Joey Mawson
Joseph Terry Mawson is an Australian racing driver of Peruvian descent. He is a current double champion of the Australian S5000 Championship.
Mawson is currently serving a three-year competition ban set to end in May 2026 for an anti-doping rule violation.
Career
Mawson started his career in karting at the age of seven, and soon began to dominate the Junior karting scene, winning nineteen state and three national titles between 2003 and 2012. He also finished second in the Junior Max category at the 2011 Rotax World Championships, and was named Australia's best karter in 2010 by various media.Europe
Mawson made his open-wheel debut in French F4 in 2014 [French F4 Championship season|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 fourth having amassed 188 points along with three wins. In 2015 [ADAC Formula 4 season|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 third with five wins, finishing two points shy of 2nd place.In 2016, Mawson remained with VAR in ADAC Formula 4. He won ten 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 Championship|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, Mawson 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.Anti-doping violation
In June 2023, halfway during the 2023 S5000 season, Mawson was provisionally suspended by Motorsport Australia for failing a doping test. In September 2024, Mawson was issued with a three-year competition ban backdated to May 2023 for an anti-doping rule violation for testing positive for meldonium contained within a supplement he had used.Personal life
In 2025, Mawson was accused of raping a nurse at Michael Schumacher's mansion in Geneva in 2019.Racing record
Karting career summary
Circuit career summary
* Season still in progress.‡ Guest driver. Not eligible for points.
Complete French F4 Championship results
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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 [FIA Formula 3 European Championship|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
| 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
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 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.