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Aaren Russell

{{Short description|Australian motor-racing driver}}

{{EngvarB|date=April 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}

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| nationality = {{flag|AUS|name=Australian}}

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|22 August 1991}}

| birth_place = {{nowrap|Newcastle, New South Wales}}

| related to = Wayne Russell (father)
Drew Russell (brother)

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| Championships = 0

| Races = 33

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Aaren Leigh Russell (born 22 August 1991) is an Australian motor-racing driver in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship.

Career history

=Junior formulae=

In 2008 and 2009, Russell competed in the NSW Formula Vee championship, a stepping stone taken by several current main series V8 Supercars drivers. After placing 8th in his 2008 rookie season and 2nd in 2009, the Development V8 Supercar Series, the second tier of V8 Supercars racing, became his next target.

=Development Series=

Russell moved into the Development Series in 2010 with family team Novocastrian Motorsport. His debut year saw him finish 9th in the championship. While he matched this feat in 2013, he would not improve on this championship position until 2014, when he finished 7th. During the 2014 Dunlop Series, Aaren received two round podiums, one at Queensland Raceway and one at Sydney Olympic Park. In the 2015 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series, Russell moved teams to drive for Paul Morris Motorsport.

=Supercars Championship=

In 2015, Russell, alongside his brother Drew Russell, competed in the 2015 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 in a wildcard entry run by family team Novocastrian Motorsport.{{cite news|url=http://www.speedcafe.com/2015/08/18/russell-brothers-team-up-for-bathurst-wildcard/|title=Russell brothers team up for Bathurst wildcard |work=Speed Cafe|date=18 August 2015|access-date=13 January 2016}} The entry finished 17th and on the lead lap.{{cite news | url=http://www.speedcafe.com/2015/10/11/lowndes-scores-sixth-bathurst-1000-victory/ | title=Lowndes scores sixth Bathurst 1000 victory | work=Speed Cafe | date=11 October 2015 | access-date=13 January 2016}}

In 2016, Russell signed for Erebus Motorsport to drive a Holden VF Commodore in the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship, which will be his first full-time drive in the main series.{{cite news |author= |title=Aaren Russell in shock Erebus signing |url=http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/01/12/aaren-russell-in-shock-erebus-signing/ |newspaper=Speed Cafe |date=12 January 2016 |access-date=13 January 2016 }} This relationship ended after the Townsville round when major sponsor Plus Fitness dropped their support for the team. He then joined Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport to partner Andre Heimgartner in the Pirtek Enduro Cup series.{{cite news |author=Stefan Bartholomaeus |title=Russell secures Supercars return with LDM |url=http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/09/09/russell-secures-supercars-return-with-ldm/ |newspaper=Speed Cafe |date=9 September 2016 |access-date=17 September 2016 }}

In 2017, he returned to the Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport team for initially three rounds starting at the Townsville 400, but including the Bathurst 1000 and Newcastle 500.{{cite news |author=Stefan Bartholomaeus |title=Russell secures three-event LDM deal |url=http://www.supercars.com/news/championship/russell-secures-three-event-ldm-deal/?sf95458707=1 |newspaper=SuperCars |date=6 July 2017 |access-date=6 July 2017 }} This deal was later extended to include the Sandown 500 and Gold Coast 600.{{cite news|url=http://www.speedcafe.com/2017/08/30/russell-adds-sandown-gc-600-ldm-program/|title=Russell adds Sandown, GC 600 to LDM program|publisher=speedcafe.com|date=30 August 2017|access-date=7 September 2017}}

For 2018 he will run as co-driver to Heimgartner at Nissan Motorsport for the endurance races.{{Cite web|url=https://www.speedcafe.com/2018/03/21/nissan-motorsport-confirms-enduro-driver-line-ups/|title=Nissan Motorsport confirms enduro driver line-ups|date=20 March 2018}} He won the co-driver qualifying race at the Sandown 500 after a mid-race hailstorm disrupted the race order.{{Cite web|url=https://www.motorsport.com/v8supercars/news/sandown-500-russell-wins-wild-first-qualifying-race/3177107/|title = Sandown 500: Russell wins wild first qualifying race}} The pairing finished 16th and were the last car on the lead lap at the 2018 Bathurst 1000.

