Alan Jones, who joined Jack Brabham as Australia’s only F1 world champions, has died at 80; his 1980 home grand prix win is the last by an Australian.
ALAN JONES, one of only two Australians to win the Formula One world championship, died on Thursday days after his 80th birthday.
Jones won 12 grands prix across his career and became world title-holder in 1980, joining Jack Brabham as the only Australians to have done so.
Jones — whose birthday was on Monday — died after a brief illness.








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