Send your comments or questions to: @jamesallenonf1 on X or jamesallenonf1@autosport.com. But one man who has not shut down is our F1 writer Ronald Vording, who joins James Allen from the Netherlands to take stock of the season and look ahead to what we can expect when the racing starts again later this month.

Hamilton has endured a difficult 18 months, particularly in qualifying. The Independent crunches the lap times