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]

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 season2021
Current team88 Racing
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number1
Former teamsTeam BRM
Starts36
Wins16
Poles5
Fastest laps13
Best finishChampion 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)

Career

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Position
2008 NSW Open Sprint Kart Championships - Junior National Light 3rd
2009 Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Heavy 5th
Australian National 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
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

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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

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(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

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(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 FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

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(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

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(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

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(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

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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

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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

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  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.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Marvin Dienst
ADAC Formula 4 Championship
Champion

2016
Succeeded by
Preceded by Australian Drivers' Championship
Champion

2021 & 2022
Succeeded by