Lewis Hamilton's brother opens up on treatment from Ferrari at British GP
Nicolas Hamilton, the younger brother of Formula One superstar Lewis Hamilton, has expressed his delight at the warm welcome he received from Ferrari during his visit to Silverstone.
The 33-year-old, who competes in the British Touring Car Championship for Powder Monkey Brewing Co with Esidock, was there on Saturday to support his brother during the British Grand Prix qualifying sessions. Despite living with cerebral palsy, Nicolas races in a specially adapted car and has incredibly participated in over 150 BTCC races.
He enjoyed a heartfelt reunion with Lewis, who was donning the iconic Ferrari red for the first time, sharing a conversation and an affectionate hug after the qualifying rounds.
Taking to social media, Nicolas shared his experience with Ferrari, posting on X: "So good to be back, supporting big bro! First time for me with @scuderiaferrari, where I have been made to feel so welcome."
However, it wasn't all celebrations as Hamilton secured only the fifth starting position for Sunday's race, where he holds the record for the most wins in F1 history with nine victories at the iconic track.
Despite a promising start and dominating Q2, Hamilton was left trailing by a mere hundredth of a second in Q3, relegating him to start from the third row at Silverstone behind Max Verstappen and other rivals.
Even with this setback, Hamilton remains buoyant about his prospects of winning the race, reflecting fondly on his previous victory at Silverstone with Mercedes last year, reports the Express.
Hamilton conveyed his renewed vigour, stating: "I definitely feel a lot better in the car this weekend. This track is incredible, the crowd's been amazing but we needed just a little bit more, like another tenth of performance in the car just to nudge us a little bit closer to the front guys.
"Of course, I'll dream of it tonight and I'll try and execute tomorrow," he said on Saturday concerning his aspirations for etching yet another win on the Silverstone tarmac.
"I think the weather's going to be interesting, I'd imagine it's dry probably for the race but it would be cool if it's drizzling or... yeah, we'll see."
Hamilton was the centre of one of F1's biggest driver changes in history last year when opting to leave Mercedes after 11 years of service to seek a new challenge with Ferrari last year.
Amid the uncertainty over Max Verstappen's future at Red Bull with the Silver Arrows said to be interested in acquiring the Dutchman, the Brit admitted he'd recommend his former team to any driver wanting to make the move there.
"If someone, anyone, was going to ask me about Mercedes, it's an amazing team also with the passion, they've got great personnel, it's a great factory, great environment to work in," he told reporters ahead of the British Grand Prix.
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