Nicolas Hamilton

Not to be confused with Nicholas Hamilton.

Nicolas Hamilton
Hamilton at the 2017 World RX of Canada
Nationality	British
Born	(1992-03-28) 28 March 1992 (age 33) Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England
Related to	Lewis Hamilton (half-brother)
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season	2015
Current team	Powder Monkey Brewing Co with Esidock
Car number	28
Former teams	ROKiT Racing with Motorbase, AmD Tuning, Tony Gilham Racing
Starts	160 (163 entries)
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	24th in 2023
Previous series
2011–12 2013	Renault Clio Cup UK European Touring Car Cup

Nicolas Carl Hamilton (born 28 March 1992) is a British racing driver currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship for Powder Monkey Brewing Co with Esidock. He races with a specially-modified car due to his cerebral palsy. ^[1]

Hamilton is the paternal half-brother of seven-time Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton. ^{[2] [3]}

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. ^[4] He attracted much fan and media attention despite finishing last in his first race. ^[5] His first season was the subject of a BBC documentary entitled Racing with the Hamiltons: Nic in the Driving Seat. ^[6] He finished the season in 14th with 133 points. In the same year he drove in the ERDF Masters Kart series. ^{[7] [8]}

For 2012 he retained his seat at Total Control Racing in the Renault Clio Cup UK. ^[9] He finished the season in 21st with 51 points. ^[10]

European Touring Car Cup

Hamilton moved up to the European Touring Car Cup for 2013, driving a SEAT León Supercopa for Baporo Motorsport. ^[11] He finished 10th in the standings with 12 points.

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. ^[12]

For 2017 Hamilton secured a seat in the Renault UK Clio Cup, driving for WDE Motorsport. Hamilton partnered three-time champion Paul Rivett and Lee Pattison. He finished 20th in the standings with 44 points. ^[13]

In 2018 Hamilton maintained his seat with WDE Motorsport, which had been rebranded to JET with WDE Motorsport. He finished 20th in the standings with 20 points. ^[14]

In 2019, Hamilton secured a full-time drive with Motorbase Performance in the BTCC along with Tom Chilton and Ollie Jackson. ^[15]

Hamilton driving the Cupra León at Brands Hatch.

On 21 February 2020, Hamilton was confirmed as the fourth Team HARD driver in a Volkswagen CC, retaining his ROKiT sponsorship. ^[16] 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.

In 2021 Hamilton kept his seat with ROKiT Racing, this time under the name ROKiT Racing with iQuoto Online Trading. He ended the season 30th in the championship with no points. ^[17]

For 2022 Hamilton signed with Yazoo with Safuu.com Racing, driving a Cupra Leon. He competed in the most races per season of his BTCC career and still increased his average finishing position by a grid spot. He took 29th in the championship overall. ^[18]

On 6 April 2023, Hamilton was confirmed to have kept his seat at Yazoo with Safuu.com Racing, which rebranded to become Go-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown. It would become his most successful season in the BTCC to date, finishing 6th in race 2 of the opening round at Donington Park. ^[19] In mid-2023 he withdrew from the season after his team collapsed, and was therefore left without a seat for the 2024 season. ^[20] He ended the season 24th in the championship with 10 points. ^[21]

On 27th March 2025, Hamilton returned to the BTCC with Un-Limited Motorsport (rebranded as Powder Monkey Brewing Co with Esidock) partnering Dexter Patterson and Max Hall. ^[22] He finished the season 28th in the championship. ^[23]

Media career

On 8 March 2016, it was announced that Hamilton would be part of Channel 4's Formula One presentation team. ^[24]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	DC
2011	Renault Clio Cup UK	Total Control Racing	16	0	0	0	0	113	14th
	Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup		0	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
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
2022	British Touring Car Championship	Yazoo with Safuu.com Racing	30	0	0	0	0	0	29th
2023	British Touring Car Championship	Go-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown	15	0	0	0	0	10	24th
2025	British Touring Car Championship	Powder Monkey Brewing Co with Esidock	28	0	0	0	0	0	28th

^† 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
2022	Yazoo with Safuu.com Racing	Cupra León	DON 1 19	DON 2 23	DON 3 24	BRH 1 27	BRH 2 21	BRH 3 24	THR 1 26	THR 2 24	THR 3 Ret	OUL 1 22	OUL 2 27	OUL 3 22	CRO 1 23	CRO 2 22	CRO 3 21	KNO 1 24	KNO 2 24	KNO 3 Ret	SNE 1 24	SNE 2 23	SNE 3 Ret	THR 1 26	THR 2 Ret	THR 3 Ret	SIL 1 23	SIL 2 Ret	SIL 3 Ret	BRH 1 21	BRH 2 Ret	BRH 3 Ret	29th	0
2023	Go-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown	Cupra León	DON 1 21	DON 2 6	DON 3 21	BRH 1 21	BRH 2 25	BRH 3 19	SNE 1 23	SNE 2 24	SNE 3 Ret	THR 1 22	THR 2 22	THR 3 23	OUL 1 21	OUL 2 22	OUL 3 24	CRO 1 WD	CRO 2 WD	CRO 3 WD	KNO 1	KNO 2	KNO 3	DON 1	DON 2	DON 3	SIL 1	SIL 2	SIL 3	BRH 1	BRH 2	BRH 3	24th	10
2025	Powder Monkey Brewing Co with Esidock	Cupra León	DON 1 21	DON 2 19	DON 3 22	BRH 1 Ret	BRH 2 19	BRH 3 23	SNE 1 18	SNE 2 22	SNE 3 22	THR 1 Ret	THR 2 18	THR 3 17	OUL 1 19	OUL 2 20	OUL 3 Ret	CRO 1 Ret	CRO 2 22	CRO 3 Ret	KNO 1 Ret	KNO 2 20	KNO 3 18	DON 1 20	DON 2 20	DON 3 19	SIL 1 Ret	SIL 2 WD	SIL 3 WD	BRH 1 18	BRH 2 19	BRH 3 16	28th	0

† As Hamilton was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

References

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21. "BTCC Standings 2023". www.btcccrazy.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
22. "Nicolas Hamilton Returns to BTCC with Un-Limited Motorsport". Driven. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
23. "Drivers' • BTCC". 27 March 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
24. "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