Joey Mawson

Joey Mawson
Mawson at the Red Bull Ring in 2019
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1996-03-27) 27 March 1996 (age 28) Sydney, Australia
Australian S5000 Championship career
Debut season	2021
Current team	88 Racing
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	1
Former teams	Team BRM
Starts	36
Wins	16
Poles	5
Fastest laps	13
Best finish	Champion in 2021 & 2022
Previous series
2021 2021-22 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015-16 2014	S5000 Tasman Series S5000 Australia Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Porsche Supercup GP3 Series European Formula 3 Championship BRDC British F3 Autumn Trophy ADAC Formula 4 French F4 Championship
Championship titles
2021-22 2021-22 2016 2010 2010	Australian Gold Star S5000 Australia ADAC Formula 4 Australian Sprint Kart (Jr Clubman) Australian Sprint Kart (Jr National Light)
Awards
2015-16	Motorsport Australia Young Driver of the Year

Joseph Terry Mawson (born 27 March 1996 in Sydney) is an Australian racing driver of Peruvian descent. ^[1] He is the current double champion of the Australian S5000 Championship. ^[2]

Career

Mawson started his career in karting at the age of 7, and soon began to dominate the Junior karting scene, winning 19 state and 3 national titles between 2003 and 2012. He also finished 2nd in the Junior Max category at the 2011 Rotax World Championships, and was named Australia's best karter in 2010 by various media. ^[3]

Europe

He made his open-wheel debut in French F4 in 2014, qualifying on pole and winning on debut at the inaugural round at the Bugatti Circuit. He completed all but the final round of the season, finishing 4th having amassed 188 points along with 3 wins. In 2015 he moved to ADAC Formula 4 where he joined Van Amersfoort Racing alongside Harrison Newey and Mick Schumacher. Despite the pressure from his highly rated teammates he beat them both in the championship, finishing 3rd with 5 wins, finishing 2 points shy of 2nd place.

In 2016, he remained with VAR in ADAC Formula 4. He won 10 out of 24 races on his way to the title, beating now Prema driver Schumacher by 52 points. As a result, he was given the opportunity test one of VAR's European F3 cars at Monza, managing to trade fastest laps with Lando Norris.

In 2017, Mawson graduated to European Formula 3, whilst continuing his collaboration with VAR. ^[4] However, he struggled throughout the season, finishing only thirteenth in the standings with one podium finish at the Nürburgring.

In 2018, Mawson is contesting the final season of the GP3 Series with Arden International. ^[5] He finished the season thirteenth with two podiums. One each in France and Russia.

In 2019 he switched to the Porsche ladder, contesting the Supercup with Team Australia. He additionally competed in a handful of Porsche Carrera Cup Germany races at the end of 2019 ahead of a full campaign in 2020.

Australia

Mawson returned to Australia in 2021 as a late entry into the S5000 Championship. ^[6] He completed the season and won the championship with three race wins ahead of Thomas Randle, and defended his title in 2022. ^{[7] [8]}

Drug ban

Mawson was halfway to claiming three S5000 titles in a row in July 2023 before he failed a drug test. Having tested positive for Mildronate, Mawson was provisionally suspended by Motorsport Australia. ^[9] Mawson blamed the failure on a "general fitness supplement", and he received a three-year ban in September 2024 that backdated to his last participation in May 2023. ^[10]

Racing record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Position
2008	NSW Open Sprint Kart Championships - Junior National Light	3rd
	Queensland Sprint Kart Championships - Junior National Light	4th
2009	Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Heavy	5th
	Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Light	4th
	Queensland Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Light	4th
2010	Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Light	1st
	Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior Clubman	1st
	SKUSA SuperNationals XIV - TaG Junior	5th
2011	Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Heavy	3rd
	Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior Clubman	4th
	Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals - Junior	2nd
	Australian Rotax Nationals - Formula JMA Light	1st
	Australian Rotax Nationals - Formula JMA Heavy	1st
2012	Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals - Senior	6th
	CIK-FIA U18 World Karting Championship	4th
	Australian Rotax Nationals - Rotax Light	2nd
2013	CIK-FIA European Championship KF	45th
	CIK-FIA World Championship - KF	25th
	IAME International Final - X30 Senior	13th

