George Russell (racing driver)

George Russell

Nation:	United Kingdom
Formula 1 world championship
Status:	active
First start:	2019 Australian Grand Prix
Constructors
2019-2020 Williams
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-20. ( 2019 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 28 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-
Status: Belgian Grand Prix, August 30, 2020

George Russell (born February 15, 1998 in King's Lynn ) is a British automobile racing driver . In 2011 and 2012 he was European kart champion. In 2014 he won the BRDC F4 Championship . In 2017 he became champion in the GP3 series . In 2018 he won the FIA Formula 2 Championship . He has been driving for Williams in Formula 1 since 2019 .

Career

Russell began his motorsport career in karting in 2006 , where he remained active until 2013. He won a total of 13 championships in karting. In 2011 and 2012 he won the CIK-FIA European Championship in the KF3 class. He was the first driver to defend the title in this series. In 2013 he drove in both the European and World Championships. In the world championship he was 19th, in Europe twelfth.

2014 joined Russell in the single-seater racing and was a cockpit at Lanan Racing in the BRDC F4 Championship . He scored five wins in 24 races and was on the podium a total of eleven times. In the last race of the season he decided the title duel against his teammate Arjun Maini with a win. With 483 to 480 points he was finally ahead of Maini. In addition, Russell should start for the Prema Powerteam in the Alpine Formula Renault in 2014 . However, he switched to Koiranen GP before the start of the season within the series . With a second place as the best result, he finished the season in fourth place. His teammate Nyck de Vries won the championship. In addition, Russell made two guest starts each in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup for Koiranen GP and Tech 1 Racing . He crossed the finish line once in first place. For his achievements in 2014, Russell received the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award . In addition to a bonus of 100,000 pounds sterling he received a Formula 1 -Testfahrt with McLaren .

George Russell at Spa-Francorchamps in the European Formula 3 Championship 2015

In 2015 Russell moved to Carlin in the European Formula 3 Championship . Already at the first event in Silverstone he achieved his first victory. With five other podium finishes, he finished the season in sixth place overall. In 2016 Russell completed his second season in the European Formula 3 Championship for HitechGP . With two victories and a total of ten podium finishes, he improved to third place in the drivers' standings.

In 2017 Russell received a cockpit at the ART Grand Prix in the GP3 series . Russell won the main races in Spielberg , Silverstone , Spa-Francorchamps and Monza . With 220 to 141 points, he won the championship ahead of his teammate Jack Aitken . In addition, he was accepted into the support program of the Mercedes Formula 1 team . This engagement enabled him to work for Force India in free practice sessions at the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship .

George Russell at the first Formula 2 race in Spielberg in 2018

In 2018 Russell stayed at the ART Grand Prix and switched to the FIA Formula 2 Championship together with his team-mate Aitken . At the second race weekend in Baku , Russell braked himself in the main race and thus missed his first Formula 2 victory. He finished the race in twelfth place. In the sprint race the following day, he achieved his first Formula 2 victory from twelfth place on the grid. With further victories in the main races in Barcelona , Le Castellet and Spielberg, he succeeded in taking over the overall lead from Lando Norris at the end of the sixth of twelve race weekends in Spielberg . With two more victories in the sprint races in Monza and Sochi , Russell went into the final race weekend at the Yas Marina Circuit as the leader . There he secured the championship with a victory in the main race. He finally prevailed against Norris with 287 to 219 points. With seven wins, he was also the driver who won most of the races. His team-mate Aitken finished eleventh overall with 63 points. In addition, Russell continued to be supported by Mercedes and was a substitute driver for the team in the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship .

For the 2019 Formula 1 World Championship , Russell received a regular cockpit at Williams . His teammate became Robert Kubica . He chose 63 as his permanent starting number. On his debut in Australia , he reached 16th place. In Germany he achieved his best result so far in eleventh place. He benefited from a time penalty against the two Alfa Romeo drivers. Originally, he finished the race in 13th place. At the end of the season he finished 20th and last overall and was the only driver to remain without points.

