Nicolas Hamilton
Nicolas Hamilton | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England | 28 March 1992
Related to | Lewis Hamilton (brother) |
British Touring Car Championship career | |
Debut season | 2015 |
Current team | ROKiT Racing with iQuoto Online Trading |
Car number | 28 |
Former teams | ROKiT Racing with Motorbase, AmD Tuning |
Starts | 87 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 29th in 2020, 2021 |
Previous series | |
2011–12 2013 | Renault Clio Cup UK European Touring Car Cup |
Nicolas Hamilton (born 28 March 1992) is an English racing driver who currently competes in the British Touring Car Championship. He races with a specially-modified car due to his cerebral palsy.
Hamilton is the paternal half-brother of seven-time Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton.
Racing career[]
Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom[]
Hamilton made his racing debut in the Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom in 2011 driving for Total Control Racing.[1] He attracted much fan and media attention despite finishing last in his first race.[2] His first season was the subject of a BBC documentary entitled Racing with the Hamiltons: Nic in the Driving Seat.[3]
European Touring Car Cup[]
Hamilton moved up to the European Touring Car Cup for 2013, driving a SEAT León Supercopa for Baporo Motorsport.[4]
British Touring Car Championship[]
In 2015, Hamilton secured a deal with AmD Tuning to race an Audi S3 in five rounds of the British Touring Car Championship, becoming the first disabled driver to compete in the series.[5]
In 2019, Hamilton secured a full-time drive with Motorbase Performance along with Tom Chilton and Ollie Jackson.[6]
On 21 February 2020, Hamilton was confirmed as the fourth Team HARD driver in a Volkswagen CC, retaining his ROKiT sponsorship.[7] In the final race at Brands Hatch, in round 2 of the championship, Hamilton scored his first-ever BTCC point after finishing the race in 15th place.
Media career[]
On 8 March 2016, it was announced that Hamilton would be part of Channel 4's Formula One presentation team.[8]
Racing record[]
Career summary[]
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | Renault Clio Cup UK | Total Control Racing | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 14th |
2012 | Renault Clio Cup UK | Total Control Racing | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 21st |
2013 | European Touring Car Cup | Baporo Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10th |
2015 | British Touring Car Championship | AmD Tuning | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
2017 | Renault Clio Cup UK | WDE Motorsport | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 20th |
2018 | Renault Clio Cup UK | WDE Motorsport | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20th |
2019 | British Touring Car Championship | ROKiT Racing with Motorbase | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32nd |
2020 | British Touring Car Championship | ROKiT Racing with Team HARD. | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29th |
2021 | British Touring Car Championship | ROKiT Racing with iQuoto Online Trading | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th |
† As Hamilton was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Complete British Touring Car Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | AmD Tuning | Audi S3 Saloon | BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 3 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
DON 3 |
THR 1 |
THR 2 |
THR 3 |
OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
OUL 3 |
CRO 1 25 |
CRO 2 25 |
CRO 3 22 |
SNE 1 Ret |
SNE 2 16 |
SNE 3 22 |
KNO 1 |
KNO 2 |
KNO 3 |
ROC 1 20 |
ROC 2 24 |
ROC 3 17 |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 25 |
SIL 3 22 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 3 |
NC† | 0† |
2019 | ROKiT Racing with Motorbase | Ford Focus RS | BRH 1 20 |
BRH 2 26 |
BRH 3 20 |
DON 1 Ret |
DON 2 19 |
DON 3 Ret |
THR 1 24 |
THR 2 Ret |
THR 3 24 |
CRO 1 24 |
CRO 2 28 |
CRO 3 20 |
OUL 1 22 |
OUL 2 25 |
OUL 3 19 |
SNE 1 22 |
SNE 2 20 |
SNE 3 18 |
THR 1 26 |
THR 2 27 |
THR 3 Ret |
KNO 1 Ret |
KNO 2 26 |
KNO 3 25 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
SIL 3 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 3 |
32nd | 0 |
2020 | ROKiT Racing with Team HARD. | Volkswagen CC | DON 1 Ret |
DON 2 Ret |
DON 3 21 |
BRH 1 22 |
BRH 2 17 |
BRH 3 15 |
OUL 1 Ret |
OUL 2 23 |
OUL 3 Ret |
KNO 1 |
KNO 2 |
KNO 3 |
THR 1 Ret |
THR 2 Ret |
THR 3 Ret |
SIL 1 24 |
SIL 2 24 |
SIL 3 21 |
CRO 1 Ret |
CRO 2 DNS |
CRO 3 21 |
SNE 1 23 |
SNE 2 Ret |
SNE 3 DNS |
BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 25 |
BRH 3 20 |
29th | 1 | |||
2021 | ROKiT Racing with iQuoto Online Trading | Cupra León | THR 1 26 |
THR 2 22 |
THR 3 17 |
SNE 1 28 |
SNE 2 25 |
SNE 3 25 |
BRH 1 28 |
BRH 2 26 |
BRH 3 28 |
OUL 1 DNS |
OUL 2 24 |
OUL 3 Ret |
KNO 1 24 |
KNO 2 Ret |
KNO 3 NC |
THR 1 28 |
THR 2 25 |
THR 3 22 |
CRO 1 25 |
CRO 2 Ret |
CRO 3 20 |
SIL 1 24 |
SIL 2 25 |
SIL 3 27 |
DON 1 28 |
DON 2 28 |
DON 3 24 |
BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 Ret |
BRH 3 23 |
29th | 0 |
† As Hamilton was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
References[]
- ^ "Disability drives Nicolas Hamilton to follow in footsteps of Lewis". CNN. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ "Rookie Nicolas Hamilton steals limelight despite finishing fifteenth out of seventeen in Renault Clio at Brands Hatch". The Sunday Telegraph. 3 April 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ "Racing with the Hamiltons: Nic in the Driving Seat". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (15 March 2013). "36 cars entered for opening round of the ETCC". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ^ "Croft Circuit to witness debut of Nicolas Hamilton, first disabled driver in the British Touring Car Championship". Northern Echo. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ "Nicolas Hamilton completes Motorbase Performance line-up". TouringCarTimes. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "Nic Hamilton makes Team HARD move". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "Formula 1's new UK broadcaster Channel 4 has revealed who will present its coverage of the sport in 2016". motorsport.com. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
External links[]
- Official website
- Nicolas Hamilton career summary at DriverDB.com
- 1992 births
- Living people
- English people of Grenadian descent
- English racing drivers
- European Touring Car Cup drivers
- British Touring Car Championship drivers
- People from Stevenage
- Sportspeople with cerebral palsy
- Renault UK Clio Cup drivers