Lewis Hamilton’s brother makes ‘biggest announcement’ of his career

Lewis Hamilton’s younger half-brother has taken a huge step in his racing career.

Lewis Hamilton’s younger half-brother Nicolas is a racing driver himself (Image: Getty)
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Nicolas Hamilton, the younger half-brother of Lewis Hamilton, has made his ‘biggest announcement’ yet after securing a top seat in another racing series. Nicolas has forged a successful motorsport career despite suffering from cerebral palsy. He races with a specially-modified car adapted for his limited ankle mobility

Nicolas has been competing in the in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) on an intermittent basis for some time. Throughout his career, he has scored points on two occasions in 160 starts. He will make a significant step up for the new season, having joined defending champions Team VERTU, run by EXCELR8.

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Taking to Instagram, the 34-year-old confirmed he will get behind the wheel of a Hyundai i30 Fastback N with Draper Tools backing.

“The biggest announcement of my BTCC career, as I join the reigning champions, @excelr8motorsport, driving the @draper_tools car,” wrote Nicolas.

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“An opportunity to drive in one of the most competitive cars/teams on the grid; an opportunity I have worked 10 years for! I am going to give it my all, and make this the best and most successful year I have ever had.

“A huge thank you to all of my partners for making this possible, for believing in me and my passion for representing disability in the pinnacle of British motorsport, I am truly grateful.”

Nicolas received a response on social media from his half-brother Lewis, who shares the same father. The seven-time F1 world champion commented: “Let’s go.”

When he was younger, Nicolas was initially told he would never be able to walk because of his cerebral palsy. However, in 2015, he became the first disabled driver to compete in the BTCC and is now racing for one of the top teams.

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He previously explained how Lewis treated him no differently when they were growing up, which helped him to battle through adversity during his formative years.

Speaking on the High Performance Podcast, he said: “Lewis normalised my disability, and what I mean by that is that just as much as my parents didn’t treat me any differently as a son, my brother didn’t treat me any differently as a brother.

“I was literally like his crash test dummy. Anything that looked dangerous, he would get me to do it first to see how dangerous it was.

“Lewis always said to me, and he might have said it in interviews already before, but he always wanted a little baby brother. His wish was finally granted.

“Obviously, I ended up with this disability, but for him it wasn’t like: ‘Oh, I’ve now got this baby brother, he’s disabled’. It was: ‘I’ve got a baby brother and I’m going to pick on him and I’m going to treat him just like I normally would with any baby brother’.

“The amount of falls, crashes, scrapes, bumps and everything else I’ve had from Lewis just play-fighting with me and being rough with me, like brothers and siblings do.

“That actually has been a real big part of how strong I am internally. Falling over doesn’t bother me at all. Hitting my head, if I’m bleeding or whatever, I’m not bothered about it.

“It taught me to deal with the pain and just carry on. That’s what I do my whole life now, so my pain threshold is super high, and I just continue; it doesn’t matter what is going on, I’ll deal with the pain later.”