Charles Dawson

Charles Piers Leighton Dawson (born December 1990) is a British racing driver who competes in GT World Challenge Europe for 2 Seas Motorsport. He won the 2025 British GT Championship together with Kiern Jewiss.

Career Dawson began his racing career in 2022, competing at the 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi for AC Motorsport in the TCR class. Following that, Dawson joined Max Kruse Racing to compete in the NES 500, winning the TCR title on debut, as well as winning in a one-off appearance in the Spezial Tourenwagen Trophy in Division 2. During 2022, Dawson also competed in select rounds of the 24H TCE Series for Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing and AC Motorsport, taking one TCR class podium for each team.

In 2023, Dawson joined Porsche-affiliated W&S Motorsport to compete in the GT4 European Series, but was forced to skip the first four rounds after injuring himself in a testing accident on the eve of the season at Monza. Returning for the final two rounds, Dawson salvaged a lone Am class podium at the Hockenheimring and ended the season 11th in points. During 2023, Dawson also competed in the GT Cup Championship on a part-time basis for Mercedes-linked Ram Racing in the GTH class, as well as racing at the 24 Hours of Barcelona for Red Ant Racing in the 992 class.

Continuing in GT4 machinery for 2024, Dawson began the year with CV Performance Group in the GT4 Winter Series, winning the Pro-Am title alongside Emil Gjerdrum with four wins to their name. For the rest of the year, Dawson joined Team Parker Racing to race a Mercedes-AMG GT4 in the British GT Championship and select rounds of the GT Cup Championship alongside Seb Morris. Between the two campaigns, Dawson found more success in the former, winning at Oulton Park on his way to third in GT4 points and sealing the Pro-Am title in the process. Towards the end of the year, Dawson returned to the GT4 European Series with fellow Mercedes outfit NM Racing Team alongside Andy Cantu, taking a pair of Am wins at Hockenheim and Monza, as well as a Pro-Am win at Jeddah.

Stepping up to GT3 for 2025, Dawson made his debut for AKM Motorsport in the GT Winter Series at Aragón, before joining 2 Seas Motorsport to share a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo with Kiern Jewiss in the British GT Championship. In his first year in the category, Dawson established himself as the fastest bronze-rated driver, winning at Donington Park, Snetterton and Brands Hatch en route to the overall and Pro-Am titles at season's end. During 2025, Dawson also raced with the team in the last three rounds of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, most notably taking a Bronze win at the Nürburgring with Ben Barnicoat and Tom Lebbon, as well as a Pro-Am podium in International GT Open at Barcelona.

The following year, Dawson remained with 2 Seas Motorsport for a dual campaign in the Bronze class of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance and Sprint Cups, partnering Reece Barr in the former and Jewiss in both.

Racing record Racing career summary Season still in progress.

† As Dawson was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete GT4 European Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year TeamCarClass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points 2023 W&S Motorsport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Am MNZ1 MNZ2 LEC1 LEC2 SPA1 SPA2 MIS1 MIS2 HOC1 HOC2 CAT1 CAT2 11th 302024 NM Racing Team Mercedes AMG GT4 Am LEC1 LEC2 MIS1 MIS2 SPA1 SPA2 HOC1 HOC2 MNZ1 MNZ2 10th 62 Pro-Am JED1 JED2 12th 33

Complete British GT Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points 2024 Team Parker Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 GT4 OUL1 OUL2 SIL DON1 SPA SNE1 SNE2 DON2 BRH 3rd 136 2025 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo GT3 DON1 SIL OUL1 OUL2 SPA SNE1 SNE2 BRH DON2 1st 173.5 2026 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo GT3 SIL OUL1 OUL2 SPA SNE1 SNE2 DON BRH NC† 0†

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Points 2026 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Bronze MIS1 MIS2 MAG1 MAG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 CAT1 CAT2 2nd* 39*

Complete International GT Open Results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year TeamCarClass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points 2025 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Pro-Am ALG1 ALG2 SPA HOC1 HOC2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 RBR1 RBR2 CAT1 CAT2 MNZ 19th 10