Circuit career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2014	French F4 Championship	Auto Sport Academy	18	3	3	3	8	188	4th
2015	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	Van Amersfoort Racing	24	5	1	5	11	297	3rd
2016	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	Van Amersfoort Racing	24	10	8	6	16	374	1st
	BRDC British Formula 3 Autumn Trophy	Douglas Motorsport	3	0	0	1	3	82	2nd
2016–17	MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship	MRF Racing	16	3	2	4	12	277	2nd
2017	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Van Amersfoort Racing	30	0	0	0	1	83	13th
	Euroformula Open Championship	BVM Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC‡
2018	GP3 Series	Arden International	18	0	0	0	2	38	13th
2019	Radical Cup Australia	Shared Runaway Racing	2	0	0	1	0	0	NC‡
	Formula Regional European Championship	Van Amersfoort Racing	2	0	0	0	0	24	16th
	Porsche Supercup	Team Australia	10	0	0	0	1	63	11th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Australia - Pro	Porsche Centre Melbourne	1	0	0	0	0	14	17th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Team CARTECH Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	19	20th
	DMV-GTC Class 3	Herberth Motorsport	1	0	1	1	1	0	NC‡
2020	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Fach Auto Tech	10	0	0	0	0	71	8th
2021	S5000 Australia Drivers Championship	Team BRM	12	3	2	5	6	392	1st
	S5000 Tasman Series		6	0	0	0	1	92	5th
2022	S5000 Australian Drivers Championship	Team BRM	15	4	1	4	8	428	1st
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	4	17th
	S5000 Tasman Series		6	1	0	5	5	161	3rd
2023	S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship	88 Racing	9	7	1	6	9	364	4th

^* Season still in progress.
^‡ Guest driver. Not eligible for points.

Complete French F4 Championship results

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

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2014	LMS 1 1	LMS 2 3	LMS 3 1	PAU 1 DSQ	PAU 2 17	PAU 3 20†	VDV 1 6	VDV 2 3	VDV 3 Ret	MAG 1 4	MAG 2 3	MAG 3 2	NOG 1 9	NOG 2 16	NOG 3 8	JER 1 1	JER 2 16	JER 3 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	LEC 3	4th	188

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2015	Van Amersfoort Racing	OSC1 1 6	OSC1 2 4	OSC1 3 2	RBR 1 10	RBR 2 Ret	RBR 3 1	SPA 1 5	SPA 2 7	SPA 3 2	LAU 1 1	LAU 2 2	LAU 3 2	NÜR 1 8	NÜR 2 8	NÜR 3 7	SAC 1 4	SAC 2 3	SAC 3 1	OSC2 1 7	OSC2 2 26	OSC2 3 1	HOC 1 10	HOC 2 3	HOC 3 1	3rd	297
2016	Van Amersfoort Racing	OSC1 1 1	OSC1 2 1	OSC1 3 2	SAC 1 2	SAC 2 3	SAC 3 1	LAU 1 6	LAU 2 2	LAU 3 23	OSC2 1 1	OSC2 2 1	OSC2 3 Ret	RBR 1 4	RBR 2 1	RBR 3 3	NÜR 1 2	NÜR 2 1	NÜR 3 28	ZAN 1 1	ZAN 2 27	ZAN 3 8	HOC 1 1	HOC 2 1	HOC 3 Ret	1st	374

Complete MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship results

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

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
2016-17	BHR 1 3	BHR 2 2	BHR 3 2	BHR 4 6	DUB 1 2	DUB 2 2	DUB 3 3	DUB 4 1	GNO 1 4	GNO 2 1	GNO 3 2	GNO 4 3	CHE 1 5	CHE 2 1	CHE 3 4	CHE 4 3	2nd	277

