Overview
- The start-line clash at the Mexican Grand Prix cost Ferrari a likely 1-2 and left Lewis Hamilton second and Charles Leclerc fourth.
- Hamilton has publicly doubled down on his criticism of Leclerc, saying he will not apologise and that he will keep speaking openly.
- Leclerc missed immediate talks because he returned home for the birth of his daughter and only arrived later in Brazil.
- Team principal Frédéric Vasseur has scheduled a meeting in Sao Paulo with Hamilton and Leclerc to try to resolve the dispute while Hamilton contests his 400th Grand Prix.
- RTL expert Christian Danner publicly criticised Hamilton as a 'diva,' and Ferrari's history of internal rows shows leadership pressure to repair relations or risk weakening the team's challenge to Red Bull.