Josh Mason
| Josh Mason | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Mason racing in the 2022 Euroformula Open at the Red Bull Ring. | |
| Nationality |  British |
| Born | 19 March 2002 Birmingham, United Kingdom |
| Euroformula Open Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2021 |
| Current team | CryptoTower Racing |
| Car number | 21 |
| Former teams | Double R Racing |
| Starts | 50 (50 entries) |
| Wins | 3 |
| Podiums | 7 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| Best finish | 5th in 2022 |
| Previous series | |
| 2018–2020 2018–19 | BRDC Formula 3 Championship MRF Challenge |
Joshua Mason (born 19 March 2002) is a British racing driver who is currently racing in the Euroformula Open Championship with CryptoTower Racing.[1]
He is of Caribbean and Nigerian descent, and grew up between Sussex and the Cayman Islands.[2]
Career
Karting
Mason began competing in karts at the relatively late age of 14, taking part in club racing before moving into national competitions.[3][4]
BRDC British F3
2018
In 2018, Mason graduated to car racing, driving for Lanan Racing in the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship.[5][6] Having made his debut at Rockingham, the Brit would return to the series for the second half of the campaign, managing to win the reverse-grid race in the final round at Silverstone after it had been abandoned due to heavy rain following two laps behind the Safety car.[7]
2019
He stayed at Lanan Racing for the 2019 season, competing as the team's sole full-time entrant.[8] Despite this, Mason would manage to score three podiums in reverse-grid races, including a victory at Donington Park, where he overtook poleman Pavan Ravishankar at the Safety car restart.[9][10] The Briton ended up twelfth in the standings in a season that, given his lack of overall experience, he described as "having gone well".[11]
2020
Once again, Mason remained with the same team in 2020, this time racing alongside Piers Prior and Bart Horsten. Having been unable to prepare adequately for the season due to living with a high-risk individual at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic,[12] Mason only scored a sole podium at Donington and finished 16th in the championship, behind both of his teammates.[13]
Euroformula Open
2021
For 2021, Mason moved to the Euroformula Open Championship, driving for Double R Racing.[14] His best result came at a wet Hungaroring, finishing fourth, as he ended up ninth in the standings, significantly ahead of rookie teammate Zdeněk Chovanec.
2022
The following year, the Brit made the switch to drive for CryptoTower Racing for the 2022 season, having stated that he had "learned a lot in 2021" and that he was "really looking forward" to linking up with the team.[15] He started out the campaign with three points finishes in Estoril, before a crash during the Pau Grand Prix.[16] Another retirement followed at Paul Ricard, caused by a collision with Alex García,[17] before Mason scored his first podiums in the series at Spa, finishing third in Race 1 and second in Race 3.[18][19] At the following round, held at the Hungaroring, Mason took his first victory, winning Race 2 in dominant fashion.[20][21] The positive momentum remained, with Mason winning once more at Imola and Monza respectively.[22][23] He ended the season fifth in the championship standings, narrowly missing out on fourth to Frederick Lubin.
Racing record
Racing career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | BRDC British Formula 3 Championship | Lanan Racing | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 20th |
| 2018–19 | MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship | MRF Racing | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 12th |
| 2019 | BRDC British Formula 3 Championship | Lanan Racing | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 229 | 12th |
| 2019–20 | MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship | MRF Racing[24] | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 176 | 3rd |
| 2020 | BRDC British Formula 3 Championship | Lanan Racing | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 139 | 16th |
| 2021 | Euroformula Open Championship | Double R Racing | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 9th |
| 2022 | Euroformula Open Championship | CryptoTower Racing | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 278 | 5th |
* Season still in progress.
