Lewis Hamilton’s mission to inject some fun into his Ferrari career was put to an early test as he finished a shaky first practice at the Dutch Grand Prix over a second-and-a-half adrift of pace-setter Lando Norris .

The seven-time world champion said on Thursday that he was determined to enjoy his driving again, after describing himself as “absolutely useless” and suggesting Ferrari should replace him after he started and finished 12th in Hungary before the sport’s summer break.

But the 40-year-old’s bid to bring back the fun-factor did not start well as he spun just over 10 minutes into the weekend’s opening running before managing to keep the car out of the gravel.

He was not the only one struggling for grip as Yuki Tsunoda spun off track before the session was red-flagged as Mer

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