Matthew Hamilton (born 2 February 1990) is a British racing driver who most recently planned to compete in the 2012 British Touring Car Championship with TH Motorsport before the team's plan was withdrawn.
Racing career
Hamilton raced in karting between 1999 and 2005. In 2005, he won a Formula BMW scholarship, which gave him entry to the 2006 Formula BMW UK season. He raced in Formula Palmer Audi in 2007. 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. In 2008, he competed in FPA and in the British Formula Ford Championship. In 2009, he made his GT racing debut at Silverstone racing in the FIA GT4 European Cup in a Ginetta G50.
Hamilton competed in the final two rounds of the 2009 British Touring Car Championship in a TH Motorsport-prepared Honda Civic, and continued in the same car for 2010. At the season's first meeting at Thruxton he collected funds for Help For Heroes. He was forced to miss the Croft round of the championship due to budgetary issues. 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
Complete GT4 European Cup results (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 SIL1Ret SIL25 ADR1 ADR2 OSC1 OSC2 SPA1 SPA2 ZOL1 ZOL2 ALG1 ALG2 20th 4
Complete British Touring Car Championship results (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 MotorsportRacing with Inten Honda Civic Type-R BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 THR1 THR2 THR3 DON1 DON2 DON3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 ROC1Ret ROC2Ret ROC314 BRH1Ret BRH2Ret BRH313 27th 0 2010 TH Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R THR1Ret THR213 THR312 ROC115 ROC214 ROC312 BRH112 BRH29 BRH312 OUL1Ret OUL212 OUL313 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 DON1 DON2 DON3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 21st 2
References
External links Official Website