🇦🇺 David Russell

David Russell holds a Racer Rating of 4,801, placing him among professional-level drivers; he competes as a Silver-graded professional in sportscar and endurance racing, a categorisation that denotes a driver operating at professional standard within those disciplines, typically early or mid-career. His record across 12 starts since 2020 spans the Supercars Championship, where he has been a co-driver with PremiAir Nulon Racing, and the Bathurst 12 Hour endurance event. He has not won a race but has taken 7 podium finishes, averaging a fifth-place classification across all starts.[1]

Russell's performances show competitive strength against established professionals. He has finished ahead of Jamie Whincup, a Platinum-graded multiple champion and front-running professional, in four of their eight shared races; he has also beaten Will Brown, the 2024 Supercars champion and a Gold-graded professional, on five occasions across eight meetings. Against Craig Lowndes, a Platinum-graded former champion, the head-to-head record tilts heavily Lowndes's way at 7 to 1. His most telling results come against the current Supercars champion Broc Feeney, a Gold-graded driver rated substantially higher; Russell has finished ahead of him three times, suggesting occasional competitiveness against the championship's elite, though the disparity in their ratings indicates Feeney is the stronger driver overall. His record against Lee Holdsworth, a professional-level peer, is split roughly evenly at 4 to 5.[2]

Russell remains active in the Supercars Championship in 2025, where he has recorded one podium across two rounds and currently sits 27th in the championship standings. Recent headlines confirm his continued involvement with Bathurst endurance racing and his presence in the 2026 Enduro Cup line-up, placing him as a steady mid-field professional who competes most often as a co-driver in endurance and sprint-cup events alongside stronger lead drivers.