Lewis Hamilton’s brother Nicolas Hamilton becomes first disabled person to drive an F1 simulator

Nicolas Hamilton, 30, has cereb🌳ral palsy and races in the British Touring Car Championships with a modified car.
He has now ma🥂de🐻 history with a taste of what his brother experiences in a Mercedes F1 car.
“Earlier this year Nicolas and I askedꦉ my team if we could make this day h🃏appen and here we are,” Lewis Hamilton said.
“Time in the💟 sim is incredibly rare, and not something that is accessible for someone like my brother.
“It took custom modifications to the seat, steering wheel and pedals 🌞to make this possible. He spent the whole day in it, and is the first disabled person to ever do so.
“He’s always been a fighter and seeing him have this day is an honour. The smile you see here never left his fac꧑e.
“Can’t wait to share more of this special day, thank y♈ou Mercedes for the time and work put in to make this possible and make my brother’s dream come true.”

James was a sportsღ journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.