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Herbert James Russell (28 May 1920 – 30 March 2019), better known as Jim Russell, was an English racing driver, garage owner and founder of the Jim Russell Racing Driver School. He died on 30 March 2019, shortly after undergoing an operation for a hip replacement.
11. Dez. 2019 · Racing school founder and treble British Formula 3 champion Jim Russell will be celebrated in a new two-day historic race meeting at Snetterton next spring
13. Jan. 2020 · In the motor racing lexicon, Jim Russell’s name will forever be attached to the racing school that launched countless careers – so much so that it’s easy to overlook his own driving achievements.
3. Apr. 2019 · Motor Sport is very sad to learn of the passing of Jim Russell, at the age of 98. Russell is best known for setting up his famous International Racing Drivers’ School at Snetterton in 1956. In 1969 he opened a similar school in Canada, at Circuit Mont-Tremblant, and that still thrives today.
9. Apr. 2019 · Jim Russell, the founder of the Jim Russell Racing School, can be considered the man behind the careers of many of motorsport's top drivers including F1 World Champions Emerson Fittipaldi,...
Jim became one of the best 500cc Formula 3 drivers ever and he won the British Championship in 1955, 56 and 57. Between 1953 and 1959 he won 64 Formula 3, 11 Formula 2 and 6 sports car races. He also took 22 second places and 19 third places resulting in an overall record of 121 top three places out of 135 starts. Jim set over 50 fastest laps ...
7. Apr. 2019 · He moved on to Formula 2, winning the coveted British Empire Trophy in 1959 and taking the class win in the BRDC International Trophy the same year. At the same time as his driving career started moving beyond F3, Russell set up his famous racing school at his local Snetterton circuit.
