# Joey Mawson

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

## 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.

### 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. 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. 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. He completed the season and won the championship with three race wins ahead of Thomas Randle, and defended his title in 2022.

#### 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. 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.

## Racing record
### Karting career summary

| Season | Series | Position |
| 2008 | NSW Open Sprint Kart Championships - Junior National Light | 3rd |
| 2008 | Queensland Sprint Kart Championships - Junior National Light | 4th |
| 2009 | Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Heavy | 5th |
| 2009 | Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Light | 4th |
| 2009 | Queensland Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Light | 4th |
| 2010 | Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Light | 1st |
| 2010 | Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior Clubman | 1st |
| 2010 | SKUSA SuperNationals XIV - TaG Junior | 5th |
| 2011 | Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Heavy | 3rd |
| 2011 | Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior Clubman | 4th |
| 2011 | Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals - Junior | 2nd |
| 2011 | Australian Rotax Nationals - Formula JMA Light | 1st |
| 2011 | Australian Rotax Nationals - Formula JMA Heavy | 1st |
| 2012 | Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals - Senior | 6th |
| 2012 | CIK-FIA U18 World Karting Championship | 4th |
| 2012 | Australian Rotax Nationals - Rotax Light | 2nd |
| 2013 | CIK-FIA European Championship KF | 45th |
| 2013 | CIK-FIA World Championship - KF | 25th |
| 2013 | 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 |
| 2016 | 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 |
| 2017 | 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‡ |
| 2019 | Formula Regional European Championship | Van Amersfoort Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 16th |
| 2019 | Porsche Supercup | Team Australia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 11th |
| 2019 | Porsche Carrera Cup Australia - Pro | Porsche Centre Melbourne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17th |
| 2019 | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | Team CARTECH Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 20th |
| 2019 | 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 |
| 2021 | S5000 Tasman Series | Team BRM | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 5th |
| 2022 | S5000 Australian Drivers Championship | Team BRM | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 428 | 1st |
| 2022 | Intercontinental GT Challenge | Team BRM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17th |
| 2022 | S5000 Tasman Series | Team BRM | 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 | Team BRM | 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 | Team BRM | 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 | Team BRM | 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 |