George William Russell (; born 15 February 1998) is a British racing driver, currently competing in Formula One for Mercedes. Russell has won three Formula One Grands Prix across six seasons.

Born and raised in King's Lynn, Norfolk, Russell began competitive kart racing aged seven. After a successful karting career—culminating in back-to-back victories at the junior direct-drive Karting European Championship in 2011 and 2012—Russell graduated to junior formulae. He won his first title at the 2014 BRDC F4 Championship. He then won the 2017 GP3 Series and the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship back-to-back with ART, becoming the fifth driver to win the GP2/Formula 2 championship in their rookie season, as well as one of only three drivers to win both championships in their respective rookie seasons.

A member of the Mercedes Junior Team since 2017, Russell signed for Williams in 2019 to partner Robert Kubica, making his Formula One debut at the Australian Grand Prix. He substituted for Lewis Hamilton at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix for Mercedes, but was denied his maiden win due to a team error and a puncture after leading the majority of the race. Russell scored his maiden podium at the curtailed 2021 Belgian Grand Prix with Williams. In 2022, Russell replaced Valtteri Bottas at Mercedes to partner Hamilton; in his first season, Russell achieved his maiden pole position in Hungary and his maiden win in São Paulo, finishing fourth in the World Drivers' Championship. After a winless season for Mercedes in 2023, Russell won the Austrian and Las Vegas Grands Prix in 2024, and became the first driver in 30 years to have been disqualified from a race win at the Belgian Grand Prix.

As of the 2024 Qatar Grand Prix, Russell has achieved three race wins, five pole positions, eight fastest laps and 15 podiums in Formula One. Russell is set to remain at Mercedes until at least the end of the 2025 season.

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Teams

YearTeam
2019Williams
2020Williams
2020Mercedes
2021Williams
2022Mercedes
2023Mercedes
2024Mercedes

Stats

 WilliamsAll Teams
Starts59127
Wins03
Points16654


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