Matt Hamilton (racing driver)

Matt Hamilton
Nationality	British
Born	February 2, 1990 (1990-02-02) (age 21) Hemel Hempstead (England)
2011 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.

Racing career

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]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Biography". matthamiltonracing.com. Matt Hamilton. http://www.matthamiltonracing.com/biog.html. Retrieved 2010-06-19. 
2. ^ "Hamilton airlifted to hospital after startline accident". clubfpa.com (Newnet). 2007-04-07. http://www.clubfpa.com/news-article.aspx?id=2642. Retrieved 2010-06-19. 
3. ^ O'Leary, Jamie (2009-09-03). "Hamilton joins BTCC with TH Honda". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78271. Retrieved 2009-09-03. 
4. ^ "'Nothing to lose' for Hamilton at Thruxton". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2010-04-02. http://www.crash.net/btcc/news/158336/1/nothing_to_lose_for_hamilton_at_thruxton.html. Retrieved 2010-04-02. 
5. ^ O'Leary, Jamie (2010-06-10). "Matt Hamilton forced to miss Croft". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/84262. Retrieved 2010-06-19. 

External links

• Official Website

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Name	Hamilton, Matt
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Date of birth	2 February 1990
Place of birth	Hemel Hempstead (England)
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