Lewis Hamilton Shares Mum Carmen Larbalestier’s Special F1 First 17 Years in the Making

Lewis Hamilton is one of the current races that is most familiar with the Grand Prix tracks. Winning the world championship 7 times, Hamilton has participated in 334 races, which means many visits to the tracks. But there is one member of his family who has never been to the track before.

Lewis Hamilton’s mother, Carmen Larbalestier, has always supported his racing career since a young age. Getting into Karting at the age of 3, he has always been a race driver and his parents supported it. Despite his parent’s early divorce, he has been close to both of them, and he also decided to take his mother’s last name to show her respect. However, the surprising thing is that in 17 years of Lewis Hamilton driving in Formula 1, his mother has made only one appearance on the track. And here is the reason behind it.

Why did Lewis Hamilton’s mother never visit the tracks?

A candid interview with Lewis Hamilton and Carmen Larbalestier took place after the driver’s mother graced the tracks for the first time. The vibrant mother of the legend spoke about her never being at the track before, which was recorded and uploaded to Twitter.

The conversation starts with a casual discussion about Larbalestier’s first day on track. Lewis Hamilton’s mother responded by saying that the day was great. After discussing his mother’s hairstyle, the topic moved toward how she has never visited a race. That’s when Larbalestier gives the Mercedes driver a witty reply about how she avoided coming to the track.

During the interview, Hamilton said, “I can’t believe how have you never been…firstly to a launch in 17 years? And secondly, how have you never been out at the track with me?” To this, his mother replied, “I don’t know! How have l managed to escape that?”

It is surprising to see that the 7-time world champion’s mother never visited the track to see his son. But the connection they share is commendable.

Lewis Hamilton’s new name

Many years after his parent’s divorce, Lewis Hamilton decided to even change his last name from Hamilton to Larbalestier in honor of his mother. This happened during the 2022 Dubai Expo, where he announced the name change.

Although he is still known as Lewis Hamilton to the world, taking his mother’s name shows how he is proud of his heredity. On the occasion, Hamilton announced, “I’m proud of my family’s name. I’m about to add my mother’s name, Larbalestier, to my name; none of you may know that.” This announcement comes off as a shock as this is a lesser-known fact about the 7-time world champion.

That being said, Lewis Hamilton is very close to both his parents with his father pushing him into racing at a young age. Despite the divorce, both parents have put effort into raising him to be the name that the Motorsport world will never forget. What do you think of the interaction between Hamilton and his mother? Were you as surprised to learn about the 17-year time that his mother did not visit the tracks? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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