Drivers
George Russell
Mercedes · #63 · British · 28 years old · Race engineer: Marcus Dudley
George Russell is 2nd in the 2026 Formula 1 drivers' championship on 211 points for Mercedes. This season: 2 wins, 7 podiums and 4 poles from 14 starts. Best finish 1st, best grid slot 1st, with 12 of 14 races classified. Trails teammate Kimi Antonelli by a median 0.252s in qualifying in the same car. Career: 4 wins, 26 podiums and 7 poles from 174 starts since 2019. Marcus Dudley is the voice on the radio as their race engineer.
2026 season
2nd
Championship
211 pts
2
Wins
7
Podiums
4
Poles
1st
Best finish
from 1st on the grid
Qualifying vs teammate
+0.252s slower than Kimi Antonelli, median across the season.
Median rather than average, so one wet session or a session-ending crash doesn’t swing it. Teammates share a car, which makes this the one lap-time comparison that belongs to the driver rather than the machinery.
Round by round
| Round | Grid | Finish | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Grand Prix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| Chinese Grand Prix | 2 | 2 | 0 | 26incl. 8 sprint |
| Japanese Grand Prix | 2 | 4 | −2 | 12 |
| Miami Grand Prix | 5 | 4 | +1 | 17incl. 5 sprint |
| Canadian Grand Prix | 1 | NC | — | 8incl. 8 sprint |
| Monaco Grand Prix | 6 | 12 | −6 | — |
| Grand Prix de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 | 2 | −1 | 18 |
| Austrian Grand Prix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| British Grand Prix | 4 | 2 | +2 | 23incl. 5 sprint |
| Belgian Grand Prix | 4 | NC | — | — |
| Hungarian Grand Prix | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| Dutch Grand Prix | 2 | 3 | −1 | 23incl. 8 sprint |
| italy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| spain | 6 | 5 | +1 | 10 |
| Season | — | 12/14 | −6 | 211 |
+/− is grid slot to chequered flag. Retirements and non-classifications have no finishing position, so they score no delta rather than counting as places lost. Points are the round total including the sprint, which is why the season figure matches the championship.
Career record
174
Starts
since 2019
4
Wins
26
Podiums
7
Poles
0
Titles
Totals through the end of 2025 plus this season's 14 rounds.
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Where these numbers come from
Season figures are counted from the official race classifications for every 2026 round. Grid slots come from each weekend’s qualifying result, joined to the race to give the places-gained column. See the full grid or the championship standings.