Jim Russell

Herbert James "Jim" Russell (born 28th May, 1920 in Downham Market, Norfolk, died 30th March, 2019 in Suffolk) was a British former racing driver and racing school owner.

After serving in the RAF during the Second World War, Russell took over a garage in his hometown from where his future racing empire would eminate from. Russell began racing from the age of 32 at the nearby Snetterton racing circuit which saw him progress from Formula Three, Formula Two and eventually Formula One in 1956. Russell's first steps in F1 came with the Vandervell Products Ltd. team - who entered him in the British, Scottish and Italian Grands Prix. The following year, Russell raced with the Norfolk Racing team as well as Connaught. Russell joined the British Racing Partnership concern racing a Cooper in 1958 - with whom he'd take his first finish at the Dutch Grand Prix.

Complete Alternate Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	WDC	Pts.
1956	Vandervell Products Ltd.	Vanwall VW56	Vanwall 254 2.5 L4	MON	FRA	BEL	GER	GDR	IRL	SCO Ret	GBR DNPQ	ITA Ret	THA		NC	0
1957	Norfolk Engineering	Vanwall VW56	Vanwall VE2 2.5 L4	MAR	MON	FRA	BEL DNPQ	NED DNQ	IRL Ret	GBR DNQ	GER Ret				NC	0
	Connaught Engineering	Connaught Type B	O.S.C.A. 1557 1.5 L4s									ITA Ret	ESP Ret	USA
1958	British Racing Partnership	Cooper T45	BRM P26 2.5 L4	AUS	MON DNQ	FRA DNQ	NED 12	BEL Ret	GER Ret	GBR DNQ	POR Ret	ITA	MAR	USA	NC	0