The 2017 GP3 Series Champion, George Russell, is currently competing in the 2019 Formula One World Championship for the Williams team. The British racing driver is the reigning FIA Formula 2 Champion for ART.
King's Lynn, Norfolk native George Russell was born on February 15, 1998. He holds a British nationality and is of white ethnicity. The handsome hunk is currently in a relationship with his long-time girlfriend, Carmen Montero Mundt.
The Williams Formula 1 Team driver has an estimated net worth of $5 million as of 2022. Russell, with a yearly salary of $170,000, was ranked #19 in 2019 Formula 1 Top Earner, while Lewis Hamilton is on the top with a $57,000,000 paycheck per annum and Sebastian Vettel in 2nd position with an annual salary of $45,000,000. George receives an annual salary of $5 Million for the 2022 season.
Not only as a racer, but he also earns much from endorsements and sponsorships. His deals are with Mercedes, AMG, BRDC, Bell Helmets, Alpinestars, and Puma.
Besides, he owns a few lists of the world's expensive cars, including Mercedes-AMG C 63 starting from $67,000 and Land Rover.
The 23-year-old British racing driver is currently in a relationship with his girlfriend, Carmen Montero Mundt. They have been together for more than two years. The dup first posted a photo of them together in late 2019. None of them have shared about their first meeting experience.
George and Carmen are very supportive of each other. Carmen keeps attending functions and George's races regularly. They are yet to get married.
Geroge was in a romantic relationship with Seychelle de Vries for some time in 2018. They met while racing in the Formula 2 championship and have been dating for around two years. Seychelle was initially snapped with Russell after winning the 2017 GP3 Series title, captioning: "My champion".
The pair celebrated 2018 Christmas together, and Seychelle shared the picture on her Instagram, captioning the photo: "My Christmas present came early Merry Christmas everyone #mysanta."
Seychelle de Vries has set her Instagram account private, whereas Russell has not shared a single picture with her. Some sources recently claimed that the couple might have broken up as George unfollowed Vries on Instagram and even unliked all the photos.
Russell was born to Alison Russell and Steve Russell. Further, he has a brother named Benjy Russell.
He often shares pictures with his family on his Instagram account, with 349k followers.
Russell entered Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport as a junior driver on January 19, 2017. Further, he participated in both days of the Budapest Test on the 1–2 August, which caught the Formula One World Championship and support series races at the same circuit before the weekend.
On November 7, 2017, Russell made his Formula One practice debut at the 2017 Brazilian Grand Prix, driving in the first practice session representing Force India. Subsequently, he drove for them in a first practice session for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that same year.
Behind the racing duties:
Similarly, on May 1, 2018, the racer was named one of the Pirelli Tyre Test Drivers for Force India at the post-Spanish Grand Prix test.
At the start of 2019, Russell joined the Williams Formula 1 Team, partnering with Robert Kubica.
At 13, Russell started karting and progressed to the cadet class by his 16, becoming MSA British champion and British Open champion. In the Rotax Mini Max category, he won Super One British champion and Formula Kart Stars British champion In 2010. Further, he also won the Kartmasters British Grand Prix that same year.
The following year, Russell graduated to the KF3 class, winning the SKUSA Supernationals title. Also, he became the 2011 CIK-FIA European Champion, a title he successfully defended in 2012.
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