Australian Joey Mawson is aiming to finish his 2018 campaign in the GP3 Series on a high this weekend when he takes to the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi.
After finishing on the podium at the previous round of the Series in Russia, Mawson has got his sights set on more silverware this weekend.
“It has been a fairly long break since the last round and I can’t wait to get back in the ‘office’ on Friday to tackle the Yas Marina circuit,” said the PODIUM-backed driver.
“It is a new circuit for me, as it is for many of the competitors in the field, so I’m really looking forward to the challenge.”
After spending a significant amount of time in the Arden Motorsport simulators over the past few weeks, Mawson believes the circuit has a good mix of characteristics.
“The circuit is unique, it doesn’t have too many high speed corners, the second sector has a lot of big braking areas and slow chicanes, the last part of the lap is very technical and driver dependant,” said Mawson.
“Overall, it’s a very cool circuit and I’m really hoping to finish the season on a high with a podium finish.”
Mawson will have extra incentive to achieve a good result with a number of the investors from the PODIUM group in attendance to see him in action.
“It’s going to be great to have a big group of PODIUM investors in attendance this weekend, having them trackside cheering me on will certainly mean a lot,” said Mawson.
“Hopefully they can bring me some luck and we’ll be able to celebrate a good result come Sunday night.”
Mawson will take to the track for practice on Friday morning (10:15am) ahead of qualifying later in the day (3:10pm). Race one will be contested on Saturday at 12:30pm local time ahead of the final race of 2018 at 12:10pm on Sunday.
WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Local Time
Practice – Friday November 23 – 10:15am
Qualifying – Friday November 23 – 3:10pm
Race 1 – Saturday November 24 – 12:30pm
Race 2 – Sunday November 25 – 12:10pm
AEDST
Practice – Friday November 23 – 5:15pm
Qualifying – Friday November 23 – 10:10pm
Race 1 – Saturday November 24 – 7:30pm
Race 2 – Sunday November 25 – 7:10pm