Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton MBE HonFREng is a British racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Mercedes. In Formula. One, Hamilton has won a joint-record seven World Drivers’ Championship titles, and holds the records for the most wins, pole positions, and podium finishes, among others.
Lewis Hamilton: Parents still together| Parents jobs| Parents nationality
Parents still together:
Hamilton, whose parents Anthony and Carmen divorced when he was just two, has questioned why women lose their surname after they become married. Speaking onstage at the 2022 Dubai Expo, he said: “It would mean the world to my family [to win an eighth title].
Lewis Hamilton’s bond with dad as F1 champ ‘initiated break’ before pair grew closer.
Lewis Hamilton has previously spoken out about his attempts to repair his fractured relationship with his dad. In the past, he told how that the “search for success” damaged his bond with his father Anthony.
Parents Jobs:
Lewis said in an Instagram post that his father worked four jobs at one point to support his racing.
This moment in time I will never forget. We started with nothing, he had 4 jobs to keep me racing at one time and I slept on the couch. We dreamt of doing something, something so far out of reach, becoming an F1 driver.
Anthony would help Lewis break into the world of go-karting, where he spent seven years working his way from the Rye House Kart Circuit in Hertforshire to Formula Super A stardom. Hamilton Snr was Lewis’ manager throughout his racing career up until 2010, when he was ruthlessly sacked.
Parents Nationality:
His father, Anthony Hamilton, is black and is of Grenadian descent, while his mother, Carmen Larbalestier, is White British, and from Birmingham, making him mixed-race; Hamilton has identified as black.
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton was born into a mixed-race family on 7 January 1985, in Stevenage, a quiet English town north of London.
His father Anthony, whose parents immigrated from Grenada in the West Indies in the 1950’s, and his mother Carmen divorced when Lewis was about two years old.
Occupation: Racing driver
