George Russell is a Formula 1 Driver for Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team, racing in his first season for the team for the 2022 season. The 24-year-old British Rising Star from Kings Lynn is aiming to achieve the ultimate goal of becoming Formula 1 World Champion and won his first Grand Prix this year in Sao Paulo. In his rookie season with Williams he out-qualified his seasoned team mate Robert Kubica at all 21 Grands Prix, putting Williams back on the podium in 2021, and landing a Mercedes race seat alongside Lewis Hamilton for 2022. We sat down for this amazing interview with George to explore his background, aspirations and what makes him such a brilliant young driver. Get MORE from High Performance: Watch all our episodes on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/c/HighPerformancePodcast/videos Listen on your Podcast player: http://www.podfollow.com/highperformance Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/highperformance/ Join our new Book Club : https://www.facebook.com/groups/highperformancebookclub Order the new High Performance Daily Journal - 365 ways to become your best! https://www.smarturl.it/HPJournal Get bonus content and all episodes ad-free with 'High Performance Plus': Apple Podcasts https://www.apple.co/highperformance or Supercast https://highperformanceplus.supercast.com/ Join our FREE members club the High Performance Circle. Just go to https://www.thehighperformancepodcast.com/thecircle You will get: • Weekly Monday Motivation Newsletter with Book Recommendations, Discount Codes, and more! • Exclusive early video access • Keynote speeches that keep you learning • And much more! Sleep Better, Train Smarter and Recover Faster: Thanks to WHOOP for sponsoring High Performance - the new WHOOP 4.0 is a wearable Fitness and Health Coach that helps you to Sleep Better, Train Smarter and Recover Faster - ultimately helping you to be the best possible version of yourself - get your first month free on us - https://join.whoop.com/en-uk/HPP #highperformancepodcast #formula1 #georgerussell #mercedesf1 #mercedes #f1 #MercedesAMGPetronas #saopaulograndprix #lewishamilton #landonorris #alexalbon #totowolff