James Russell
Birth date: 10 November 1987
Age: 20
Hometown: Shah Alam, Malaysia
Co-driver: Douglas Pickering
Car: Subaru GDB
Team: SR Motorsport

Bio: James Russell has been a competitor in motorsports since 2001, when he was just twelve years old. Although born in Canada, he has lived almost his whole life in Malaysia, and proudly competes with a Malaysian competition license.

Now twenty, James has amassed an impressive list of successes in karting, circuit racing and rallying... the latter as both a driver and co-driver.

In 2003 he won the Dunlop AMC Endurance Kart Championship. He then moved to single-seater race cars, gaining a podium finish at the age of seventeen in the Formula Malaysia F1 Support Race at Sepang, despite having no testing time or practice. He has finished 18th overall, setting the fastest lap in Class B, in the 12-hour Merdeka Endurance Race at Sepang, driving an low-powered Proton Satria... an event he has now finished twice.

And in rallying, he has had many successes - class wins and podium places - both in Malaysia and Thailand. To round out his motorsport experience, he is now a competent mechanic, frequently preparing his own cars, and he works as a part-time kart and simulator trainer.

His other interests sometime need to take a back seat, but whenever possible, James plays basketball and soccer, and is proficient at rock climbing. A black belt in Tae Kwon Doe is also on his list of achievements.

Currently, full-time education also has to be fitted into his schedule, as James is now in his final semester at the local campus of Victoria University, studying for a Bachelor of Business degree.

James intends to make motorsport his career, with the ultimate objective being a professional rally driver, perhaps with some endurance racing thrown in for good measure.