He wants to keep his mother’s maiden name, Carmen Larbalestier.
Lewis Hamilton has announced that he is going to change his name to be able to bear the surname of his mother, Carmen Larbalestier. The seven-time world champion has not given more details, but he has expressed his disagreement with the traditional use of the paternal surname in Great Britain and with married women losing their maiden name in his country.
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton is the son of Anthony Hamilton and Carmen Larbalestier, who separated when the pilot was only two years old. The F1 champion has kept in touch with both, and although he has always been seen more with his father, who was his manager in his early days in F1, he also has a great relationship with his mother. .
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“I am very proud of my last name Hamilton, but maybe none of you know that my mother’s last name is Larbalestier and I am about to start using that last name,” the Mercedes driver said on a visit to the Dubai Expo.
“I do not understand very well that when people get married the woman loses her last name. I want my mother to appear next to the last name Hamilton. Hopefully everything will be solved soon. It will not be this weekend, but we are working on it, “confessed Lewis.
What we don’t know is how Lewis will integrate his mother’s last name with his father’s in his full name. Perhaps it is Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton-Larbalestier or simply Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton Larbalestier, in the style of what we do in our country.
Whichever formula is chosen, it is clear that the driver will continue to be known as Lewis Hamilton in the paddock, even if he also officially bears his mother’s last name, which is currently nowhere to be found. If he asks F1 for it, maybe he’ll even show up on the banners.
Hamilton’s mother has attended numerous races throughout the Briton’s successful career. Very recently, when he was made Sir at Windsor Castle last December, she stood by his side. She has also been seen celebrating some of his titles.
