George Russell
George Russell
B Skill 313th
Elo

26.534

Number of Races

21

Number of Wins

0

Number of Podiums

0

Peak Elo

26.957

Time Spent Driving

3h18m25.956s


George Russell (born 15 February 1998) is a British racing driver currently competing in Formula One for the Williams team. He was the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Champion for ART and the 2017 GP3 Series Champion.

Early life

Russell was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, and educated at Wisbech Grammar School, a fee-paying independent day school in the market town of Wisbech in Cambridgeshire.

Junior racing career

Karting

Russell began karting in 2006 and progressed through to the cadet class by 2009, becoming MSA British champion and British Open champion. In 2010 he moved to the Rotax Mini Max category where he became Super One British champion, Formula Kart Stars British champion and also won the Kartmasters British Grand Prix. Russell graduated to the KF3 class in 2011, winning the SKUSA Supernationals title and becoming CIK-FIA European Champion, a title he successfully defended in 2012. In his final year of karting in 2013, Russell finished 19th in the KF1 CIK-FIA World Championship. Formula Renault 2.0

In 2014, Russell made his single-seater debut, racing in the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship. He originally signed to race for Prema Powerteam, before making a last-minute switch to Koiranen GP. Despite missing a round through illness, he finished fourth in the championship, taking a single podium finish at the Red Bull Ring.Russell also contested two rounds of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship. He took part in the Moscow round with Koiranen GP before switching to Tech 1 Racing for the final round of the season at Jerez.
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Recent Events

f1-2019 Race at Hockenheimring
28 Jul 19 13:10 UTC
  • Position: 11th of 20
  • Points: 0
  • Skill Change: 0.129
  • Car: Williams-2019
  • Best Lap: 1m17.485s
  • Race Time: 1h44m57.679s
f1-2019 Race at Silverstone Circuit
14 Jul 19 13:10 UTC
  • Position: 14th of 20
  • Points: 0
  • Skill Change: 0.051
  • Car: Williams-2019
  • Best Lap: 1m31.013s
  • Race Time: 0s
f1-2019 Race at Red Bull Ring
30 Jun 19 13:10 UTC
  • Position: 18th of 20
  • Points: 0
  • Skill Change: -0.098
  • Car: Williams-2019
  • Best Lap: 1m9.926s
  • Race Time: 0s
f1-2019 Race at Circuit Paul Ricard
23 Jun 19 13:10 UTC
  • Position: 19th of 20
  • Points: 0
  • Skill Change: -0.168
  • Car: Williams-2019
  • Best Lap: 1m35.83s
  • Race Time: 0s
f1-2019 Race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
09 Jun 19 18:10 UTC
  • Position: 16th of 20
  • Points: 0
  • Skill Change: -0.026
  • Car: Williams-2019
  • Best Lap: 1m17.241s
  • Race Time: 0s