page_title: George Russell (racing driver)
section_title: FIA Formula 3 European Championship
hierarchical_section_title: George Russell (racing driver) / Junior racing career / FIA Formula 3 European Championship
caption_attribution_description: English: George Russell at Spa in 2015, European Formula 3 Championship Deutsch: George Russell in Spa 2015, Europäische Formel 3 Meisterschaft
context_page_description: George William Russell is a British racing driver currently competing in Formula One, under the British flag, for Williams. He was the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Champion for ART and the 2017 GP3 Series Champion.
context_section_description: Russell graduated to Formula Three in 2015, racing in the FIA European Formula 3 Championship with Carlin. He took his first race victory in the opening round of the season at Silverstone, finishing ahead of fellow debutant Charles Leclerc and Antonio Giovinazzi in the second race of the weekend. He took a further two podium places at Spa-Francorchamps and the Norisring to finish sixth in the championship. He also finished as runner-up to Leclerc in the rookie championship standings.
  In September 2015, Russell took part in the Masters of Formula 3 non-championship event held at Zandvoort. After finishing fourth in the qualification race, he went on to finish second behind teammate Antonio Giovinazzi in the main race. Russell was also scheduled to compete in the Macau Grand Prix with Carlin, but was replaced by Japanese Euroformula Open Championship driver Yu Kanamaru shortly before the event.
  Russell switched to Hitech GP for the 2016 season, scored two victories and finished third in the standings.
caption: Russell competing at Spa during the 2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship
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