George Russell’s second season at Mercedes was both win-less and pole-less; though he made two podium visits. Here’s Russell’s 2023 Formula 1 season in statistics!
GEORGE RUSSELL 2023 GRAND PRIX STATISTICS
CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION
8th
TOTAL POINTS
175
BEST GRAND PRIX RESULT
3rd
Spain, Abu Dhabi
WINS
0
PODIUMS
2
TOP 5 FINISHES
8
POINTS SCORING RACES
17
POINT-LESS FINISHES
1
% OF TEAM POINTS SCORED
42.79%
NUMBER OF STARTS
22
NUMBER OF FINISHES
18
NUMBER OF NON-FINISHES
4
LAPS COMPLETE
1,252
6th / 22 drivers
% OF LAPS COMPLETE
94.49%
6th / 22 drivers
DISTANCE COVERED
6,344km
8th / 22 drivers
LAPS LED
6
7th / 22 drivers
LAPS IN TOP 3
191
8th / 22 drivers
LAPS IN TOP 5
553
7th / 22 drivers
LAPS IN TOP 10
1,119
5th / 22 drivers
GEORGE RUSSELL 2023 QUALIFYING STATISTICS
BEST 2023 QUALIFYING RESULT
2nd
Australia, Singapore, Qatar
WORST 2023 QUALIFYING RESULT
18th
2023 Hungarian Grand Prix
AVERAGE QUALIFYING POSITION
6.50
5th / 22 drivers
BEST 2023 GRID POSITION
2nd
Australia, Singapore, Qatar
WORST 2023 GRID POSITION
18th
2023 Hungarian Grand Prix
AVERAGE GRID POSITION
6.45
5th / 22 drivers
Q1 EXITS
1
Q2 EXITS
3
Q3 APPS
18
OUT-QUALIFIED TEAM-MATE
11
BEAT TEAM-MATE IN QUALIFYING SECTORS
31
OUT-QUALIFIED BY TEAM-MATE
11
BEATEN BY TEAM-MATE IN QUALIFYING SECTORS
35
AVERAGE GAP TO TEAM-MATE PER QUALIFYING SECTOR
+0.048s
Note: for qualifying sector battles, outlier results from wet qualifying sessions have been removed for a more fair comparison.
GEORGE RUSSELL 2023 F1 SEASON SUMMARY
The table below shows qualifying and race results at each round of the Formula 1 season. Scroll down for results in Sprint events.
| Qualifying battle | Quali | Grid | Race | Pos change | |
| BAHRAIN | WON | 6 | 6 | 7 | -1 |
| SAUDI ARABIA | WON | 4 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
| AUSTRALIA | WON | 2 | 2 | DNF | – |
| AZERBAIJAN | LOST | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| MIAMI | WON | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| MONACO | LOST | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| SPAIN | LOST | 12 | 12 | 3 | 9 |
| CANADA | LOST | 5 | 4 | DNF | – |
| AUSTRIA | LOST | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| BRITAIN | WON | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| HUNGARY | LOST | 18 | 18 | 6 | 12 |
| BELGIUM | LOST | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| NETHERLANDS | WON | 3 | 3 | 17 | -14 |
| ITALY | WON | 4 | 4 | 6 | -2 |
| SINGAPORE | WON | 2 | 2 | DNF | – |
| JAPAN | LOST | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| QATAR | WON | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
| UNITED STATES | LOST | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| MEXICO CITY | LOST | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| SAO PAULO | LOST | 6 | 8 | DNF | – |
| LAS VEGAS | WON | 4 | 3 | 8 | -5 |
| ABU DHABI | WON | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
GEORGE RUSSELL 2023 SPRINT RACE SUMMARY
The table below shows Sprint Shootout and Sprint results from the six races in the 2023 season at which Sprint events were held during the 2023 season.
| Quali | Grid | Race | Pos change | |
| AZERBAIJAN | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| AUSTRIA | 15 | 15 | 8 | 7 |
| BELGIUM | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| QATAR | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| UNITED STATES | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| SAO PAULO | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
RACE BY RACE: GEORGE RUSSELL‘S 2023 F1 SEASON IN STATISTICS
2023 BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX
George Russell’s seventh place finish in the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix marked the fourth time in the last five races at Bahrain International Circuit in which the driver starting sixth has finished in seventh place.
2023 SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX
George Russell qualified and finished in fourth place, marking his best qualifying and race result to date at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Russell is one of only three drivers to out-qualify their team-mate on all three appearances at Jeddah Corniche Circuit.
2023 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX
George Russell stopped on the pit straight with a power unit failure, becoming the third retirement of the 2023 Australian Grand Prix. Russell’s DNF marked Mercedes’ failure to finish in Melbourne since Lewis Hamilton retired from the 2014 Australian Grand Prix. This was Russell’s first retirement since the 2022 British Grand Prix.
2023 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX
George Russell failed to reach Q3 for the first time since the 2022 Singapore Grand Prix. He was out-qualified by his team-mate for the first time in 2023, missing out on Q3 by just 0.004 seconds. Russell’s Q2 exit marked the first time that a Mercedes driver failed to reach Q3 in Azerbaijan.
George Russell recorded the fastest lap of the 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix on the 51st and final lap. It was the 200th fastest lap for a Mercedes-powered car in Formula 1. Mercedes are the second engine manufacturer to reach the milestone. Ferrari did so at the 2007 European Grand Prix.
