Jim Russell

JIM RUSSELL d2019. English racing driver. Between 1953 and 1959 he won 64 Formula Three races / 11 Formula Two races and 6 sports car races. He won the British Formula Three Championship for three successive years from 1955 to 1957 in the company of established drivers Les Leston and newcomer John Surtees.His racing career ended after suffering injuries in a crash at Le Mans in 1959. In 1956, he set up the first motor racing school at Snetterton