About George Russell (racing driver)
George William Russell (; born 15 February 1998) is a British racing driver who competes in Formula One for Mercedes. Russell has won seven Formula One Grands Prix across eight seasons. Born and raised in King's Lynn, Russell began competitive kart racing aged seven. After a successful karting career—culminating in back-to-back victories at the junior 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 and the second driver to win both titles 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 victory 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, followed by the Canadian and Singapore Grands Prix in 2025; in 2024, he also became the first driver in 30 years to be disqualified from a race win. Amidst a new regulation cycle introduced for 2026, Mercedes emerged as the fastest team, with Russell winning the Australian and Austrian Grands Prix. As of the 2026 Hungarian Grand Prix, Russell has achieved 7 race wins, 11 pole positions, 11 fastest laps, and 29 podiums in Formula One. Russell is contracted to remain at Mercedes until at least the end of the 2026 season. Russell has won six Formula One Grands Prix across eight seasons. Russell is the youngest of three siblings, including sister Cara and brother Benjy. Russell took up karting at the age of seven, following his brother Benjy, a competitive karter who won the 2007 Super 1 National Kart Championship in the Rotax Max category.
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