In 2020 he will have a new teammate at Williams in Nicholas Latifi . After the seventh race, he is currently in 20th place in the driver standings.

statistics

Career stations

2006–2013: karting 2014: BRDC F4 Championship (Champion) 2014: Alpine Formula Renault (4th place)

2015 : European Formula 3 (6th place) 2016 : European Formula 3 (3rd place) 2017 : GP3 series (champions)

2018 : Formula 2 (champions) 2019 : Formula 1 (20th place) 2020 : Formula 1

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31	32	33	Points	rank
2015	Carlin	Volkswagen	SIL			HO1			PAU			MNZ			SPA			NOR			ZAN			SPI			POR			ONLY			HO2			203	6th
			8th	1	5	11	9	18th	8th	6th	8th	8th	6th	7th	6th	13	3	10	5	2	6th	5	6th	5	7th	9	10	5	4th	13	8th	10	7th	8th	DNF
2016	HitechGP	Mercedes	LEC			HUN			PAU			SPI			NOR			ZAN			SPA			ONLY			IMO			HOC						274	3.
			3	11	18th	DNF	4th	DNF	4th	1	3	4th	2	DNF	3	9	DNF	7th	9	5	5	1	3	3	DNF	7th	4th	3	2	7th	6th	DNF

Individual results in the GP3 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
2017	ART Grand Prix	ESP		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		ESP		UAE		220	1.
		4th	5	1	6th	1	4th	DNS	11	1	2	1	C.	2	4th	2	4th

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula 2 Championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	Points	rank
2018	ART Grand Prix	BRN		AZE		ESP		MON		FRA		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		287	1.
		5	19th	12	1	1	4th	DNF	DNF	1	17th	1	2	2	2	DNF	8th	3	7th	4th	1	4th	1	1	4th

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship

These statistics include all the driver's participations in the Formula 1 World Championship .

general overview

Status: Belgian Grand Prix, August 30, 2020

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
2019	ROKiT Williams Racing	Williams FW42	Mercedes 1.6 V6 Turbo	21st	-	-	-	-	-	0	20th
2020	Williams Racing	Williams FW43	Mercedes 1.6 V6 Turbo	7th	-	-	-	-	-	0	20th
total				28	-	-	-	-	-	0

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24
2019
	16	15th	16	15th	17th	15th	16	19th	18th	14th	11	16	15th	14th	DNF	DNF	16	16	17th	12	17th
2020
	DNF	16	18th	12	18th	17th	DNF

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : George Russell  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of George Russell
• Career Stats George Russell (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Multiple Karting champion George Russell joins F4 with Lanan ( Memento from December 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Peter Allen: George Russell wins BRDC F4 title decider to steal crown. paddockscout.com, October 26, 2014, accessed March 8, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Prema sign Russell, Bosak for Formula Renault Alps campaign. paddockscout.com, March 10, 2014, accessed March 8, 2015 . 
4. ^ Peter Allen: Russell and Tang set to move teams ahead of Alps opener. paddockscout.com, April 1, 2014, accessed March 8, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Scott Mitchell: George Russell wins 2014 McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award. autosport.com, December 7, 2014, accessed March 8, 2015 . 
6. ^ Peter Allen: Carlin confirm George Russell's European F3 move. paddockscout.com, January 9, 2015, accessed March 7, 2015 . 
7. ^ Peter Allen: George Russell signs with Hitech for 2016 European F3 season. paddockscout.com, December 11, 2015, accessed January 3, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Peter Allen: Russell confirmed as Mercedes junior and ART GP3 racer. paddockscout.com, January 19, 2017, accessed February 25, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Lawrence Barretto: Mercedes F1 team signs George Russell to its junior program. autosport.com, January 19, 2017, accessed February 25, 2017 . 
10. ^ British driver George Russell to debut for Force India in Brazilian Grand Prix practice. bbc.com, November 9, 2017, accessed November 26, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Roman Wittemeier: Mercedes youngster Russell starts for ART in Formula 2. Motorsport-Total.com, January 18, 2018, accessed on January 21, 2018 . 
12. ↑ Andre Wiegold: Formula 2 in Baku: Russell's first victory "a relief". Motorsport-Total.com, April 30, 2018, accessed November 26, 2018 . 
13. ↑ Rebecca Friese: Formula 2 in Spielberg: Markelow wins - Russell with overall leadership. Motorsport-Total.com, July 1, 2018, accessed November 26, 2018 . 
14. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: Mercedes Junior George Russell is Formula 2 Champion 2018. Motorsport-Total.com, November 24, 2018, accessed on November 26, 2018 . 
15. ↑ Fix! Pascal Wehrlein becomes the third Mercedes driver. sport.de, February 22, 2018, accessed November 26, 2018 . 
16. ↑ Christian Menath: Mercedes-Junior George Russell drives for Williams Formula 1 in 2019 Motorsport-Magazin.com, October 12, 2018, accessed on November 26, 2018 .