David Russell (born 4 January 1982) is an Australian racing driver. Russell has competed in the Supercars Championship intermittently since 2003. As of 2024, he signed with PremiAir Nulon Racing to co-drive with Jimmy Golding, after a successful stint with Erebus Motorsport.[1]
| David Russell | |
|---|---|
 David Russell in April 2017 | |
| Nationality |  Australian |
| Born | 4 January 1982 Casino, New South Wales |
| Supercars Championship career | |
| Car number | 31 |
| Current team | PremiAir Racing (Endurance race co-driver) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Races | 29 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 4 |
| Pole positions | 1 |
| 2018 position | 41st (294 pts) |
Racing career
editRussell started his circuit racing career in Production Car racing, driving a Suzuki Swift in the 2000 Australian GT Production Car Championship. In 2001 he transitioned to a Proton Satria in the same entry level class of the same series. He finished runner-up in class behind the Holden Astra of Luke Youlden. Russell stayed racing Protons through to the 2004 season when he finished third in the 2004 Australian Production Car Championship. Russell then spent three years in Carrera Cup with Sherrin Motor Sport, culminating with third place in the 2008 series behind Craig Baird and Dean Fiore, which also then led to various endurance race drives in Europe and Asia with Juniper Racing and Lago Racing.
Supercars Championship
editRussell raced the 2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series racing a Ford Falcon (AU) with the Chance of a Lifetime team and made a single appearance at the Bathurst 1000 with Fernandez Motorsport. Russell returned to V8 Supercar racing after winning the 2008 Queensland 500 in a Sheerin Motorsport entered Ford Falcon (AU). Russell then moved into V8 Supercar full-time in 2009 with Howard Racing and finished third behind Jonathon Webb and James Moffat. 2010 was a disappointment, after moving to the team Webb won the championship with, Russell finished fifth. Staying with MW Motorsport in 2011, Russell again finished third, this time behind Andrew Thompson and Jack Perkins. Endurance drives with major teams also took place, Dick Johnson Racing in 2010 and Kelly Racing in 2011 which led to a Russell taking leadership role in Kelly Racing's 2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series team, Dreamtime Racing.
Career results
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Bathurst 1000 results
edit| Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Fernández Racing | Ford Falcon AU | José Fernández
|
DNF | 113 |
| 2010 | Tekno Autosports | Ford Falcon FG | Jonathon Webb
|
19th | 161 |
| 2011 | Kelly Racing | Holden Commodore VE | Todd Kelly
|
24th | 154 |
| 2012 | Kelly Racing | Holden Commodore VE | Rick Kelly
|
15th | 161 |
| 2013 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | Todd Kelly
|
DNF | 20 |
| 2014 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | Rick Kelly
|
8th | 161 |
| 2015 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | Rick Kelly
|
16th | 161 |
| 2016 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | Dale Wood
|
9th | 161 |
| 2017 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 |  Simona de Silvestro
|
DNF | 152 |
| 2018 | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | Cameron Waters
|
23rd | 148 |
| 2020 | Matt Stone Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | Garry Jacobson
|
DNF | 62 |
| 2021 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | Brodie Kostecki
|
3rd | 161 |
| 2022 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | Brodie Kostecki
|
4th | 161 |
| 2023 | Erebus Motorsport | Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 | Brodie Kostecki
|
2nd | 161 |
| 2024 | PremiAir Racing | Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 | James Golding
|
6th | 161 |
Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results
edit| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Overall position |
Class position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Australian Motor Finance
|
Shaun Juniper Andrew Moffat
|
BMW 130i | C | 247 | 6th | 1st |
| 2011 | Lago Racing
|
Roger Lago Wayne Park
|
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | B | 282 | 5th | 1st |
| 2012 | Lago Racing
|
Roger Lago Wayne Park
|
Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 | A | 103 | DNF | |
| 2013 | Lago Racing
|
Roger Lago Peter Kox
|
Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 | A | 11 | DNF | |
| 2014 | Lago Racing
|
Roger Lago Peter Kox
|
Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 | A | 5 | DNF | |
| 2015 | Lago Racing
|
Roger Lago Steve Owen
|
Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 | AP | 268 | 7th | 5th |
| 2016 | Bentley Team M-Sport
|
 Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet
|
Bentley Continental GT3 | AP | 293 | 7th | 6th |
| 2017 | Lago Racing
|
Roger Lago Steve Owen
|
Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX | AAM | 288 | 6th | 2nd |
| 2018 | Lago Racing
|
Roger Lago Steve Owen
|
Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX | APA | 267 | 13th | 6th |
| 2019 | Matt Stone Racing
|
Roger Lago Todd Hazelwood
|
Audi R8 LMS | APA | 308 | 10th | 2nd |
| 2022 | Supabarn Racing
|
James Koundouris Theo Koundouris Paul Stokell
|
Audi R8 LMS Evo II | S | 283 | 9th | 1st |
| 2023 | Melbourne Performance Centre
|
James Koundouris Theo Koundouris Jonathon Webb
|
Audi R8 LMS Evo II | S | 308 | 16th | 4th |
| 2024 | Tigani Motorsport
|
James Koundouris Theo Koundouris Jonathon Webb
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | S | 268 | 15th | 3rd |
Complete Bathurst 6 Hour results
edit| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Aussie Wide Builders
|
Geoffrey Russell
|
BMW 135i E82 | B | 128 | 4th | 1st |
| 2021 | Sherrin Rentals
|
Grant Sherrin
|
BMW M4 | X | 120 | 3rd | 3rd |
| 2022 | Begg Motorsport
|
K.Begg Nash Morris
|
BMW M4 | X | 52 | DNF | |
| 2023 | Begg Motorsport
|
K.Begg R.Gooley
|
BMW M4 | X | 52 | DNF | |
| 2024 | McLennan Motorsport
|
T.McLennan S.Smollen
|
BMW M4 | X | 120 | 9th | 5th |
References
edit- ^ "Russell eyes major races after signing new deal with PremiAir Nulon Racing". Lismore City News. Canberra. ProQuest 3050977702. Retrieved 29 August 2024 – via ProQuest.
External links
edit- David Russell V8 Supercars Official Profile
- David Russell career summary at DriverDB.com
- David Russell driver statistics at Racing-Reference