FIELD	VALUE
TEAM	Mercedes
COUNTRY	United Kingdom
PODIUMS	31
CAREER POINTS	1244
GRANDS PRIX ENTERED	166
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS	0
POLE POSITIONS	12
HIGHEST RACE FINISH	1 (x7)
HIGHEST GRID POSITION	1 (x12)
DATE OF BIRTH	15/02/1998
PLACE OF BIRTH	King's Lynn, England

George Russell is a British racing driver who currently competes in Formula 1 for the Mercedes team. He was born on February 15, 1998 in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. Russell began his motorsport career at the age of seven in 2006 and has participated in various single-seater competitions since the 2014 season. He has competed in the GP3 Series and European Formula 3. In 2012, Russell became European champion in the CIK-FIA KF3 category.

Then, in 2014, he claimed the British Formula 4 title and earned a place in European Formula 3, where he competed in the 2015 and 2016 courses, taking three wins in total. In January 2017, Russell joined Mercedes' youngsters programme, giving him the opportunity to work in the simulator and take a two-day test with the Mercedes W08. During that year, he also competed in the GP3 Series, where he excelled and achieved victory with confidence.

In 2014 Russell competed in several single-seater championships. He participated in the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Championship with the Koiranen GP team, where he finished fourth in the championship despite missing a round due to illness. He also competed in the BRDC Formula 4 Championship with the Lanan Racing team, where he achieved five wins and became champion, becoming the youngest driver to win the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award.

In 2015, Russell moved up to the European Formula 3 class with the Carlin team. During the season, he took his first win at the championship opener at Silverstone, finishing sixth in the championship. In 2016 Russell joined the Hitech GP team in European Formula 3. He took two victories at Pau and Spa-Francorchamps, and took ten podium finishes in total, finishing third in the championship.

In 2017 Russell moved up to the GP3 Series and joined the ART Grand Prix team, winning the championship and beating future F1 rivals in his rookie season. In 2018, Russell participated in the Formula 2 Championship with ART Grand Prix. He excelled throughout the year and won the Formula 2 championship with a victory in the feature race in Abu Dhabi — one of the few drivers to win both the GP3 and Formula 2 championships in his rookie year.

2019

George Russell made his Formula 1 debut as a Williams driver in 2019. He participated in all the races of the season, extracting the maximum from a car with limited performance. Despite failing to score points in any race, his pace and consistency impressed the paddock and confirmed his reputation as one of the brightest talents in the sport.

2020

Russell continued at Williams in 2020. Midway through the season, he deputised for Lewis Hamilton at the Sakhir Grand Prix — coming agonisingly close to victory before a pit stop error and puncture denied him the win. He scored his first World Championship point with 9th in Bahrain, and finished 18th overall.

2021

In 2021, Russell remained with Williams and delivered one of the great performances of the season in qualifying at Spa-Francorchamps, putting his Williams on the front row. He also scored his first legitimate points with a 9th at the Hungarian Grand Prix, finishing 15th in the championship with 16 points.

2022

Russell left Williams and joined Mercedes alongside Lewis Hamilton in 2022. He was outstanding in his first season with the Silver Arrows, claiming his maiden victory at the São Paulo Grand Prix and adding multiple podiums. He finished fourth in the championship with 275 points — higher than his more experienced teammate — in one of the most impressive rookie Mercedes campaigns in years.

2023

In 2023, Russell continued with Mercedes as the team struggled with the difficult W14. Despite the car's limitations, he finished 8th in the championship with 175 points, consistently pushing the machinery to its limits and demonstrating his growing maturity as a front-running driver.

2024

In 2024, Russell stepped up as Mercedes significantly improved the W15. He scored 2 victories and 4 pole positions, finishing 6th in the championship with 245 points. His qualifying performances were among the sharpest on the grid, and he consistently converted pace into results even when the car wasn't at its strongest.

2025

Taking over as Mercedes' number one after Hamilton left for Ferrari was never going to be easy. Russell made it look almost routine. The W16 was a difficult car, sensitive to heat and inconsistent across different circuits, but he kept extracting results when the machinery allowed it. Canada was the highlight: a dominant win from pole, with rookie Antonelli following him home in third. By the end of the year he had 319 points, nine podiums, two wins, and a 25-5 qualifying record over his teammate. McLaren were simply too far ahead to challenge for the title. But Russell spent the whole season quietly building the argument that when Mercedes gets it right in 2026, he will be ready.

2026

The new W17 delivered exactly what Russell had been waiting for: a genuinely competitive package. He won in Australia and Austria, and added further podiums in Barcelona, Great Britain and the Netherlands, though retirements in Canada and Belgium kept the points column from being even more one-sided. He and rookie teammate Antonelli have pushed each other hard all year, trading the upper hand race to race. A podium at Monza and a fastest lap in Madrid kept the run going into the second half of the season. Through fourteen rounds Russell is second in the championship with 211 points, right in the title fight for the first time in his career.

YEAR	POS.	TEAM	CHASIS	ENGINE	TYRES	VIC.	POLE	V.R.	POINTS	GPS
2026	2	MERCEDES	W17	MERCEDES	PIRELLI	2	4	1	211	14
2025	4	MERCEDES	W16	MERCEDES	PIRELLI	2	2	3	319	22
2024	6	MERCEDES	W15	MERCEDES	PIRELLI	2	4	2	245	24
2023	8	MERCEDES	W14	MERCEDES	PIRELLI	0	0	1	175	22
2022	4	MERCEDES	W13	MERCEDES	PIRELLI	1	1	4	275	22
2021	15	WILLIAMS	FW43B	MERCEDES	PIRELLI	0	0	0	16	22
2020	18	WILLIAMS	FW43	MERCEDES	PIRELLI	0	0	1	3	16
2019	20	WILLIAMS	FW42	MERCEDES	PIRELLI	0	0	0	0	21

RACE	DATE	TEAM	ENGINE	POS	PTS
AUSTRALIA	08 MAR	MERCEDES	MERCEDES	1	25
CHINA	15 MAR	MERCEDES	MERCEDES	2	26
JAPAN	29 MAR	MERCEDES	MERCEDES	4	12
MIAMI	03 MAY	MERCEDES	MERCEDES	4	17
CANADA	24 MAY	MERCEDES	MERCEDES	DNF	8
MONACO	07 JUN	MERCEDES	MERCEDES	12	0
BARCELONA-CATALUNYA	14 JUN	MERCEDES	MERCEDES	2	18
AUSTRIA	28 JUN	MERCEDES	MERCEDES	1	25
GREAT BRITAIN	05 JUL	MERCEDES	MERCEDES	2	23
BELGIUM	19 JUL	MERCEDES	MERCEDES	DNF	0
HUNGARY	26 JUL	MERCEDES	MERCEDES	7	6
NETHERLANDS	23 AUG	MERCEDES	MERCEDES	3	23
ITALY	06 SEP	MERCEDES	MERCEDES	2	18
SPAIN	13 SEP	MERCEDES	MERCEDES	5	10