The Kiwi impressed last year when he filled in for Ricciardo when the Australian broke his hand.
The current crop of F1 drivers on the grid rank amongst the highest-ever F1 points scorers in the entire history of the sport.
Canadian Grand Prix qualifying results throw up big surprisesWith the threat of rain placed at 80% in the session.
both Ferrari drivers were knocked out at the end of Q2 – with Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz both failing to make it through to the top 10 shootout.
Lance Stroll fourth and Oscar Piastri rounded out the top five – but Hamilton held a 0.
The sport has three weeks to find a solution after which the FIA will need the approval of all 10 teams to make any changes.
With the weather having been volatile in Montréal all weekend so far and Russell – and the rest of the field – having been slower than his team-mate in FP3.