Lewis Hamilton is “ready” and his Ferrari team are “fully focused” to hit the ground running when Formula One fires up again at this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix.

Hamilton cast some doubt as to whether he would participate in Zandvoort when he said only that he would “hopefully” return for the first race back after the sport’s summer shutdown.

The 40-year-old described himself as “absolutely useless” and called on Ferrari to replace him after he started and finished 12th at the last round in Hungary on August 3. Charles Leclerc was fourth in the other Ferrari.

Hamilton is 42 points behind Leclerc in the world championship, has been out-qualified by his team-mate 10 times so far, beaten him in only two races, and is still awaiting his first podium in Ferrari colours.

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