2023 MIAMI GRAND PRIX
George Russell equalled Mercedes’ best Miami Grand Prix qualifying position with sixth place. Having started sixth and finished fourth, Russell made the 2023 Miami Grand Prix the third consecutive race in which the driver starting sixth has finished fourth. Russell equalled his best result of the season to date, having also finished fourth in the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
2023 MONACO GRAND PRIX
Qualifying in eighth for the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix, George Russell was out-qualified by a team-mate at the Monaco Grand Prix for the first time. For the second consecutive season, Russell finished fifth at the Monaco Grand Prix.
2023 SPANISH GRAND PRIX
George Russell was eliminated in Q2 at the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix, qualifying in 12th place – his worst qualifying result of the season to date. It made him the first Mercedes driver to fail to reach Q3 at the Spanish Grand Prix since the manufacturer returned to the sport as a works team in 2010.
Despite starting only 12th, Russell finished third in the Spanish Grand Prix for the second consecutive year. Having started 12th, Russell became the first driver to finish on the podium at the Spanish Grand Prix having started 10th or further back since Juan Pablo Montoya in 2001. Russell equals the record for the furthest back position from which a podium has been recorded at Catalunya. Montoya also started 12th in 2001, as did Olivier Panis in 1997.
This was Russell’s first podium finish since his victory at the 2022 Sao Paulo Grand Prix. It was his tenth visit to the podium, making him the 79th driver to record ten or more top three finishes in Formula 1.
2023 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX
With fifth place, George Russell recorded his best Canadian Grand Prix qualifying result to date. However, after hitting the wall in the race, Russell became the second retirement from the 2023 Canadian Grand Prix. This was Russell’s second retirement of the 2023 season, after the Australian Grand Prix. He became the first Mercedes driver to retire in Montreal since Lewis Hamilton retired with mechanical issues back in 2014. Russell recorded the first retirement for a driver starting fourth on the grid at the Canadian Grand Prix since Fernando Alonso in 2008.
2023 AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX
Qualifying 11th for the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix, George Russell became the first Mercedes driver to fail to reach Q3 at the Red Bull Ring.
2023 BRITISH GRAND PRIX
George Russell out-qualified Lewis Hamilton for the first time since the 2023 Miami Grand Prix. Sixth is Russell’s best British Grand Prix qualifying result to date. Finishing fifth in the 2023 British Grand Prix, Russell picked up points at his home race for the first time in his Formula 1 career.
2023 HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX
For the first time as a Mercedes driver, George Russell recorded a Q1 elimination at the 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix. This was the first time Russell qualified as low as 18th since the 2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Russell became the first Mercedes driver to record a Q1 exit since Lewis Hamilton at the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and the first to be eliminated in Q1 at the Hungarian Grand Prix since Lewis Hamilton in 2014. This was Russell’s first Q1 elimination since his last race at Williams, the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Russell gained 12 positions on his drive from 18th on the grid to sixth at the finish line. It’s the most positions he has ever gained in a Formula 1 race. Russell recorded the best ever result for a driver starting 18th at the Hungarian Grand Prix. It’s the third consecutive season in which the driver starting 18th has scored points in Hungary.
2023 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX
After qualifying eighth for the second year in a row, George Russell finished sixth at the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix; his worst Spa result since retiring in 2020.
2023 DUTCH GRAND PRIX
George Russell qualified in the top three at the Dutch Grand Prix for the first time but finished only 17th. It was the second time in his three appearances at Zandvoort that he has failed to score any points.
2023 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
George Russell was fourth fastest in Q3 at the 2023 Italian Grand Prix, recording his best Italian Grand Prix qualifying result to date. His previous best was sixth, recorded last year. He went on to finish the race sixth. With Lewis Hamilton fifth and Russell sixth, 2023 is only the second time since 2014 that neither Mercedes driver has finished on the Italian Grand Prix podium. It last happened in 2020.
2023 SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX
George Russell set the second fastest time in qualifying for the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix, recording his first front row qualification since the Australian Grand Prix. This was Russell’s first Q3 appearance at the Singapore Grand Prix.
Crashing out on the final lap of the race, Russell recorded his third retirement of the season – his first since the Canadian Grand Prix. Russell remains yet to score a point at the Singapore Grand Prix in his career. His 14th place in 2022 is the only time he has reached the chequered flag at Marina Bay Circuit so far.
2023 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX
George Russell qualified eighth at the Japanese Grand Prix for the second year in succession. He gained one position to finish seventh – his best result to date at Suzuka.
2023 QATAR GRAND PRIX
For the second time in the last three races, George Russell qualified on the front row of the grid for the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix. He equalled his best qualifying result of the 2023 season, having also qualified second in Australia and Singapore.
2023 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX
Along with fellow Brit Lando Norris, George Russell made his 100th Grand Prix start at the 2023 United States Grand Prix. In the race, Russell recorded a top five result in a Grand Prix for the first time since the British Grand Prix in early July.
2023 MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX
For the first time, George Russell was out-qualified by his team-mate at the Mexico City Grand Prix. In the race, he maintained his 100% finishing rate at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, scoring points at the track for a second consecutive season.
2023 SAO PAULO GRAND PRIX
George Russell, the 2022 Sao Paulo Grand Prix winner, failed to finish at Interlagos in 2023. Russell recorded his fourth DNF of the 2023 season. Russell became only the second Mercedes driver, after Valtteri Bottas in 2019, to fail to finish at the track.
2023 LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX
George Russell progressed to Q3 for the tenth consecutive race, qualifying in the top four for the first time since the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix.
2023 ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX
George Russell qualified fourth for the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, recording his best qualifying result to date at the circuit. On Sunday, Russell recorded his second podium result of the year – his first since finishing third at the Spanish Grand Prix. Russell has gained one position in all four races which he has finished to date at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Russell recorded the first podium finish from fourth on the grid at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix since 2014.
