Joey Mawson


Joseph "Joey" Mawson is a professional racing driver from Australia.

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, 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.

Porsche Cup

In 2019 he started his Porsche Carrera Cup career. Firstly starting in Australia, then Supercup with Team Australia. Later in 2019, we started his first Porsche Carrera Cup Germany race.

Career summary

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

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

YearEntrantEngine123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPoints
2017Van Amersfoort RacingMercedesSIL
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		13th83

Complete GP3 Series results

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718PosPoints
2018Arden InternationalCAT
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		13th38

YearTeam12345678910Points
2019Team AustraliaCAT
11		MON
13		RBR
12		SIL
9		HOC
7†		HUN
9		SPA
11		MNZ
3		MEX
8		MEX
10		11th63

* Season still in progress.
† Race shortened. No points awarded.