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Australian F1 world champion Alan Jones dies aged 80

Alan Jones, the 1980 Formula 1 world champion and only the last Australian to win the title, has died aged 80 following a short illness.

Alan Jones, the 1980 Formula 1 world champion, has died aged 80 following a short illness. Jones was only the second Australian to win the F1 championship, after Sir Jack Brabham, and remains the most recent. He won 12 grands prix across his racing career, which spanned from 1975 to 1986. Jones won five grands prix in 1980—in Argentina, France, Britain, Canada and the United States—to claim the world title with Williams. His wife, Amanda Butler-Davis, said in a statement that he would be 'dearly missed and fondly remembered' and that he 'dedicated his life to motorsport, building a legacy that will live on'.

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