page_title: George Russell (racing driver)
section_title: GP3 Series
hierarchical_section_title: George Russell (racing driver) / Junior racing career / GP3 Series
caption_attribution_description: English: George Russell of team ART Grand Prix on 26 August 2017 at Spa-Francorchamps
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 signed with ART Grand Prix for the 2017 GP3 Series season. He had previously driven for the team at the post-season test at Yas Marina in November 2016.
  Russell made a solid start to the season at the Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, where he finished the weekend with 4th and 5th position finishes. The next race at the Red Bull Ring saw him take his maiden pole position and victory in the GP3 Series. Russell scored back to back pole positions at his 'home race' at Silverstone, before converting this into another victory in the first race of the weekend and taking 4th position in the second race, on his way to taking the championship lead.
  A dominant performance at Spa-Francorchamps soon followed which saw Russell build his championship lead advantage, after taking a victory and a 2nd position in the two races, alongside Pole Position and Fastest Lap in both races.
  The next round at Monza saw only one GP3 Series event take place after adverse weather conditions resulting into the Saturday Race being cancelled. Russell won a titanic tussle with his ART Grand Prix teammates Jack Aitken and Anthoine Hubert to seal his fourth victory of the season.
  Russell had taken four victories, three pole positions and five further podiums to put him in a position to seal the championship at Jerez, with a complete round of the championship still to run at Yas Marina. Russell won the 2017 GP3 Series title after taking 4th position in race two, giving him an unassailable lead in the championship standings.
caption: George Russell on 26 August 2017 at Spa-Francorchamps
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