy Lights, IndyCar Series and FIA World Endurance Championship.

Jones won the 2016 Indy Lights championship driving for Carlin Motorsport in just his second season in the series. He joined the IndyCar Series full-time in 2017 driving for Dale Coyne Racing and finished third in the 2017 Indianapolis 500. In 2018, he drove full-time for Chip Ganassi Racing and in 2019, he drove the majority of the IndyCar season in an entry fielded by Ed Carpenter Racing in a collaboration with sports car racing team Scuderia Corsa. In 2020, Jones was scheduled to leave IndyCar and compete in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters but did not end up running any races due to COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions. In 2021, he returned to IndyCar and DCR, driving the team's joint entry with Vasser-Sullivan Racing. In 2022, he competed full-time in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Jota Sport.

At different points in his career, Jones has competed under both British and Emirati licences.^[2][3]

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.^[4] 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.^[5]

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.^[6] 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.^[7]

Jones continued his collaboration with Fortec into 2012, competing in Formula Renault 2.0 NEC and the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.^[8] His only points finish in the Eurocup was a ninth place at Le Castellet, that brought him 27th place in the series standings.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]} He finished 11th in the championship with 45 points.^[9]

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.^[10] Despite missing the opening round, he exceeded Sandy Stuvik in the championship battle with six wins and another four podiums.^[11]

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.^[12]

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.^[13] He also won the second and third races of the season, and finished third in the championship standings.^{[citation needed]}

In October 2015, it was announced that Jones would return with Carlin to the Indy Lights series for 2016.^[14] 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.^[15] Consequently he won the Earl Howe trophy for the best performance by a British driver in North America in 2016.^[16]

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.^[17] He achieved his first podium finish in the series at the 2017 Indy 500.^[18] Jones was the 2017 Rookie of the Year.^[19]

On 25 October 2017, he was announced as the driver of the No. 10 for Chip Ganassi Racing alongside Scott Dixon for 2018.^[20] In September 2018 it was announced that he would be replaced for 2019 by Felix Rosenqvist.^[21]

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.^[22] In his first race with the team, Jones broke a bone in his hand after a shunt that knocked him out of the race.^[23]

Jones with Scuderia Corsa placed in the Fast 9 in Indianapolis 500 qualifying and eventually placed fifth overall in the field. He also topped a practice session.^[24]

In December 2019, it was announced that Jones would be driving for Audi in the 2020 DTM series.^[25]

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.^[26]

In January 2021, Dale Coyne Racing announced they have re-signed Ed Jones to compete in the 2021 IndyCar season.^[27]

On March 11, 2023, it was announced that Jones would make his debut in NASCAR, driving in the Truck Series race at Circuit of the Americas in the No. 20 truck for Young's Motorsports.^[28]

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

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

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

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

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* Season still in progress.

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

^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship. ^* Season still in progress.

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

^* Season still in progress.

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2022	Jota Sport	Jonathan Aberdein Oliver Rasmussen	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	368	7th	3rd

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

^* Season still in progress

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ed Jones.

• Official website
• Ed Jones career summary at DriverDB.com
• Ed Jones driver statistics at Racing-Reference