Jamie Hamilton (born 24 March 1991, in
Ballymena
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) is a
Northern Irish motorcycle road racer
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. He competed in International road races aboard a
Suzuki GSX-R1000, a
Honda CBR600RR and a
Kawasaki ER6
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. Hamilton suffered major injuries when crashing during the
TT races in June 2015, and was discharged from
Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast in August, needing future surgery to extend his badly-broken leg.
Career
He initially pursued a career as a footballer playing for
Leicester City under 9's, and
Bolton Wanderers
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under 11's. However after being taken to a local
motocross track in his home town, he was spotted by Harry Corbett, a professional Motocross race team manager and from there progressed to Mini-motos, where he won multiple races, and from there to short circuit racing, and real road racing in Ireland and the Isle of Man TT races.
Starting off
In 2004, at age 13, he won his first race in the Aprilia 125 club race at
Nutts Corner. In 2005 he finished 8th in the
Aprilia
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superteam championship with one win at
Knockhill that year. In 2006 he competed in the CB500 Superclub and club championships where he finished first in the club championship, and second in the superclub championship, breaking the lap record at multiple tracks over the course of the season.
British Supersport & Superstock 600
In 2007 he competed in the British
Supersport 600 championship, setting the world record as the youngest racer ever to compete in British Supersport. He was treated for minor injuries for his involvement in the incident that killed Guy Sanders at
Mondello Park.
In 2008 he competed in British Superstock riding for MSS Colchester
Kawasaki
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Places
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**Kawasaki City Todoroki Arena
**Kawasaki Stadium, a multi-sport stadium
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, where he finished 3rd in his first race of the season at
Thruxton,
and later clinching 4th place at
Donington.
In 2009 Hamilton raced in the Metzeler National Superstock 600 Championship for Gearlink Kawasaki, the official KMUK British Supersport team. Hamilton started riding for Gearlink Kawasaki in the 3rd round and went on to win the championship.
Career statistics
British Supersport Championship
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
official website
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Living people
1991 births
Sportspeople from Ballymena
British Supersport Championship riders
Motorcycle racers from Northern Ireland
Motorsport people from County Antrim