Ignition specialist NGK attracted big crowds to its stand at Automechanika Birmingham with racing driver Nicolas Hamilton one of several VIP guests.

Nicolas, brother of F1 Champion Lewis Hamilton, competes in the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship and was in attendance to meet visitors, sign autographs and to test his skills on a virtual reality racing simulator.

The NGK Spark Plugs stand featured the company’s new range of premium NTK camshaft and crankshaft sensors, also known as engine speed and position sensors. The new sensors, comprising more than 200 part numbers were displayed alongside the company’s full product range which includes new NTK ‘5-wire’ Lambda sensors, Mass Air Flow (MAF) and Manifold Absolute Pressure (MAP) sensors and original equipment (OE) spark plugs and glow plugs, plus ignition coils.

Mark Hallam, Marketing Manager, NGK Spark Plugs said, “Nicolas attracted a big audience of garage visitors and motorsport enthusiasts to our stand on the second day of the show. It was great to play host to him and he couldn’t have been more accommodating, meeting and chatting to visitors and posing for photographs. He is enjoying an impressive start to the 2019 British Touring Car Championship season and as well as being an inspiration to many is extremely competitive, relishing the opportunity to set the fastest lap on the simulator.”