Complete BRDC British Formula 3 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 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Lanan Racing | OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
OUL 3 |
ROC 1 Ret |
ROC 2 18 |
ROC 3 9 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
SNE 3 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
SIL 3 |
SPA 1 14 |
SPA 2 15 |
SPA 3 Ret |
BRH 1 15 |
BRH 2 142 |
BRH 3 15 |
DON 1 16 |
DON 2 7 |
DON 3 14 |
SIL 1 16 |
SIL 2 1 |
SIL 3 C |
20th | 82 |
| 2019 | Lanan Racing | OUL 1 10 |
OUL 2 5 |
OUL 3 14 |
SNE 1 14 |
SNE 2 Ret |
SNE 3 9 |
SIL1 1 12 |
SIL1 2 7 |
SIL1 3 12 |
DON1 1 13 |
DON1 2 12 |
DON1 3 12 |
SPA 1 14 |
SPA 2 23 |
SPA 3 9 |
BRH 1 13 |
BRH 2 31 |
BRH 3 11 |
SIL2 1 11 |
SIL2 2 Ret |
SIL2 3 9 |
DON2 1 12 |
DON2 2 13 |
DON2 3 13 |
12th | 229 |
| 2020 | Lanan Racing | OUL 1 Ret |
OUL 2 152 |
OUL 3 14 |
OUL 4 14 |
DON1 1 12 |
DON1 2 10 |
DON1 3 Ret |
BRH 1 10 |
BRH 2 9 |
BRH 3 12 |
BRH 4 13 |
DON2 1 14 |
DON2 2 21 |
DON2 3 13 |
SNE 1 Ret |
SNE 2 171 |
SNE 3 9 |
SNE 4 Ret |
DON3 1 Ret |
DON3 2 141 |
DON3 3 11 |
SIL 1 16 |
SIL 2 19 |
SIL 3 13 |
16th | 139 |
Complete Euroformula Open Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
| Year | Entrant | 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Double R Racing | POR 1 8 |
POR 2 6 |
POR 3 5 |
LEC 1 8 |
LEC 2 12 |
LEC 3 7 |
SPA 1 Ret |
SPA 2 6 |
SPA 3 8 |
HUN 1 4* |
HUN 2 7 |
HUN 3 Ret |
IMO 1 Ret |
IMO 2 8 |
IMO 3 11 |
RBR 1 Ret |
RBR 2 10* |
RBR 3 7 |
MNZ 1 12 |
MNZ 2 12 |
MNZ 3 11 |
CAT 1 7 |
CAT 2 15 |
CAT 3 7 |
9th | 89 | ||
| 2022 | CryptoTower Racing | EST 1 7 |
EST 2 5 |
EST 3 8 |
PAU 1 4 |
PAU 2 Ret |
LEC 1 Ret |
LEC 2 4* |
LEC 3 7 |
SPA 1 3* |
SPA 2 7 |
SPA 3 2 |
HUN 1 5 |
HUN 2 1 |
HUN 3 7 |
IMO 1 6 |
IMO 2 7 |
IMO 3 1 |
RBR 1 4 |
RBR 2 3 |
RBR 3 5 |
MNZ 1 5 |
MNZ 2 1 |
MNZ 3 2 |
CAT 1 9 |
CAT 2 6* |
CAT 3 Ret |
5th | 278 |
References
- ^ Series, F1 Feeder (27 April 2022). "Your season guide to the 2022 Euroformula Open Championship". F1 Feeder Series. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "RE/MAX Cayman Islands Partners with Race Car Driver Josh Mason in Euroformula Open Championship". remax.ky. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "ABOUT JOSH". Josh Mason Racing. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "Josh Mason: This year's going to be better". www.euroformulaopen.net. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "GB3 Driver - Joshua Mason #21". GB3 Championship. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ Racecar. "Lanan Racing confirms Joshua Mason as first signing for 2018". www.racecar.com. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ Chokhani, Darshan (14 October 2018). "British F3: Mason wins Race 2 as rain curtails Silverstone weekend". FormulaRapida.net. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "Josh Mason confirms BRDC British F3 return with Lanan Racing". 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ Hine, Nathan (24 June 2019). "Mason monsters to race two victory at Donington Park as Hoggard and Simmons crash". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "Mega Mason takes F3 race two victory at Donington Park". news.msv.com. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "2019 REVIEW". Josh Mason Racing. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "2020 REVIEW". Josh Mason Racing. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "Lanan Racing | News". www.lananracing.com. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "Britain's Josh Mason joins Double R Racing line-up in Euroformula". www.euroformulaopen.net. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "Josh Mason makes move to CryptoTower Racing for 2022 Euroformula attack". www.euroformulaopen.net. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "Vlad Lomko (CryptoTower) beats all challenges to take 79th Grand Prix de Pau". www.euroformulaopen.net. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "Goethe claims race one glory at Paul Ricard". www.euroformulaopen.net. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "Fifth win in the heat for Oliver Goethe". www.euroformulaopen.net. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "Hat-trick for Oliver Goethe at Spa". www.euroformulaopen.net. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "Budapest, gara 2 Primo trionfo per Mason - EUROFORMULA". www.italiaracing.net (in Italian). Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "First win for Mason ahead of Mansell in CryptoTower 1-2, Simmons (Drivex) on the podium". www.euroformulaopen.net. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "Josh Mason (CryptoTower) conquers second win of the season". www.euroformulaopen.net. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "Mason takes Race 2 at Monza, Mansell unscathed after flip-over". www.euroformulaopen.net. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "BRDC British F3's Joshua Mason leads MRF Challenge entry list". Formula Scout. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
External links
- Official website
- Josh Mason career summary at DriverDB.com