Matt Hamilton (racing driver)
| Matt Hamilton | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  British |
| Born | 2 February 1990 Hemel Hempstead (England) |
| Previous series | |
| 2009–10 2009 2008 2007–08 2006 | BTCC FIA GT4 European Cup British Formula Ford Formula Palmer Audi Formula BMW UK |
Matthew Hamilton (born 2 February 1990 in Hemel Hempstead) is a British racing driver. He is best known for competing in the British Touring Car Championship.
Racing career
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Hamilton raced in karting between 1999 and 2005.[1] In 2005 he won a Formula BMW scholarship, which gave him entry to the 2006 Formula BMW UK season.[1] He raced in Formula Palmer Audi in 2007.[1] He won the opening race of the season at Silverstone, and was on pole position for the second. A fast-changing red starting light left Hamilton stranded on the startline. He was hit by several unsighted drivers and was spun around; it was then hit broadside at full racing speed by a car from the back of the grid. Hamilton was extracted from the cockpit and airlifted to hospital in Coventry with a broken right femur.[2] In 2008 he competed in FPA and in the British Formula Ford Championship.[1] In 2009 he made his GT racing debut at Silverstone racing in the FIA GT4 European Cup in a Ginetta G50.
He competed in the final two rounds of the 2009 British Touring Car Championship in a TH Motorsport-prepared Honda Civic,[3] and continued in the same car for 2010. At the season's first meeting at Thruxton he collected funds for Help For Heroes.[4] He was forced to miss the Croft round of the championship due to budgetary issues.[5] Hamilton signed for THM Racing in March 2014 the Watford-based Volkswagen Racing Cup outfit, to compete in the Volkswagen Racing Cup series backed by the giant Volkswagen Group.
Racing record
[edit]Complete GT4 European Cup results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | GCR | Ginetta G50 | GT4 | SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 5 |
ADR 1 |
ADR 2 |
OSC 1 |
OSC 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
ZOL 1 |
ZOL 2 |
ALG 1 |
ALG 2 |
20th | 4 |
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded 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 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | TH Motorsport Racing with Inten |
Honda Civic Type-R | BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 3 |
THR 1 |
THR 2 |
THR 3 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
DON 3 |
OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
OUL 3 |
CRO 1 |
CRO 2 |
CRO 3 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
SNE 3 |
KNO 1 |
KNO 2 |
KNO 3 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
SIL 3 |
ROC 1 Ret |
ROC 2 Ret |
ROC 3 14 |
BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 Ret |
BRH 3 13 |
27th | 0 |
| 2010 | TH Motorsport | Honda Civic Type-R | THR 1 Ret |
THR 2 13 |
THR 3 12 |
ROC 1 15 |
ROC 2 14 |
ROC 3 12 |
BRH 1 12 |
BRH 2 9 |
BRH 3 12 |
OUL 1 Ret |
OUL 2 12 |
OUL 3 13 |
CRO 1 |
CRO 2 |
CRO 3 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
SNE 3 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
SIL 3 |
KNO 1 |
KNO 2 |
KNO 3 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
DON 3 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 3 |
21st | 2 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Biography". matthamiltonracing.com. Matt Hamilton. Archived from the original on 21 June 2010. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
- ^ "Hamilton airlifted to hospital after startline accident". clubfpa.com. Newnet. 7 April 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
- ^ O'Leary, Jamie (3 September 2009). "Hamilton joins BTCC with TH Honda". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- ^ "'Nothing to lose' for Hamilton at Thruxton". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2 April 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ O'Leary, Jamie (10 June 2010). "Matt Hamilton forced to miss Croft". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 19 June 2010.