McLaren team boss Andrea Stella was in a more junior role when he worked at the Scuderia, but he had a clear view of how the team worked when Michael Schumacher was in his pomp in the early 2000s

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

While the factor of adapting to his SF-25 F1 car could be taken into consideration, last weekend's race at the Hungaroring reached a new low in his Ferrari career. Hamilton was knocked out of Q2 in the qualifying session,