George Russell is nine points behind Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli in the drivers' championship after three races of the 2026 season
George Russell has had to wait four years longer than he expected for this, and now his first shot at the Formula 1 world title has finally come, he says the way he feels about it is unexpected.
As fate would have it, the location for our interview has brought Russell full circle. On a glorious spring evening at Silverstone on Wednesday, the Mercedes driver is officially opening the British Grand Prix track's new karting centre.
Karting is where Russell first started out in motorsport more than 20 years ago. The place he is in now is where he always dreamed he would be when he took those first steps.
He just thought it would happen a bit sooner.
