At just 32 years of age, Lewis Hamilton has already won
more Formula One races than anyone now on
the world's top racing circuit. But although he is a
global superstar, with millions of fans, what relatively few people know is that Lewis has
a younger brother who always wanted to follow
in his big brother's footsteps, and who is now scripting
an unlikely racing story of his own. (CAR ENGINE ROARING) ANNOUNCER:<i> Hamilton now leads!</i> BRYANT GUMBEL:<i> No one can drive
the narrow streets</i> <i> of Monte Carlo at speeds in
excess of 200 miles an hour</i> <i> quite like Formula One phenom,
Lewis Hamilton.</i> <i> That just might explain why
at law abiding speeds,</i> <i>these same streets, to Hamilton,
are almost unrecognizable.</i> I've never even seen this. Wow, look at that. -GUMBEL: What is that?
-LEWIS HAMILTON: Beautiful, -HAMILTON: That's like a church.
-GUMBEL: Oh, that's the um, -GUMBEL: Sanctuary St. Joseph.
-LEWIS: I see where we are, -Yeah, that's really stunning.
-Wow. See, this is great. GUMBEL:<i> Days after this years'
Monaco Grand Prix,</i> <i> we joined Lewis</i> <i>on a ride through the country's
picturesque hillside</i> <i> along the glorious
French Riviera.</i> <i> Do you spend most of your time
here?</i> HAMILTON:<i> Yup. I love it.</i> GUMBEL:<i> What's not to love about
the life Hamilton has built,</i> <i> and clearly enjoys?</i> PAPARAZZI: Lewis! Lewis! GUMBEL:<i>
When he's not jet-setting</i> <i> to red carpet events,</i> <i> or posing
for his next cover shot,</i> <i> -then he's busy winning races.</i>
-(CROWD CHEERING) <i>At 32, the British-born Hamilton</i> <i> is the second all-time winner
in Formula One history.</i> <i> With three world championships
and 60 Grand Prix wins to date.</i> (PEOPLE CHEERING) Tell me, what makes
a good driver? At your level? You gotta have no fear. Like for me,
I'm fearless when I'm driving. You've gotta understand lines,
trajectories. And when you're driving at
200 miles an hour and you brake, with a goal of getting to,
you know, the corner in a certain distance, you need to have
depth perception. That's a God-given gift. -It's so fast!
-GUMBEL:<i> That gift...</i> <i> -runs in the family.</i>
-(LAUGHS) HAMILTON: Now I was going down
Stella Street... and I wanted to tell--
I was thinking to myself, I wanted to tell the team, said, "Tell my brother to watch
my laps," and I was like... GUMBEL:<i> Nicholas, is
Lewis' younger brother.</i> <i> And a Hamilton driver
relatively few people even know.</i> <i> While Lewis' rise to racing
stardom was meteoric,</i> <i> Nicholas' path proved
a lot more challenging</i> <i> in every way imaginable.</i> NICOLAS HAMILTON: I feel like
I'm naturally gifted, <i> but I just sometimes wish that</i> I-- if I had what
everybody else had, you know, where would I be? GUMBEL:<i>
What's the earliest stage</i> <i> that you can recall
being conscious</i> of your conditions,
your physical limitations? I'd probably say
when I was around... six years old. GUMBEL:<i> Nicolas was born
two months premature</i> <i> and remained in an incubator
for six weeks.</i> <i> When he still wasn't crawling
or walking by the age of two,</i> <i> his parents took him
to the doctor.</i> <i> The diagnosis
was cerebral palsy.</i> All my friends were out
playing catch or whatever they wanted to do
and I was inside doing my stretches
with my phys ed therapist. So that was a really hard part
for me, sort of understanding why
I was the way I was and-- and why me, really. GUMBEL: Evident to you
from day one of his limitations? Yeah, of course. He says you never looked
at him... as someone who is disabled. -True?
-Yeah. I looked at him as the same
as me, but I think that's just
when you look upon someone with loving eyes, you know?
I always wanted a brother. <i> And finally had a brother
to play with,</i> <i>and it didn't matter that he...</i> <i> couldn't get up
and walk properly, or...</i> <i> couldn't do all the things
that I would do.</i> GUMBEL:<i>
While Nicolas was struggling</i> <i> with even the most basic
of tasks,</i> <i> things came a lot easier
for Lewis,</i> <i>who was already getting noticed</i> <i> for excelling on
a different kind of race track.</i> How long have you been
racing cars for already, Lewis? YOUNG LEWIS: 'Bout a year. HAMILTON:<i> I was racing
radio controlled cars</i> <i> against adults...</i> <i> at four years old,
five years old</i> <i> and I was beating them.</i> And we have a winner!
