Joseph Terry Mawson (born 27 March 1996 in Sydney) is an Australian racing driver of Peruvian descent. He is a double champion of the Australian S5000 Championship, and previously beat Mick Schumacher to the ADAC Formula 4 title in 2016. He reached the GP3 Series and Porsche Supercup.
Between 2023 and 2026, Mawson served a three-year competition ban for a doping 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, 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, 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 second 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, 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 contested 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. He was acquitted in June 2026—the court citing "insufficient evidence" to convict.
Racing record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesPosition 2008NSW Open Sprint Kart Championships - Junior National Light 3rdQueensland Sprint Kart Championships - Junior National Light 4th 2009Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Heavy 5thAustralian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Light 4thQueensland Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Light 4th 2010Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Light 1stAustralian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior Clubman 1stQueensland Karting Championship - Junior Max 4thQueensland Karting Championship - Junior Clubman 1stNew South Wales Karting Championship - Junior Clubman 1stNew South Wales Karting Championship - Junior Max 1stSouth Australian Karting Championship - Junior Max 1stSKUSA SuperNationals XIV - TaG Junior 5th 2011Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Heavy 3rdAustralian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior Clubman 4thRotax Max Challenge Grand Finals - Junior 2ndAustralian Rotax Nationals - Formula JMA Light 1stAustralian Rotax Nationals - Formula JMA Heavy 1st 2012Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals - Senior 6thCIK-FIA U18 World Karting Championship 4thAustralian Rotax Nationals - Rotax Light 2nd 2013CIK-FIA European Championship KF 45thCIK-FIA World Championship - KF 25thIAME International Final - X30 Senior 13th
Circuit career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles 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 Racing200000NC‡ 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 Challenge10000417th S5000 Tasman Series61055161 3rd 2023 S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship 88 Racing971693644th * 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 LMS1 LMS2 LMS3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 VDV1 VDV2 VDV3 MAG1 MAG2 MAG3 NOG1 NOG2 NOG3 JER1 JER2 JER3 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 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 OSC11 OSC12 OSC13 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 LAU1 LAU2 LAU3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 SAC1 SAC2 SAC3 OSC21 OSC22 OSC23 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 3rd 297 2016 Van Amersfoort Racing OSC11 OSC12 OSC13 SAC1 SAC2 SAC3 LAU1 LAU2 LAU3 OSC21 OSC22 OSC23 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 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 BHR1 BHR2 BHR3 BHR4 DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 DUB4 GNO1 GNO2 GNO3 GNO4 CHE1 CHE2 CHE3 CHE4 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 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 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 CATFEA CATSPR LECFEA LECSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 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 Points 2019 Team Australia CAT MON RBR SIL HOC† HUN SPA MNZ MEX MEX 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 SYMR1 SYMR2 SYMR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 SANR7 SANR8 SANR9 SMPR10 SMPR11 SMPR12 1st 392 2021 Tasman SMPR1 SMPR2 SMPR3 BATR4 BATR5 BATR6 BATR7 6th 92 2022 Australian SYMR1 SYMR2 SYMR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 MELR7 MELR8 MELR9 SMPR10 SMPR11 SMPR12 HIDR13 HIDR14 HIDR15 1st 428 2022 Tasman SURR1 SURR2 SURR3 ADLR4 ADLR5 ADLR63rd 161 2023 Australian88 Racing SYMR1 SYMR2 SYMR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 WINR7 WINR8 WINR9 SMPR10 SMPR11 SMPR12 BENR13 BENR14 BENR15 ADLR16 ADLR17 ADLR184th364 * Season still in progress.
Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2022 Team BRM Nick Percat Mark Rosser Audi R8 LMS Evo II A–GT3 Pro-Am284 8th 8th
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