After a successful schoolboy career racing karts - including a fourth-place finish in the Super 1 National Cadet Championship in 2002 - Hamilton won a Formula BMW Scholarship to contest a full season of single-seater racing in 2006. Won races in Formula Palmer Audi 2007 before a leg-breaking accident halted his season. Sixth in British Formula Ford 2008. Tackled BTCC 2009-2011 with TH Motorsport Honda Civic before moving on to sports cars with the Britcar series