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George Russell

2019–present
163
Starts
7
Wins
29
Podiums
11
Poles
0
Titles
1193
Points

Season by season

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Season Team ENT R Win Pod Pole Pts WDC
2019 Williams 21 21 0 0 0 0 P20
2020 Williams + Mercedes 17 17 0 0 0 3 P18
2021 Williams 22 22 0 1 0 16 P15
2022 Mercedes 22 22 1 8 1 275 P4
2023 Mercedes 22 22 0 2 0 175 P8
2024 Mercedes 24 24 2 4 4 245 P6
2025 Mercedes 24 24 2 9 2 319 P4
2026 Mercedes 11 11 2 5 4 160 P3

Race engineer

Marcus Dudley Mercedes · since 2023 Took over after Russell's first season at the team.

Teammates, head to head

most races first
Teammate Qualifying Race Points
Lewis Hamilton '22–'24 · 55r compared , 13 excl. → Full breakdown 39–29 28–27 645 657
Kimi Antonelli '25–'26 · 28r compared , 7 excl. → Full breakdown 25–10 20–8 423 333
Nicholas Latifi '20–'21 · 23r compared , 15 excl. → Full breakdown 36–2 20–3 16 7
Robert Kubica '19 · 18r compared , 3 excl. → Full breakdown 19–0 16–2 0 1
Valtteri Bottas '20 · 1r compared → Full breakdown 0–1 0–1 3 4

Compare with any driver

career records side by side · any era

Teammate Head-to-Head (above) covers same-car seasons only. Compare reaches across any era — pick any driver.

Road to Formula 1

Karting

Multiple British karting titles; CIK-FIA KF3 European Champion in 2011 and 2012 — the first driver to defend the Junior European title.

Junior single-seaters

2014 BRDC Formula 4 champion with Lanan (rookie), alongside a Formula Renault 2.0 Alps campaign; 2015–16 FIA F3 European Championship (3rd in 2016 with Hitech); 2017 GP3 champion with ART (rookie); 2018 FIA F2 champion with ART (rookie), beating Lando Norris by 86 points.

Academy

Mercedes Junior Team from January 2017; Mercedes and Force India F1 reserve and FP1 outings.

Highlights

2014 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award; won GP3 and F2 in consecutive rookie seasons.

F1 debut

2019 with Williams, partnering Robert Kubica.

2014
BRDC Formula 4
Lanan · Champion
2016
FIA F3 European Championship
Hitech · 3rd
2017
GP3 Series
ART · Champion
2018
FIA F2
ART · Champion
2019
Formula 1 Debut
Williams

Reliability & consistency

era-dependent · see explanation
10.4% DNF rate 17 in 163 starts
57.7% points-finish rate 94 in 163 starts
P1 best finish
P1 best grid
DNF rate & points-finish rate

DNF rate — "how often did they not finish?"

The share of race starts that ended without a classified finish. Formula: races not finished ÷ race starts × 100. Races the driver did not start are excluded from both sides. A disqualification counts as a finish that scored nothing, not a DNF. Why it sits apart from the era-fair rates: unlike a win or a podium, finishing meant something very different in different eras. Cars in the 1950s–70s broke constantly; modern cars almost always reach the flag. A high DNF rate in 1955 says far more about the machinery than the driver. Comparing two drivers within the same season is meaningful — they faced the same conditions. Across eras it's context, not a verdict.

Points-finish rate — "how often did they score?"

The share of race starts that ended in a points-paying position. Formula: races finished in a scoring position ÷ race starts × 100, using that season's real points system. Why it's era-dependent: the number of positions that pay points has changed repeatedly — the top five scored in 1950, the top ten score today. A modern driver has roughly twice as many scoring positions available for the same relative performance, so a higher percentage doesn't necessarily mean a better driver. Like DNF rate, it's shown as context.

2026 Salary

estimated — not officially disclosed
Est. annual $34M – $45M
Contract through 2026 or 2027
Base / bonus $34M base / Up to $11M bonus

Source: PaddockIntel / The Race (Apr–Jun 2026). Exact end year is disputed.