Ferrari's post-Mexico summit produced a clean Brazil weekend, but Fred Vasseur isn't declaring victory. "I hope that it will last," he said after the Leclerc-Hamilton meeting — a telling verb when the truce hasn't faced a real test. Brazil was a fight for minor points. When Ferrari's back in win contention, the détente gets stress-tested. Leclerc admitted as much: "Of course we want to finish ahead of each other."
Carlos Sainz offered perspective from four years alongside Leclerc. The fights were hard but clean; the real pressure came from polarized fanbases and Italian media demanding a hierarchy. Every front-running team with two elite drivers hits this wall, Sainz noted. The difference now is Hamilton's stature. Leclerc beat Vettel and Sainz convincingly when they challenged his primacy. Hamilton's a different test entirely.
Vegas, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi will show whether Vasseur's hope was enough.
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