Ed Jones (racing driver)

Edward Jones (born from Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 12 February 1995), is a British nationalized motorsport Emirati driver, specializing in  single-seaters. After contesting promotional formulas in Europe, Jones has competed in the United States since 2015, where he won the Indy Lights title in 2016. In 2017 he made his debut in the IndyCar Series, where he currently competed for Chip Ganassi.

Early years
Jones started competing at the age of nine in karting, where he won the United Arab Emirates championship title in 2005. He achieved six titles in various classes before starting the campaign in Europe in 2008. He raced in the categories Rotax Max and KF3 until 2010.

In 2011 Jones made his single-seater debut in the InterSteps championship for Fortec Motorsport, finishing the championship with a fourth place in the championship with a win. Also, Jones raced for the Formula Renault 2.0 Euro Cup and British Formula Renault 2.0, as well as the British Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Cup, finishing 15th with a fourth-place best result. Jones continued with Fortec in 2012, competing in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup and the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup, finishing 20th and 27th in the respective championships.

Jones continued at Fortec in 2013 competing in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup, achieving two podiums and 11th place in the championship. He also competed in the European F3 Open for Team West-Tec; Despite missing the opening round, he achieved the championship with six wins and 10 podiums. The following year he participated in the European Formula 3 for Carlin Motorsport, where he achieved two podiums in 20 races and finished 13th in the general table.

Indy Lights
By 2015 Jones changed his scene and came to the United States to compete in the Indy Lights for Carlin. He started the first three dates, winning both races at St. Petersburg and  Long Beach, and finished third in the championship. He continued the following year in the same category and triumph in Barber 1 and Indianapolis circuit 1, in addition to five second places and 12 top 5. In this way, Jones won the title over Santiago Urrutia in a controversial ending. During the last lap of the final race of the season at Laguna Seca, Jones, who was in fifth position, was helped by his teammate Félix Serrallés who was in fourth place. Serralles moved away and slowed, so that Jones surpassed him and the latter emerged champion by a margin of two points.

IndyCar
In 2017, Jones was promoted to the IndyCar Series in a Dale Coyne Racing Dallara Honda. He had five top-ten finishes, including a third place in the Indianapolis 500, to not only finish 14th in the overall championship, but also take home the category's Rookie of the Year award. That earned him Chip Ganassi Racing Chip Ganassi hiring him as one of their drivers for 2018.