Mercedes junior George Russell secures GP3 title
A pack of points collected in the penultimate round of the 2017 GP3 championship were enough to give Mercedes protégé Georges Russell the title.
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A runner-up spot in Saturday’s round at Jerez added to a fourth-place finish on Sunday have put the ART Grand Prix driver out of reach of his rivals before the curtain closes on the series at Yas Marina in November.
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To date, Russell has collected four victories in his maiden GP3 season. The 19-year-old joined Mercedes’ junior driver program at the beginning of the year.
He tested for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas team last summer at the two day in season test which took place at the Hungaroring right after the Hungarian Grand Prix.
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