Joel Damon Kelso (born 12 June 2003) is an Australian motorcycle racer who currently competes for Gryd Racing in the 2026 Moto3 World Championship. Previous years saw him with Boé Motorsports (2024), CFMoto Racing PrüstelGP (2023) and CIP Green Power (2022). Before the Moto3 World Championship, he competed in the FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship from 2020 to 2021 with the AGR Team.
Career
Moto3 On 14 September 2025, it was announced that Kelso would race for the MLav Racing Team in the upcoming 2026 Moto3 season.
Career statistics
European Talent Cup
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts Pos 2019 Honda EST EST VAL VAL CAT ARA ARA JER JER ALB VAL 17th 29
Supersport 300 World Championship
Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Pts 2019 Kawasaki SPA NED ITA SPA SPA ITA GBR POR FRA QAT 34th 4
FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship
Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts 2019 Honda EST VAL1 VAL2 FRA CAT1 CAT2 ARA JER1 JER2 ALB VAL1 VAL2 NC 0 2020 KTM EST POR JER1 JER2 JER3 ARA1 ARA2 ARA3 VAL1 VAL2 VAL3 18th 18 2021 KTM EST VAL1 VAL2 CAT1 CAT2 POR ARA JER1 JER2 RSM VAL3 VAL4 4th 124
Grand Prix motorcycle racing By season Season Class Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd Moto3 KTM CIP Green Power 4 0 0 0 0 2 31st Moto3 KTM CIP Green Power 18 0 0 0 0 36 21st Moto3 CFMoto CFMoto Racing Prüstel GP 18 0 1 0 0 61 17th Moto3 KTM Boé Motorsports 20 0 0 1 0 138 9th Moto3 KTM LevelUp – MTA 21 0 4 2 1 193 6th Moto3 Honda Gryd Racing 15 0 0 0 0 67* 14th* Total 96 0 5 3 1 497
By class Class Seasons 1st GP 1st pod 1st win Race Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts WChmp Moto3 2021–present 2021 Germany 2023 Australia 96 0 5 3 1 497 0 Total 2021–present 96 0 5 3 1 497 0
Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Pos Pts Moto3 KTM QAT DOH POR SPA FRA ITA CAT GER NED STY AUT GBR ARA RSM AME EMI ALR VAL 31st 2 Moto3 KTM QAT INA ARG AME POR SPA FRA ITA CAT GER NED GBR AUT RSM ARA JPN THA AUS MAL VAL 21st 36 Moto3 CFMoto POR ARG AME SPA FRA ITA GER NED GBR AUT CAT RSM IND JPN INA AUS THA MAL QAT VAL 17th 61 Moto3 KTM QAT POR AME SPA FRA CAT ITA NED GER GBR AUT CAT RSM EMI INA JPN AUS THA MAL SLD 9th 138 Moto3 KTM THA ARG AME QAT SPA FRA GBR ARA ITA NED GER CZE AUT HUN CAT RSM JPN INA AUS MAL POR VAL 6th 193 Moto3 Honda THA BRA USA SPA FRA CAT ITA HUN CZE NED GER GBR ARA RSM AUT JPN INA AUS MAL QAT POR VAL 14th* 67* Season still in progress.
Australian Superbike Championship
Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 2022 BMW PHI PHI QUE QUE WAK WAK HID HID HID MOR MOR PHI PHI PHI BEN BEN 26th 21
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