Aaren Russell

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 eighth in his 2008 rookie season and second 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 ninth in the championship. While he matched this feat in 2013, he would not improve on this championship position until 2014, when he finished seventh. During the 2014 Dunlop Series, Russell 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. The entry finished 17th and on the lead lap.

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. 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.

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. This deal was later extended to include the Sandown 500 and Gold Coast 600.

For 2018, Russell ran as a co-driver to Heimgartner at Nissan Motorsport for the endurance races. He won the co-driver qualifying race at the Sandown 500 after a mid-race hailstorm disrupted the race order. The pairing finished 16th and were the last car on the lead lap at the 2018 Bathurst 1000.

Career results Season Series Position Car Team 2008 Australian Formula Vee National Series 10th Elfin NG - VW Novocastrian Motorsport 2009 Australian Formula Vee National Series 5th Stinger - VW Novocastrian Motorsport 2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series 9th Ford BF Falcon Novocastrian Motorsport 2011 Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series 13th Ford BF Falcon Novocastrian Motorsport 2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 15th Ford BF Falcon Novocastrian Motorsport 2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 9th Ford FG Falcon Novocastrian Motorsport 2014 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 7th Ford FG Falcon Novocastrian Motorsport 2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series 11th Ford FG Falcon Paul Morris Motorsport International V8 Supercars Championship 52nd Holden VF Commodore Novocastrian Motorsport 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship 28th Holden VF Commodore Erebus MotorsportLucas Dumbrell Motorsport 2017 Supercars Championship 48th Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 2018 Supercars Championship 42nd Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 2022 Australian Production Car Series2nd BMW M3 Novocastrian Motorsport

V8 Supercars Development Series results (key) (Race results only) 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 ADE1 ADE2 IPS1 IPS2 IPS3 WIN1 WIN2 WIN3 TSV1 TSV2 TSV3 BAT1 BAT2 SAN1 SAN2 SAN3 SOP1 SOP2 9th 920 2011 Novocastrian Motorsport Ford Falcon BF ADE1 ADE2 PER1 PER2 TSV1 TSV2 TSV3 IPS1 IPS2 IPS3 BAT1 BAT2 SAN1 SAN2 SAN3 SOP1 SOP2 13th 733 2012 Novocastrian Motorsport Ford Falcon BF ADE1 ADE2 PER1 PER2 PER3 TSV1 TSV2 TSV3 IPS1 IPS2 IPS3 BAT1 BAT2 WIN1 WIN2 WIN3 SOP1 SOP2 15th 723 2013 Novocastrian Motorsport Ford Falcon FG ADE1 ADE2 PER1 PER2 PER3 TSV1 TSV2 TSV3 IPS1 IPS2 IPS3 WIN1 WIN2 WIN3 BAT1 BAT2 SOP1 SOP2 9th 1008 2014 Novocastrian Motorsport Ford Falcon FG ADE1 ADE2 WIN1 WIN2 PER1 PER2 TSV1 TSV2 IPS1 IPS2 BAT SOP1 SOP2 7th 1220 2015 Novocastrian Motorsport Ford Falcon FG ADE1 ADE2 PER1 PER2 PER3 WIN1 WIN2 WIN3 TSV1 TSV2 IPS1 IPS2 IPS3 BAT SOP1 SOP2 11th 935

Complete Supercars Championship results 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 2015 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 WINR10 WINR11 WINR12 HIDR13 HIDR14 HIDR15 TOWR16 TOWR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 SMPR21 SMPR22 SMPR23 SANR24 52nd 108 Novocastrian Motorsport BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 PUKR28 PUKR29 PUKR30 PHIR31 PHIR32 PHIR33 SYDR34 SYDR35 SYDR36 2016 Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 PHIR6 PHIR7 BARR8 BARR9 WINR10 WINR11 HIDR12 HIDR13 TOWR14 TOWR15 QLDR16 QLDR17 SMPR18 SMPR19 28th 627 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport SANQR SANR20 BATR21 SURR22 SURR23 PUKR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SYDR28 SYDR29 2017 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore ADER1 ADER2 SYMR3 SYMR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 BARR7 BARR8 WINR9 WINR10 HIDR11 HIDR12 TOWR13 TOWR14 QLDR15 QLDR16 SMPR17 SMPR18 SANQR SANR19 BATR20 SURR21 SURR22 PUKR23 PUKR24 NEWR25 NEWR26 48th 309 2018 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 ADER1 ADER2 MELR3 MELR4 MELR5 MELR6 SYMR7 SYMR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 BARR11 BARR12 WINR13 WINR14 HIDR15 HIDR16 TOWR17 TOWR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 SMPR21 BENR22 BENR23 SANQR SANR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 PUKR28 PUKR29 NEWR30 NEWR31 42nd 288

Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2015 Novocastrian Motorsport Holden Commodore VF Drew Russell 17th 161 2016 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore VF Andre Heimgartner DNF 114 2017 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore VF Taz Douglas 17th 154 2018 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 André Heimgartner 16th 161

Complete Bathurst 6 Hour results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2022 Novacastrian Motorsport Drew Russell Wayne Russell BMW M3 F80 X 129 5th 4th 2023 Novacastrian Motorsport Drew Russell Wayne Russell BMW M3 F80 X 1122nd2nd