Who won the race? Lewis, well done. GUMBEL:<i> Remote controlled cars
led Lewis to carting.</i> RACE ANNOUNCER:<i> ...And back
to the lead goes Lewis Hamilton.</i> GUMBEL:<i> His biggest fan
was young Nicolas.</i> YOUNG NICOLAS:<i> My brother
is the best driver</i> <i> 'cause he's fast.</i> And one day he's gonna
be in Formula One. I was pretty much brought up
at a race circuit and... <i> I felt that every-- every race
that he was doing,</i> <i> I felt like I was
driving the car with him.</i> GUMBEL:<i>
Recognizing Lewis' talent,</i> <i> the boy's father, Anthony,</i> <i> focused virtually
all of his attention</i> <i> on his eldest son.</i> He couldn't understand why I had such great
hand-to-eye coordination. And then when I
drove a go-kart, he... he obviously saw
the focus in my eyes. He had the grand vision. HAMILTON:
Yeah, the grand vision and... The ab-- the ability was
clearly there, so he wanted to try and
explore that. And see if that grew
and it did. GUMBEL:<i>
In a sport steeped in wealth,</i> <i> the Hamilton's had none.</i> <i> So, Anthony took on four jobs
to fund Lewis' carting career,</i> <i> while serving as his mechanic.</i> HAMILTON:<i> He would be
in the garage till...</i> <i> three, four AM,
fixing' up the go-kart,</i> and then getting' up,
going to work... to get the train to London
at six. Coming back late at night,
then doing the same thing. I mean, he sacrificed
every single penny, every second
of his day... to... give me the opportunity
to-- to shine. GUMBEL:<i> And shine, he did.</i> <i> But Lewis' talent wasn't all
that separated him</i> <i> from his competition.</i> We were the only
black family there, -which was--
-Oh, I heard about that, too, so you must've caused quite a--
a scene when you showed up. We did.
You know, my favorite movie
is<i> Cool Runnings.</i> -Have you seen that movie?
-Yeah. -Jamaican bobsledding team.
-Exactly. It's pretty much my life. That's why it's my favorite,
because it-- it relates to me and my dad
and my family a lot. Like when they arrive
at the top of the hill to do their first bobsled run... <i> They've got the most rugged,
ragged old bobsleds.</i> That literally was my go-kart,
in the back of our car. Everybody else
had gleaming machines. Yeah, and we were scruffy. And, when in<i> Cool Runnings,</i>
the whole paddock, they all stopped and look. <i> Silent.</i> And I relay that to my life, 'cause when we pulled out
the go-kart, there was pretty much
the same vibe. (CHUCKLES)
Everyone's looking at us, like, "What are these guys
doing here?" And we turned some heads,
you know. -(RACE CAR ENGINE ROARING)
-GUMBEL:<i> In 2007,</i> <i> when Lewis made his
Formula One debut,</i> <i>he became the first black driver
in the history of the sport.</i> <i> The very next season,</i> <i> he captured
his first world championship.</i> When he crossed the line,
everybody was jumping up, and I actually got bowled over,
you know, I was-- people just knocked me over like I wasn't even
standing there (LAUGHS). <i> It was the most incredible,
incredible feeling um...</i> <i> and uh, yeah, one that I'll...</i> <i> take with me to my grave,
for sure.</i> (RACE CAR ENGINE REVVING) GUMBEL:<i> Meanwhile, Nicolas
had started competing, too.</i> <i> Behind the wheels of cars
in simulated racing games</i> <i> like this one.</i> When you were a kid,
how long could you play at this? Oh, hours. <i> As soon as I'd get home from--
from school,</i> <i> as long as I did my...
homework,</i> I'd play on it from...
I don't know, <i> from five o'clock till ten.</i> Five hours straight. GUMBEL: Come on, man.
