Alan Jones obituary

Former Formula One world champion Alan Jones has died at the age of 80 from cancer. The Australian driver secured the 1980 world drivers' championship with the Williams team, clinching the title at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal. Over the course of his distinguished career in motorsport, Jones accumulated 12 grand prix victories and became the first driver to deliver a world championship to Williams.

Jones joined Williams in 1978, later driving the groundbreaking FW07 and FW07B ground-effect cars designed alongside Frank Williams and Patrick Head. His 1980 triumph also earned Williams their first constructors' championship. After brief retirements and stints with Arrows and Beatrice-Haas, Jones transitioned into a sports broadcasting career, commentating for Australian television networks Channel Nine and Network Ten.