Harri Jones

Harrison "Harri" Jones (born 2nd June 1999) is an Australian racing driver and the reigning Australian Carrera Cup Champion. He is a current driver for twelve-time Porsche Supercup Teams Champion BWT Lechner Racing in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup,[1] and Scherer Sport PHX in the Porsche Carerra Cup Germany. [2]

Harri Jones
Jones in 2023
NationalityAustralia Australian
Born (1999-06-02) 2 June 1999
Buderim, Queensland, Australia
Porsche Supercup career
Debut season2023
Current teamBWT Lechner Racing

Personal life

Harri was born and grew up on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. He attended school at Immanuel Lutheran College,[3] where he met his fiancé Emily Outridge. He is currently studying a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Queensland. He is the first motorsport athlete at the university to be awarded the UQ Blue award,[4] which recognises outstanding sporting achievements. Harri is also a Driver Development Coach in Australian Motorsport.[5]

Prior to race car driving, Harri grew up racing downhill mountain bikes. He considers the best result to be 3rd place in the Oceania Downhill Mountain Bike Championship. [6]

Career
Harri Jones racing in the 2018 Australian Formula Ford Championship with Jones Motorsport

Formula racing

Harri’s car racing career began in 2015 with the Queensland Formula Ford Championship. From 2016 to 2018 he also competed in the Australian Formula Ford Championship. [7]

Harri Jones 2018 Australian Formula 3 Premier Champion

In late 2017 he joined the final round of the Australian Formula 3 Premier Series and took his first race win in the final race of the season.[8] The following year he joined the series full-time and crowned himself the 2018 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series champion.[8] The car was run as a family team under Jones Motorsport.

Harri competed in the 2017–18 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship, taking place in India and Middle-East. He finished the season in 7th overall.[9]

Bathurst 12 hour

At the start of 2017 Harri made his sports car racing debut in the 2017 Bathurst 12 Hour. It was also his first time racing at the Mount Panorama Circuit. Together with his teammates Max Braams, Nicolaj Møller Madsen and Jörg Viebahn he won in the GT4 Category for PROsport Performance.[10]

Harri Jones 2019 Porsche Sprint Challenge Australian Champion

Australian Porsche Sprint Challenge

In 2019, Harri joined forces with McElrea Racing to campaign in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia. It was his first full season of ‘tin top’ racing. He took the lead of the championship after a win in the second round at Sydney Motorsport Park. At the end of the year, he won the championship with a gap of 38 points.[11]

Harri Jones on the podium having won the 2022 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

Australian Porsche Carerra Cup

In preparation for a full-time drive in 2020, Harri raced on the streets of Surfers Paradise for the last round of the 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia. It was his first race on a street circuit. After a retiring in race 1, he managed to finish the final race in ninth position.

COVID-19 put a pause on racing for the majority of 2020. Once racing recommenced in December 2020, Harri took pole and won the race at Sandown.[12]

Harri Jones 2022 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Champion

Harri competed in the championship again in 2021. It was his third year racing under the McElrea Racing banner. He finished the season in third. Harri had his first win of the season at Bathurst in the final round of the season, seeing him come away with 5 podiums, 1 race win and 2 pole positions for the year.

In the 2022 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia the new Porsche 911 (992) GT3 Cup was introduced. After the eighth and final round of the Championship, Harri claimed the 2022 title.[13]

Racing record

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2015 Queensland Formula Ford Championship Jones Sport Performance 6 0 0 0 1 119 6th
2016 Queensland Formula Ford 1600 Series Greg Fahey Motorsport 11 0 0 1 7 97 8th
Queensland Formula Ford Championship 6 0 0 1 3 110 9th
Australian Formula Ford Championship Jones Motorsport 9 0 0 0 0 70 11th
2017 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour - Class C PROsport Performance 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Australian Formula Ford Championship Jones Motorsport 17 0 0 0 0 128 8th
Victorian Formula Ford Fiesta Championship 6 0 0 0 0 100 15th
Australian Formula 3 Premier Series Jones Racing 3 1 0 0 2 35 5th
2017–18 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship MRF Racing 16 0 0 0 0 66 7th
2018 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series Jones Racing 18 11 3 6 18 243 1st
Australian Formula Ford Series 3 0 0 0 0 1 28th
Australian GT Trophy Series - GT4 Ginetta Australia 1 0 0 0 0 14 12th
T124 Italian Challenge 4 4 1 4 4 80 7th
V de V Endurance Series - LMP3 Monza Garage 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2019 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia McElrea Racing 18 3 2 1 15 924 1st
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 3 0 0 0 0 38 29th
2020 The Bend Super Tin Tops – Super Cup McElrea Racing 3 3 1 3 3 150 1st
Townsville Tin Tops – Super Stuttgart 3 3 1 3 3 150 1st
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 7 1 1 0 3 61 10th
Phillip Island Classic Groups Q & R Sports & Invited Jones Motorsport 5 5 1 5 5 N/A 1st
2021 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia McElrea Racing 13 1 2 0 5 534 3rd
2022 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia McElrea Racing 24 4 0 0 10 764 1st
2022–23 Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East BWT Junior Racing 6 2 2 2 5 179 10th
2023 Porsche Supercup BWT Lechner Racing 8 0 0 0 0 63 9th
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Scherer Sport PHX
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Jones Motorsport

References
  1. "JONES MOVES TO PINNACLE OF PORSCHE FOR 2023". Motorsport Australia. Australia. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023."Harri Jones signs with BWT Lechner Racing for the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup". Harri Jones | Racing Driver.
  2. "JONES ADDS GERMANY TO EUROPEAN SEASON DEBUT | Auto Action". autoaction.com.au. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  3. "Forget schoolies, Harri Jones is off to drive race cars". The Courier Mail. Australia. 19 November 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  4. Jamie Mitchell (4 November 2019). "Student-athletes join UQ Blues honour roll". UQ News. Australia. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  5. "HARRI JONES GEARS UP FOR HIS NEXT CHALLENGE". MACKELLAR GROUP. MACKELLAR GROUP. Retrieved 13 April 2023. and a Driver Development Coach for various racing divisions within Australian Motorsport.
  6. "Harri Jones: Our Australian Formula Three Champion". Kingsman The Kings College. Australia. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  7. "Harri Jones | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com.
  8. Wood, Ida (2018-12-21). "2018 International F3 season review". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  9. "MRF Challenge Formula 2000 2018 standings | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com.
  10. "Harri's Pathway". Harri Jones | Racing Driver.Michael Jones. "The Fast And The Studious". UQ Stories. Australia. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  11. Thompson, Angus (October 12, 2021). "The history of Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge in Australia". Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia | 2022.
  12. "JONES TAKES PORSCHE CUP AT SANDOWN". Auto Action.
  13. "Jones crowned Carrera Cup Champion". Motorsport Australia.
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