Joseph "Joey" Mawson (born 27 March 1996 in
Sydney) is a professional
racing driver from
Australia, who 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.
Open Wheel
He made his open-wheel debut in
French F4 in
2014
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, 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
ADAC Formula 4 (german: ADAC Formel 4) is a racing series regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. The inaugural season was the 2015 ADAC Formula 4. It replaced the ADAC Formel Masters, held from 2008 to 2014.
History
Gerhard Berger and ...
where he joined
Van Amersfoort Racing
Van Amersfoort Racing is an auto racing team based in the Netherlands. In 2022 the team competes in the Formula 2 Championship, the Formula 3 Championship, the Formula Regional European Championship, Euroformula Open Championship, Italian F4 Ch ...
alongside
Harrison Newey and
Mick Schumacher
Mick Schumacher (; born 22 March 1999) is a German racing driver who is the current reserve driver for the Mercedes AMG Formula One Team.
Schumacher began his career in karting in 2008, progressing to the German ADAC Formula 4 by 2015. Afte ...
. 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
Lando Norris (born 13 November 1999) is a Belgian-British racing driver currently competing in Formula One with McLaren, racing under the British flag. He won the MSA Formula championship in 2015, and the Toyota Racing Series, Eurocup Form ...
.
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
The GP3 Series, or GP3 for short, was a single-seater motor racing series launched in 2010 as a feeder series for the GP2 Series, introduced by GP2 organiser Bruno Michel. GP3 followed the entire European leg of the Formula One series and th ...
with
Arden International
Arden International is a multiple formula racing team created and run by Christian Horner and Garry Horner. It currently runs teams in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and F4 British Championship, and formerly ran in the FIA Formula 2 Championship ...
.
He finished the season thirteenth with two podiums. One each in France and Russia.
Porsche Cup
In 2019 he started his
Porsche Carrera Cup
Porsche Carrera Cup (sometimes abbreviated PCC) is a number of one-make racing by Porsche premier series competed with, initially Porsche 911 Carrera Cup, then later Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars. The cars are specifically built by Porsche for one- ...
career. Firstly starting in
Australia, then
Supercup with Team Australia. Later in 2019, we started his first
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
The Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, also known as Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland, between 1986-1989 as Porsche 944 Turbo Cup; is a one-make racing series by Porsche based in Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, ...
race.
Racing record
Career summary
* 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)
Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete GP3 Series results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
*† — 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)
† Race shortened. No points awarded.
Complete S5000 results
* Season still in progress.
Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results
References
External links
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1996 births
Living people
Racing drivers from Sydney
Karting World Championship drivers
French F4 Championship drivers
ADAC Formula 4 drivers
ADAC Formula 4 champions
MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship drivers
FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers
GP3 Series drivers from Australia
Formula Regional European Championship drivers
Arden International drivers
Porsche Supercup drivers
Van Amersfoort Racing drivers
Auto Sport Academy drivers
BRDC British Formula 3 Championship drivers
Euroformula Open Championship drivers
BVM Racing drivers
Tasman Series drivers