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Russell makes it four wins from four in series finale Virtual Canadian GP

George Russell
George Russell

Williams F1 driver George Russell won his fourth consecutive victory in the F1 Esports Virtual Grand Prix series.

The Williams driver had taken wins in the Monaco, Spanish and Azerbaijan races over the past few weeks and he followed that hat-trick up with a fourth win on the trot in the Virtual Canadian Grand Prix – the last race in the series before the real F1 season begins in Austria next week.

Russell took pole position with Red Bull's Alex Albon in second place, but when the lights went out the Williams man shot off the line and out into a lead he would never lose as he wrapped up the unofficial F1 Esports championship.

"It's been great, it's kept us busy, kept us entertained, that's for sure," Russell said. "And it's kept the competitive side of us busy and interested. We don't have racing to go out and do at the moment and having this opportunity to race against all of us, our mates, it's been great fun along the way.

"And from my side, I put a lot of hard work and effort in and I'm glad I've got some good results to show for it."

Russell eventually finished over six seconds ahead of his nearest challenger Alex Albon in the Red Bull – and in fact so comfortable was Russell's lead, he even offered to slow down in the closing stages to allow Albon to battle him on track, an offer that was swiftly refused as you can see in the clip below.

Mercedes' Esteban Gutierrez completed the podium in third with Renault Academy driver Caio Collet coming home fourth for the French team on his Virtual GP debut.

F1 Virtual Grand Prix To-10 Results

1. George Russell – Williams
2. Alex Albon – Aston Martin Red Bull Racing
3. Esteban Gutierrez – Mercedes
4. Caio Collet – Renault
5. Ben Daly – McLaren
6. Guanyu Zhou – Renault
7. Nicholas Latifi – Williams
8. Anthony Davidson – Mercedes
9. Callum Ilott – Ferrari
10. David Schumacher – Racing Point