ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP) — Lewis Hamilton was wistful and cryptic in a social media post Monday as he prepares to resume his tough debut season with Ferrari .

The seven-time Formula 1 champion seems ready to race Sunday when the series returns in the Netherlands after a four-week midseason break.

“We have to keep going, even when it’s difficult,” the 40-year-old Hamilton wrote in a brief post on Instagram , with a photo of himself silhouetted in front of a warm sunset.

It offered more insight — if not complete clarity — after previous social media posts in his break from a racing season that has brought no podium finish in 14 starts and led Hamilton to call his driving “absolutely useless.”

“No days off,” he wrote last week accompanying a photo while lifting weights.

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