Career results

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Season

! Series

! Position

! Car

! Team

2008

| Australian Formula Vee National Series

|align="center" | 10th

| Elfin NG - VW

| Novocastrian Motorsport

2009

| Australian Formula Vee National Series

| align="center" | 5th

| Stinger - VW

| Novocastrian Motorsport

2010

| Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series

| align="center" | 9th

| Ford BF Falcon

| Novocastrian Motorsport

2011

| Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series

| align="center" | 13th

| Ford BF Falcon

| Novocastrian Motorsport

2012

| Dunlop V8 Supercar Series

| align="center" | 15th

| Ford BF Falcon

| Novocastrian Motorsport

2013

| Dunlop V8 Supercar Series

| align="center" | 9th

| Ford FG Falcon

| Novocastrian Motorsport

2014

| Dunlop V8 Supercar Series

| align="center" | 7th

| Ford FG Falcon

| Novocastrian Motorsport

rowspan=2| 2015

| V8 Supercars Dunlop Series

| align="center" | 11th

| Ford FG Falcon

| Paul Morris Motorsport

International V8 Supercars Championship

| align="center" | 52nd

| Holden VF Commodore

| Novocastrian Motorsport

2016

| International V8 Supercars Championship

| align="center" | 28th

| Holden VF Commodore

| Erebus Motorsport
Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport

2017

| Supercars Championship

| align="center" | 48th

| Holden VF Commodore

| Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport

2018

| Supercars Championship

| align="center" | 42nd

| Nissan Altima L33

| Nissan Motorsport

2022

| align=left| Australian Production Car Series

| align="center" style="background:#DFDFDF;"|2nd

| align=left| BMW M3

| align=left| Novocastrian Motorsport

=V8 Supercars Development Series results=

(key) (Race results only)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

!colspan=23| V8 Supercars Development Series results

Year

! Team

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! Position

! Points

2010

! Novocastrian Motorsport

! Ford Falcon BF

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ADE
1
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ADE
2
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| IPS
1
{{small|18}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| IPS
2
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| IPS
3
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WIN
1
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WIN
2
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WIN
3
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| TSV
1
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| TSV
2
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| TSV
3
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| BAT
1
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| BAT
2
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SAN
1
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SAN
2
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SAN
3
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SOP
1
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| SOP
2
{{small|Ret}}

! 9th

! 920

2011

! Novocastrian Motorsport

! Ford Falcon BF

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ADE
1
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| ADE
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| PER
1
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| PER
2
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| TSV
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| TSV
2
{{small|26}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| TSV
3
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| IPS
1
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| IPS
2
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| IPS
3
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| BAT
1
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| BAT
2
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SAN
1
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SAN
2
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SAN
3
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SOP
1
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SOP
2
{{small|15}}

|

! 13th

! 733

2012

! Novocastrian Motorsport

! Ford Falcon BF

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| ADE
1
{{small|18}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| ADE
2
{{small|13}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| PER
1
{{small|16}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| PER
2
{{small|14}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| PER
3
{{small|13}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| TSV
1
{{small|14}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| TSV
2
{{small|15}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| TSV
3
{{small|19}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| IPS
1
{{small|17}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| IPS
2
{{small|13}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| IPS
3
{{small|16}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| BAT
1
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#efcfff;"| BAT
2
{{small|Ret}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| WIN
1
{{small|14}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| WIN
2
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| WIN
3
{{small|18}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| SOP
1
{{small|7}}

| style="background:#efcfff;"| SOP
2
{{small|Ret}}

! 15th

! 723

2013

! Novocastrian Motorsport

! Ford Falcon FG

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | ADE
1
{{small|9}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | ADE
2
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | PER
1
{{small|19}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | PER
2
{{small|17}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | PER
3
{{small|13}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | TSV
1
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | TSV
2
{{small|7}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | TSV
3
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | IPS
1
{{small|13}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | IPS
2
{{small|9}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | IPS
3
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#efcfff;" | WIN
1
{{small|Ret}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | WIN
2
{{small|23}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | WIN
3
{{small|23}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | BAT
1
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | BAT
2
{{small|27}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | SOP
1
{{small|8}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | SOP
2
{{small|8}}

! 9th

! 1008

2014

! Novocastrian Motorsport

! Ford Falcon FG

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ADE
1
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ADE
2
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WIN
1
{{small|28}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WIN
2
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| PER
1
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| PER
2
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| TSV
1
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| TSV
2
{{small|24}}

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| IPS
1
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| IPS
2
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| BAT
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| SOP
1
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| SOP
2
{{small|2}}

|colspan=5|

! 7th

! 1220

2015

! Novocastrian Motorsport

! Ford Falcon FG

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ADE
1
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| ADE
2
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| PER
1
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| PER
2
{{small|23}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| PER
3
{{small|24}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WIN
1
{{small|25}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WIN
2
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WIN
3
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| TSV
1
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| TSV
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| IPS
1
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| IPS
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| IPS
3
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| BAT
{{small|20}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SOP
1
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SOP
2
{{small|7}}

|colspan=2|

! 11th

! 935

=Complete Supercars Championship results=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

!colspan=45| Supercars results

Year

! Team

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! 23

! 24

! 25

! 26

! 27

! 28

! 29

! 30

! 31

! 32

! 33

! 34

! 35

! 36

! Position

! Points

rowspan=2| 2015

! Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport

!rowspan=2| Holden VF Commodore

| ADE
R1

| ADE
R2

| ADE
R3

| SYM
R4

| SYM
R5

| SYM
R6

| BAR
R7

| BAR
R8

| BAR
R9

| WIN
R10

| WIN
R11

| WIN
R12

| HID
R13

| HID
R14

| HID
R15

| TOW
R16

| TOW
R17

|style="background:#F1F8FF;"| QLD
R18
{{small|PO}}

|style="background:#F1F8FF;"| QLD
R19
{{small|PO}}

|style="background:#F1F8FF;"| QLD
R20
{{small|PO}}

| SMP
R21

| SMP
R22

| SMP
R23

| SAN
R24

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!rowspan=2| 52nd

!rowspan=2| 108

Novocastrian Motorsport

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|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BAT
R25
{{small|17}}

