Alan Jones

Australian F1 GP doomed: Alan Jones

Robert Grant Former world champion Alan Jones believes the Australian Grand Prix will disappear from the Formula One calendar after 2010.

Excitement of the unknown on a day of thunder

Peter McKay So here we go again … that bizarre and noisy coalition of talent, ego, brainpower and money fires up on Sunday evening at Albert Park.

Webber win awaits right time and place

Alan Jones One of the crucial skill sets required to become the formula one world drivers' champion is being in the right place at the right time.

Hopes dashed, Napthine 'snubbed', but at least the weather held out

Tony Wright Premier Denis Napthine, well known as a horse racing man but assuring all in earshot that he enjoyed all forms of sport, was backing Australia's Mark Webber at Sunday's Formula 1 Grand Prix, with an...

Raikkonen runs with Bulls

Peter McKay Not even a degustation menu of Melbourne's wild and occasionally obnoxious weather threatened to wash away the atmosphere enveloping the start of another hard-to-forecast formula one season.

Motor sport

Jones backs Webber to race off with title

David Polkinghorne Former world champion Alan Jones says Mark Webber is ''stronger'' than Sebastian Vettel.

Motor Sport

Sky's the limit

Mark Fogarty For a decade, Mark Webber has carried the weight of Australia's high hopes of grand prix glory.

V8 Supercars mark a moment for Klimenko

Peter McKay While at next month's opening title race we'll all be much the wiser about which teams are hot and which are going to struggle in this first year of V8 Supercars' bright-eyed Car of the Future era,...

Motor Sport

No need for night grand prix: Jones

Adam Cooper Former Formula One world champion says Australian Grand Prix admired across the globe.

Motor sport

Jones backs Webber for championship after Monaco win

Lee Gaskin It was fitting the last Australian to win the formula one drivers' championship was on hand to see Mark Webber go a step closer to ending the 32-year drought.

Formula One

Webber should consider Ferrari, says Jones

Australia's last Formula One world champion Alan Jones has backed a possible move by Mark Webber to Ferrari saying it would inject a "breath of fresh air" into the latter stages of his compatriot's...