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{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Joey Mawson

| image =FIA Porsche Supercup Austria 2019 Nr. 27 Mawson.jpg

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| caption =Mawson at the [[Red Bull Ring]] in 2019

| nationality = {{flag|AUS|name=Australian}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|3|27|df=y}}

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Mawson is currently serving a three-year competition ban set to end in May 2026 for an anti-doping rule violation.

In 2025, he was accused of raping a nurse at [[Michael Schumacher]]’s mansion in [[Geneva]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/formula-1/2025/10/15/woman-raped-michael-schumacher-mansion-by-racing-driver/ |title=Australian Joey Mawson named as racing driver accused of rape at Schumacher home |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=16 October 2025 |first=Ben |last=Rumsby |access-date=18 October 2025}}</ref>

In 2025, he was <nowiki>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/formula-1/2025/10/15/woman-raped-michael-schumacher-mansion-by-racing-driver/ accused of raping a nurse]</nowiki> at <nowiki>[[Michael Schumacher]]</nowiki>’s mansion in <nowiki>[[Geneva]]</nowiki> in 2019.

==Career==

Australian racing driver

Joseph Terry Mawson (born 27 March 1996 in Sydney) is an Australian racing driver of Peruvian descent.^[1] He is a current double champion of the Australian S5000 Championship.^[2]

Mawson is currently serving a three-year competition ban set to end in May 2026 for an anti-doping rule violation.

In 2025, he was accused of raping a nurse at Michael Schumacher‘s mansion in Geneva in 2019.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5] 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.^[6] 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.

Mawson returned to Australia in 2021 as a late entry into the S5000 Championship.^[7] He completed the season and won the championship with three race wins ahead of Thomas Randle, and defended his title in 2022.^[8]^[9]

Anti-doping violation

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In June 2023, halfway during the 2023 S5000 season, Mawson was provisionally suspended by Motorsport Australia for failing a doping test.^[10] 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.^[11]^[12]

Karting career summary

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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
	Australian National Sprint Kart Championship – Junior National Light	4th
	Queensland Sprint Kart Championship – Junior National Light	4th
2010	Australian National Sprint Kart Championship – Junior National Light	1st
	Australian National Sprint Kart Championship – Junior Clubman	1st
	SKUSA SuperNationals XIV – TaG Junior	5th
2011	Australian National Sprint Kart Championship – Junior National Heavy	3rd
	Australian National Sprint Kart Championship – Junior Clubman	4th
	Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – Junior	2nd
	Australian Rotax Nationals – Formula JMA Light	1st
	Australian Rotax Nationals – Formula JMA Heavy	1st
2012	Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – Senior	6th
	CIK-FIA U18 World Karting Championship	4th
	Australian Rotax Nationals – Rotax Light	2nd
2013	CIK-FIA European Championship KF	45th
	CIK-FIA World Championship – KF	25th
	IAME International Final – X30 Senior	13th

Circuit career summary

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