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Speaking at Expo 2020 in Dubai ahead of this
week's season-opening race in Bahrain, the 37-year-old Briton
said he was working on the change and hoped to make it soon.
"I'm really proud of my family's name 'Hamilton'," he explained.
"Actually, none of you might know that my mum's name is
Larbalestier, and I'm just about to put that in my name because
I don't really fully understand the whole idea when people get
married then the woman loses her name.
"And my mum, I really want her name to continue on with the
Hamilton name."
Hamilton's mother Carmen and father Anthony separated when he
was two.
Carmen accompanied the Mercedes driver to Windsor Castle in
December when he received his knighthood.
The driver will be chasing a record eighth championship this
year after losing out to Red Bull's Max Verstappen in Abu Dhabi
on the last lap of a controversial last race of 2021.
He said on Monday that winning was not everything and "sometimes
when you lose you actually win and grow, and my advice for
people is: 'Don't be afraid of failure'."
Hamilton said during testing in Bahrain last week that Mercedes
were behind Ferrari and Red Bull and his car, on current form,
lacked the pace to be competing for wins.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin in London, editing by Ken Ferris)
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