Lewis Hamilton was joined by his younger brother Nicolas on Saturday at the Ferrari garage.
Lewis Hamilton’s younger brother, Nicolas, has revealed what he really thinks about the treatment he received from Ferrari after visiting the seven-time Formula One world champion during qualifying for the British Grand Prix.
Hamilton’s sibling, Nicolas, 33, is also a race car driver and currently competes in the British Touring Car Championship for Powder Monkey Brewing Co with Esidock.
Hamilton has cerebral palsy and therefore races in a specially-modified car for his needs. During his time in the BTCC, he has entered in 150 races. Nicolas is known to have a close bond with his older brother and made the trip to Silverstone over the weekend on July 5 to see the 40-year-old in Ferrari colours for the first time.
After Hamilton’s qualifying sessions for Sunday’s race where he’s secured the most wins out of any driver in F1 history (9), the racing legend made his way to his younger brother as the pair engaged in brief conversation before embracing one another. Beaming with pride for Lewis, Nicolas took to social media to share how he was treated by the legendary Italian team upon his arrival, the Express reports.
Writing on X, he said: “So good to be back, supporting big bro!
“First time for me with @scuderiaferrari, where I have been made to feel so welcome.”
Despite having his loyal little brother cheer him on, it was a disappointing end to qualifying for Hamilton who could only capture a starting place of P5 for the race.
Despite a remarkable start in practice before setting the pace in Q2, Hamilton was only able to find a hundredth of a second in Q3 as he’ll begin the race after Max Verstappen, Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris and George Russell.
While he failed to improve on his earlier qualifying runs, Hamilton confessed he feels more confident in his car.
In addition to this, despite starting fifth on the grid, he is still determined to defend the trophy he won last year at Silverstone during his time at Mercedes.
He said: “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.”
Hamilton continued: “Of course, I’ll dream of it tonight and I’ll try and execute tomorrow.
“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.”
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