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Points
2017	Van Amersfoort Racing	Mercedes	SIL 1 5	SIL 2 11	SIL 3 8	MNZ 1 14	MNZ 2 16	MNZ 3 Ret	PAU 1 Ret	PAU 2 16	PAU 3 Ret	HUN 1 4	HUN 2 7	HUN 3 8	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 13	NOR 3 11	SPA 1 5	SPA 2 10	SPA 3 10	ZAN 1 14	ZAN 2 14	ZAN 3 9	NÜR 1 3	NÜR 2 7	NÜR 3 20	RBR 1 18	RBR 2 8	RBR 3 7	HOC 1 15	HOC 2 15	HOC 3 9	13th	83

Complete GP3 Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2018	Arden International	CAT FEA 16	CAT SPR 15	LEC FEA 7	LEC SPR 3	RBR FEA Ret	RBR SPR 10	SIL FEA 9	SIL SPR 13	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 18‡	SPA FEA 8	SPA SPR 17†	MNZ FEA 12	MNZ SPR 12	SOC FEA 8	SOC SPR 2	YMC FEA 20	YMC SPR 9	13th	38

• † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
• ‡ — Set fastest lap, but not awarded as finished outside of points position.

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	9	10	Pos.	Points
2019	Team Australia	CAT 11	MON 13	RBR 12	SIL 9	HOC 7†	HUN 9	SPA 11	MNZ 3	MEX 8	MEX 10	11th	63

^† Race shortened. No points awarded.

Complete S5000 results

Year	Series	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Position	Points
2021	Australian	Team BRM	SYM R1 1	SYM R2 4	SYM R3 4	PHI R4 5	PHI R5 3	PHI R6 1	SAN R7 5	SAN R8 2	SAN R9 1	SMP R10 2	SMP R11 5	SMP R12 8							1st	392
2021	Tasman		SMP R1 Ret	SMP R2 9	SMP R3 2	BAT R4 5	BAT R5 Ret	BAT R6 9	BAT R7 C												6th	92
2022	Australian		SYM R1 1	SYM R2 Ret	SYM R3 4	PHI R4 2	PHI R5 3	PHI R6 1	MEL R7 1	MEL R8 10	MEL R9 1	SMP R10 1	SMP R11 10	SMP R12 2	HID R13 4	HID R14 6	HID R15 Ret				1st	428
2022	Tasman		SUR R1 2	SUR R2 2	SUR R3 2	ADL R4 2	ADL R5 1	ADL R6 Ret													3rd	161
2023	Australian	88 Racing	SYM R1 1	SYM R2 1	SYM R3 1	PHI R4 1	PHI R5 3	PHI R6 2	WIN R7 1	WIN R8 1	WIN R9 1	SMP R10 EX	SMP R11 EX	SMP R12 EX	BEN R13	BEN R14	BEN R15	ADL R16	ADL R17	ADL R18	4th	364

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2022	Team BRM	Nick Percat Mark Rosser	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	A–GT3 Pro-Am	284	8th	8th

References

1. "Profile | Joey Mawson" . Retrieved 11 June 2023.
2. "Joey Mawson: Driver Profile". JoeyMawson.com. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
3. "The February edition of KartOz Magazine is now on sale". KartOz Magazine. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
4. Allen, Peter (21 February 2017). "Joey Mawson gets European F3 graduation with VAR". Formula Scout. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
5. "Joey Mawson signs with Arden International". 21 February 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
6. "MAWSON COMPLETES S5000 FIELD". Auto Action. 21 January 2021.
7. "Mawson: S5000 title means more than German F4". Speedcafe. 5 May 2021.
8. "MAWSON TAKES SECOND S5000 GOLD STAR CHAMPIONSHIP". Auto Action. 19 June 2022.
9. "Bathurst 1000 hopeful Joey Mawson suspended for failing drugs test". Nine Network. 20 July 2023.
10. "Three-year ban for Mawson". V8 Sleuth. 25 September 2024.

External links

• Official website
• Joey Mawson career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Marvin Dienst	ADAC Formula 4 Championship Champion 2016	Succeeded by Jüri Vips
Preceded by Simon Hodge	Australian Drivers' Championship Champion 2021 & 2022	Succeeded by Aaron Cameron
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Anton de Pasquale	Motorsport Australia Young Driver of the Year Award 2015-2016	Succeeded by Cameron Shields