| Matt Hamilton | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | February 2, 1990 Hemel Hempstead (England) |
| 2012 British Touring Car Championship | |
| Debut season | 2009 |
| Current team | TH Motorsport |
| Car no. | 98 |
| Starts | 18 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 21st in 2010 |
| Previous series | |
| 2009 2008 2007–08 2006 |
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 auto racing driver. He is currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship.
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]
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