Harri Jones

Harri Jones
Harri Jones
	Jones in 2023
Nationality	Australian
Born	2 June 1999 (age 25); Buderim, Queensland, Australia
Porsche Supercup career
Debut season	2023
Current team	BWT Lechner Racing

Last updated July 05, 2024

Harrison Edward "Harri" Jones (born 2 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]

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

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]

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]

Sports car racing

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]

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]

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

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 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	Greg Fahey Motorsport	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	PROsport Performance	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	Jones Motorsport	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	Jones Racing	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
2019	Porsche Carrera Cup Australia	McElrea Racing	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	16	0	0	0	0	75	12th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Australia	Jones Motorsport	5	0	1	3	3	205	19th
2023–24	Porsche Carrera Cup Middle East	Jones Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	22	15th

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos.	Points
2023	BWT Lechner Racing	MON 9	RBR Ret	SIL 7	HUN 6	SPA 6	ZND 10	ZND 12	MNZ 4	9th	63

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References

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

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[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. 23 January 2023.

[2] "JONES ADDS GERMANY TO EUROPEAN SEASON DEBUT | Auto Action". autoaction.com.au. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

[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. 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.

[:0-8] 1 2 Wood, Ida (21 December 2018). "2018 International F3 season review". Formula Scout. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

[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 (12 October 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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