| SUR
R26

| SUR
R27

| PUK
R28

| PUK
R29

| PUK
R30

| PHI
R31

| PHI
R32

| PHI
R33

| SYD
R34

| SYD
R35

| SYD
R36

rowspan=2| 2016

! Erebus Motorsport

!rowspan=2| Holden VF Commodore

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ADE
R1
{{small|25}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ADE
R2
{{small|22}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| ADE
R3
{{small|DNS}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SYM
R4
{{small|23}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SYM
R5
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PHI
R6
{{small|25}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PHI
R7
{{small|22}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BAR
R8
{{small|25}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BAR
R9
{{small|24}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WIN
R10
{{small|24}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WIN
R11
{{small|24}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HID
R12
{{small|22}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HID
R13
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TOW
R14
{{small|22}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TOW
R15
{{small|21}}

| QLD
R16

| QLD
R17

| SMP
R18

| SMP
R19

|

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!colspan=6|

!rowspan=2| 28th

!rowspan=2| 627

Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport

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|style="background:#cfcfff;"| SAN
QR
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAN
R20
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BAT
R21
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SUR
R22
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SUR
R23
{{small|Ret}}

| PUK
R24

| PUK
R25

| PUK
R26

| PUK
R27

| SYD
R28

| SYD
R29

!colspan=6|

2017

! Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport

! Holden VF Commodore

| ADE
R1

| ADE
R2

| SYM
R3

| SYM
R4

| PHI
R5

| PHI
R6

| BAR
R7

| BAR
R8

| WIN
R9

| WIN
R10

| HID
R11

| HID
R12

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TOW
R13
{{small|22}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TOW
R14
{{small|25}}

| QLD
R15

| QLD
R16

| SMP
R17

| SMP
R18

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SAN
QR
{{small|20}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SAN
R19
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BAT
R20
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SUR
R21
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SUR
R22
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PUK
R23
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PUK
R24
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NEW
R25
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NEW
R26
{{small|19}}

!colspan=9|

! 48th

! 309

2018

! Nissan Motorsport

! Nissan Altima L33

| ADE
R1

| ADE
R2

| MEL
R3

| MEL
R4

| MEL
R5

| MEL
R6

| SYM
R7

| SYM
R8

| PHI
R9

| PHI
R10

| BAR
R11

| BAR
R12

|style="background:#F1F8FF;"| WIN
R13
{{small|PO}}

|style="background:#F1F8FF;"| WIN
R14
{{small|PO}}

| HID
R15

| HID
R16

| TOW
R17

| TOW
R18

|style="background:#F1F8FF;"| QLD
R19
{{small|PO}}

|style="background:#F1F8FF;"| QLD
R20
{{small|PO}}

| SMP
R21

| BEN
R22

| BEN
R23

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SAN
QR
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAN
R24
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BAT
R25
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SUR
R26
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| SUR
R27
{{small|C}}

| PUK
R28

| PUK
R29

| NEW
R30

| NEW
R31

!colspan=4|

! 42nd

! 288

=Complete Bathurst 1000 results=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
Year

! Team

! Car

! Co-driver

! Position

! Laps

2015

| Novocastrian Motorsport

| Holden Commodore VF

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Drew Russell

| align="center" | 17th

| align="center" | 161

2016

| Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport

| Holden Commodore VF

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Andre Heimgartner

| align="center" | DNF

| align="center" | 114

2017

| Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport

| Holden Commodore VF

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Taz Douglas

| align="center" | 17th

| align="center" | 154

2018

| Nissan Motorsport

| Nissan Altima L33

| {{flagicon|NZL}} André Heimgartner

|align="center"| 16th

|align="center"| 161

=Complete Bathurst 6 Hour results=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center"
Year

! Team

! Co-drivers

! Car

! Class

! Laps

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall position}}

! {{Tooltip|Class
pos.|Class position}}

2022

|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} Novacastrian Motorsport

|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Drew Russell
{{flagicon|AUS}} Wayne Russell

|align="left"| BMW M3 F80

| X

| align=center|129

| 5th

| 4th

2023

|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} Novacastrian Motorsport

|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Drew Russell
{{flagicon|AUS}} Wayne Russell

|align="left"| BMW M3 F80

| X

| align=center|112

|style="background:#DFDFDF|2nd

|style="background:#DFDFDF|2nd

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [http://novocastrianmotorsport.com.au/driver/aaren-russell/ Official Aaren Russell web site]
  • [http://novocastrianmotorsport.com.au/ Novocastrian Motorsport Official Site]
  • {{DriverDB driver|aaren-russell}}
  • [http://racing-reference.info/driver/Aaren_Russell Aaren Russell profile on US Racing Reference]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Russell, Aaren}}

Category:1991 births

Category:Formula Ford drivers

Category:Living people

Category:Supercars Championship drivers

Category:Racing drivers from the Hunter Region

Category:Sportspeople from Newcastle, New South Wales

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