How Sim Racing Changed the Life of a Young Man with Cerebral Palsy
I’d like to introduce you to Nicolas Hamilton. If you follow Formula One like I do, you’ll recognize the name as he’s the brother of Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain. He’s also got cerebral palsy, when meant that he couldn’t follow in his brother’s footsteps. That was, until he was introduced to Sim Racing at age 15. I’ve written about Sim Racing in the past, but here’s one way where it can truly change lives.
Nicolas devoted so much time developing his skills and abilities on the simulator that he was soon winning Esports championships and gaining huge notoriety in the online racing community. But that wasn’t enough for Nicolas; eventually his single-minded dedication saw him able to transfer his online skills into the take-no-prisoners, physical world of real-world motorsports. In 2011 started racing real cars The Renault Sport Clio Cup. In 2015, with a car that was specially modified to accommodate his needs, Nicolas secured a deal with AmD Tuning to race an Audi S3 in five rounds of the British Touring Car Championship, the top motorsport series in the UK, thereby becoming the first driver with a disability to compete in the series. Nicolas is now also part of Channel 4’s Formula One presentation team.
The story is remarkable and it’s documented in a short film called “Inspired to Drive – The Nicolas Hamilton Story”. The film was shot on location in Los Angeles, California, at CXC Simulations—a high-end engineering firm that has revolutionized personal racing simulation equipment—as well as on location in London. The film was produced by automotive filmmakers Donut Media. I’ve embedded the short film below:
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How Sim Racing Changed the Life of a Young Man with Cerebral Palsy
I’d like to introduce you to Nicolas Hamilton. If you follow Formula One like I do, you’ll recognize the name as he’s the brother of Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain. He’s also got cerebral palsy, when meant that he couldn’t follow in his brother’s footsteps. That was, until he was introduced to Sim Racing at age 15. I’ve written about Sim Racing in the past, but here’s one way where it can truly change lives.
Nicolas devoted so much time developing his skills and abilities on the simulator that he was soon winning Esports championships and gaining huge notoriety in the online racing community. But that wasn’t enough for Nicolas; eventually his single-minded dedication saw him able to transfer his online skills into the take-no-prisoners, physical world of real-world motorsports. In 2011 started racing real cars The Renault Sport Clio Cup. In 2015, with a car that was specially modified to accommodate his needs, Nicolas secured a deal with AmD Tuning to race an Audi S3 in five rounds of the British Touring Car Championship, the top motorsport series in the UK, thereby becoming the first driver with a disability to compete in the series. Nicolas is now also part of Channel 4’s Formula One presentation team.
The story is remarkable and it’s documented in a short film called “Inspired to Drive – The Nicolas Hamilton Story”. The film was shot on location in Los Angeles, California, at CXC Simulations—a high-end engineering firm that has revolutionized personal racing simulation equipment—as well as on location in London. The film was produced by automotive filmmakers Donut Media. I’ve embedded the short film below:
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This entry was posted on May 30, 2016 at 8:55 am and is filed under Commentary with tags Project CARS. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.