Williams Remembers Alan Jones, Its First F1 Drivers’ Champion
Jones won five races during his title-winning 1980 season and later became a broadcaster.
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In this lesson: Compare career milestones and interpret a clause about the champion.
Grammar in this story: A relative clause about a person
who secured the Williams team’s first Formula 1 drivers’ world championship
“Who” introduces information about a person. Example: “The driver who won thanked the team.”
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How did Jones’s 1980 achievement matter to both Williams and Australian Formula 1 history?
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It gave Williams its first drivers’ world championship and made Jones Australia’s second Formula 1 world champion.
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