nicolas hamilton, the younger brother of formula one world champion lewis hamilton, is to compete in this season’s british touring car championship hamilton, who has cerebral palsy, will make his debut in june and becomes the first disabled driver to compete in the series the 22 year old will take part in five of the 10  rounds at croft, snetterton, rockingham, silverstone and the final meeting of the championship at brands hatch scroll down for video nicolas hamilton posed a picture with his british touring car the briton said 'it's been a tough few months' nicolas hamilton, pictured with his older brother lewis at the indian grand prix in 2013  hamilton celebrates his elder brother's championship triumph at last season's abu dhabi grand prix  croft circuit   june 27 28  snetterton   august 8 9  rockingham   september 5 6  silverstone   september 26 27  brands hatch   october 10 11  hamilton, who raced in the renault clio cup in 2011 and 2012, said: ‘i am incredibly excited to be racing in btcc with amd tuning this year ‘btcc is the top national motorsport series here in the uk and having the opportunity to race at that level is the biggest challenge i’ve taken on in my career to date ‘i’m coming into the championship with a lot to learn and my expectations are to develop as a driver as my programme across the season progresses’ hamilton was trackside for both his elder brother’s formula one world championship triumphs in brazil in 2008 and last year in abu dhabi hamilton raced in the renault clio cup in 2011 and 2012 he will take part in five rounds of the btcc this year  lewis hamilton celebrates his maiden f1 championship with brother nicolas and dad anthony in 2008  he has been granted a guest entry by british touring car boss alan gow and will take to the wheel of an amd tuning audi s3 ‘whilst i’m aiming to improve as a driver, i’m also hoping to inspire others to strive for their own personal goals, whatever their situation in life,’ added hamilton ‘anyone can exceed expectations in one way or another and i hope to prove that when i race alongside, not just able bodied drivers, but the best touring car drivers in the uk’ nicolas' brother lewis hamilton is bidding to become the first briton to successfully defend his formula one title he heads into this weekend’s malaysian grand prix leading the championship after winning the curtain raiser in melbourne earlier this week ahead of mercedes team mate nico rosberg hamilton leads the formula one world championship after winning the opening race of the season in australia  hamilton is bidding to become the first briton to win back to back titles following his 2014 triumph  nicolas hamilton and his brother lewis at the 2011 goodwood festival of speed  cerebral palsy is the general term for a number of neurological conditions that affect movement and co ordination specifically, cerebral palsy is caused by a problem in the parts of the brain responsible for controlling muscles the condition can occur if the brain develops abnormally or is damaged before, during or shortly after birth the main symptoms of cerebral palsy normally become apparent during the first three years of a child's life they are: muscle stiffness or floppiness, muscle weakness, random and uncontrolled body movements, balance and co ordination problems some people with the condition may have communication and learning difficulties, although intelligence is often unaffected
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nicolas hamilton will take part in five of the 10 championship rounds  the 22 year old lives with the neurological condition cerebral palsy  he competed in the renault clio cup in 2011 and 2012  nicolas is the younger brother of f1 world champion lewis hamilton 