George Russell
George Russell was born in King's Lynn, England, United Kingdom on February 15th, 1998 and is the Race Car Driver. At the age of 26, George Russell biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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George Russell (born 15 February 1998) is a British racing driver who competes in the 2019 Formula One World Championship for the Williams team.
He was the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Champion for ART and the 2017 GP3 Series Champion.
Personal life
Russell was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, to father Steve and mother Alison, the youngest child of two siblings; a sister, Cara, and an older brother, Benjy. Russell took up karting at the age of 7, having spent a substantial portion of his time on karting tracks and his brother Benjy, who was also involved in competitive karting. Russell attended Wisbech Grammar School before heading to Milton Keynes at the age of 18 to be closer to his racing squads.
He is a fan of Wolverham Wanderers Football Club, like his father.
Junior racing career
Russell began karting in 2006 and progressed to the cadet class by 2009, becoming the MSA British champion and British Open champion. He took the Rotax Mini Max title in 2010, became the first British champion, Formula Kart Stars British champion, and also won the Kartmasters British Grand Prix. Russell joined the KF3 class in 2011 after winning the SKUSA Supernationals title and winning the CIK-FIA European Championship, a title he defended in 2012. Russell finished 19th in the KF1 World Championships in his last year of karting in 2013.
Russell made his single-seater debut in the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship in 2014. He began racing for Prema Powerteam before making a last-minute change to Koiranen GP. Despite missing a round due to sickness, he finished fourth in the championship, and just tied for fourth in the Red Bull Ring, finishing in a single podium finish.
Russell also appeared in two rounds of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship. He appeared in the Moscow round with Koiranen GP before going to Tech 1 Racing in the final round of the season at Jerez. He won the final race of the season after starting from pole position.
Russell also competed in the BRDC Formula 4 Championship in 2014 with defending champions Lanan Racing. He entered the final race of the season at Snetterton, alongside teammate Arjun Maini and the HHC Motorsport pairing of Sennan Fielding and Raoul Hyman. Russell rose from pole position to clinch the championship by just three points from Maini, his fifth of the season.
Russell tested a GP3 car with Arden Motorsport at Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina Circuit as a reward for winning the BRDC Formula 4 championship. Russell was the youngest-ever winner of the prestigious McLaren Autosport BRDC Award in December 2014, defeating Alexander Albon, Ben Barnicoat, Sennan Fielding, Seb Morris, and Harrison Scott to win a £100,000 cash award, British Racing Drivers' Club membership, and a Formula One test with McLaren.
Russell was announced in February 2015 as one of the twelve drivers selected to join the British Racing Drivers' Club SuperStars program, the youngest-ever recruit to the scheme.
Russell joined Formula Three in 2015 and competed in the FIA European Formula 3 Championship with Carlin. In the second race of the weekend, he won his first race victory of the season at Silverstone, beating fellow debutant Charles Leclerc and Antonio Giovinazzi. He earned a second podium finish at Spa-Francorchamps and the Norisring in the championship. In the rookie championship standings, he came in second place to Leclerc.
Russell took part in the Masters of Formula 3 non-championship competition held in Zandvoort in September 2015. He came in second in the main race after finishing fourth in the qualification run, behind teammate Antonio Giovinazzi. Russell was also registered to race in the Macau Grand Prix with Carlin, but it was later replaced by Japanese Euroformula Open Championship driver Yu Kanamaru shortly before the game.
Russell migrated to Hitech GP for the 2016 season, winning two races and finishing third in the standings.
Russell has been invited to ART Grand Prix in 2017 for the 2017 GP3 Series season. At the post-season test at Yas Marina in November 2016, he had previously worked for the team.
Russell got off to a good start this season at the Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, where he placed 4th and 5th place finishes over the weekend. He earned his first pole position and victory in the GP3 Series in the upcoming race at the Red Bull Ring. Russell won the first race of the weekend and took fourth position in the second race on his way to the championship lead.
Russell built his championship lead after winning and placing second in both races, alongside Pole Position and Fastest Lap.
After bad weather caused the Saturday Race to be postponed, only one GP3 Series event took place in Monza. Russell won his fourth game of the season with his ART Grand Prix colleagues Jack Aitken and Anthoine Hubert.
Russell had won four victories, three pole positions, and five more podiums to put him in a prime position to win the championship at Jerez, with a complete round of the tournament still to be held at Yas Marina. Russell gained the 2017 GP3 Series title after finishing fourth in race two, giving him an undeserved advantage in the championship standings.
Russell was named as a pilot for the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship in January 2018, which would see the latest Dallara F2 2018 make its debut in the growing 12-race series. He was also named as the Mercedes reserve driver, sharing his duties with Pascal Wehrlein the following month.
Russell finished in 2nd place on his debut at Bahrain in the first round of the championship, placing fifth in the first round. Russell dominated the majority of the feature race in Baku for the second round of the championship until a late safety car caused controversy at the restart, losing him his maiden victory in the series. Russell led the fastest lap on his way to victory from 12th on the grid, despite coming from the back in the sprint race.
Russell won his second game of the season after losing in a duel with Nyck de Vries for his second feature race victory of the season. He finished fourth in the sprint race, ranking him 2nd in the championship standings. Russell suffered with an engine failure in free training in Monte-Carlo, which severely restricted his running. Russell was on the back foot, qualifying in 16th place, and he had to complete two races outside of the points. Russell came back to Le Castellet in France, winning his first pole position in Formula 2. He led a light-to-flag battle and gained his third victory of the season and the championship.
After a season-long fight with fellow Brit Lando Norris, he would go on to win the title with a victory in the Abu Dhabi feature race. He was the fifth rookie champion of the GP2/F2 series (previously won by Nico Rosberg, Lewis Hamilton, Nico Hülkenberg, and Charles Leclerc), and the fourth driver after Hamilton, Hülkenberg, and Leclerc) to win the GP3/F2 and GP2/F2 championships in successive seasons.