You serious? <i> The hours of practice
that Nicolas put in</i> <i> served him best
when competing against</i> <i>a certain Formula One champion.</i> <i> For while Lewis was traveling
the world,</i> <i> the two would often race
against each other online,</i> <i> and communicate
using headphones.</i> Nic, can you hear me? How you doing mate,
you alright? GUMBEL:<i> And the world's
most celebrated driver</i> <i> didn't always win.</i> Could you beat him? I'd-- I always did. Yeah. Wasn't-- there wasn't
a "could." There was never a "could,"
"Could I beat him?" It's "I will." And I'll do it now. (LAUGHS) GUMBEL:<i> That's when Nicolas
fully realized</i> <i> that he could have
a racing career of his own.</i> I loved everything about
Motorsport, it was my life and uh,
I thought to myself, if I can't have a career
in real life, um, why can't I have one
in the virtual world? GUMBEL:<i> Pretty soon, Nicolas was
beating everyone in Britain.</i> <i> And became the country's
online racing champion.</i> <i> Only to his father,</i> <i> virtual racing
wasn't really racing at all.</i> <i> It was just a game.</i> NICOLAS HAMILTON:<i> You know,
my dad always said, "Nic,</i> <i> stop playing games,
read a book or study."</i> He didn't, you know,
help me as much as maybe he could have done
or maybe he should have done, but it actually built me
as a person. You imagine for my brother
it's been very difficult being, first, you're disabled, and then having to follow
in the footsteps of another. You know, my dad gave
all the focus to me, so... All of his time... was--
was on my racing, so, definitely my brother
was neglected. And probably felt neglected
for a period of time. GUMBEL:<i> After years of competing
against Nicolas online,</i> <i> and witnessing
his brother's talent first-hand,</i> <i> Lewis had an idea.</i> My brother was watching me
in one of my races online, and uh, I was overtaking people,
and I was-- I was very quick, and I was very clinical
and he said to me, you know, "You should try it for real." GUMBEL:<i> But getting behind
the wheel of a real car</i> <i> on a real track
posed a challenge for Nicolas,</i> <i>whose legs had become atrophied</i> <i> from spending
much of his childhood</i> <i> in a wheelchair.</i> It made my legs deteriorate,
and they became redundant, um, and then I had to
retrain them again. From pretty much zero, um,
to get them ready for when I wanted to race. GUMBEL:<i> After years of watching
his big brother drive,</i> <i> Nicolas finally entered
his first real professional race</i> <i> in 2011.</i> <i> This time, it was Lewis
who didn't miss a lap.</i> It's really surreal for me to be
here and be able to support him and he's always been coming
to all my races, so... I wouldn't have missed it
for the world. To have him there
just standing by my side, you know, it meant a lot,
and it sort of, you know, puts a lump in my throat
even now. GUMBEL:<i> The success
that Nicolas had come to enjoy</i> <i> in the virtual world,</i> <i> didn't translate
in the real one.</i> <i> He finished 15th in a field
of 17.</i> <i> But that hasn't dimmed
his dreams.</i> <i> Today he has
his own fan following</i> <i> and continues to compete
in races across England.</i> He's a very inspirational
young kid and now he's racing, he's gone and found
his own sponsorship money. He sets up everything himself. He's not doing what he does
or has what he has because he's my brother. He's built something up
for himself. GUMBEL:<i> Through his newfound
driving career,</i> <i> Nicolas has gained
an even greater appreciation</i> <i> for what Lewis has achieved.</i> (CAR ENGINE REVVING) GUMBEL: Do you think you're
a good enough driver that you... can offer some
constructive criticism ever when he drives? No, not really. I just know that now I can
understand it more as a driver. I just-- I'd never give him
more advice in that way, he's-- he's, you know,
the best driver in the world. I know you love your brother,
do you envy him? No, not at all. -Not-- not--
-Come on, you have to. I've been very, very proud
of him from day one for what he's achieved. There's only a small percentage
of people that are... that great in a-- in a race car. I-- there's not one part of me
that envies him, it's just pure pride. GUMBEL: The natural reaction
to someone who feels neglected is to feel resentful, but I don't get the sense
that Nicolas resented... -No, I don't think so.
-...you or your career. I mean, we spend
a lot of time together, we... we're still brothers. GUMBEL:<i>
The Hamilton brothers reunited</i> <i> midway through
this Formula One season,</i> <i> when England's national hero</i> <i> came home
for the British Grand Prix.</i> GRAND PRIX PRESENTER:
Ladies and gentleman, -Lewis Hamilton!
-(CROWD CHEERING) I love you guys, man,
thank you so much. -Means the world to me.
-(CHEERING CONTINUES) -(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-♪ (MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ GUMBEL:<i> On qualifying day,
as Lewis and his team</i> <i> were vying
for the pole position,</i> <i> Nicolas was yet again
by his brother's side.</i> As he had been
time and time before. (CARS REVVING) RACE ANNOUNCER:<i> Away we go,
and Hamilton gets away quick.</i> GUMBEL:<i> The following day,</i> <i> driving in front
of his hometown crowd,</i> <i> Lewis was attempting to match</i> <i>the most British Grand Prix wins
in Formula One history.</i> <i> He not only did just that,
but made it look easy.</i> <i>Taking the lead from the start,
and holding it for all 52 laps.</i> RACE ANNOUNCER:<i> It's a fifth
British Grand Prix win</i> <i> for Hamilton at Silverstone!</i> NICOLAS:<i>
I'm Lewis' number one fan,</i> <i> always have been.</i> <i> And yeah, he as loads
of fans around the world</i> <i> saying that they're his
number one fan, but...</i> <i> yeah, no one's gonna
surpass me, that's for sure.</i> Thank you for watching. Remember,
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