Lewis Hamilton has vowed that he has “moved on” from his recent incident with team-mate Charles Leclerc in Mexico that had cast a shadow over the Ferrari team.

The biggest talking point in the build-up to the Sao Paulo Grand Prix surrounded the fallout from the previous weekend’s clash between the Ferrari drivers, where Leclerc drew Hamilton’s ire with an aggressive move that helped Max Verstappen steal victory.

Lewis Hamilton “moves on” from dispute with Leclerc

Having condemned his teammate for what he perceived to be a “do or die” mentality when battling the sister Ferrari, Hamilton had appeared in no mood to de-escalate the situation when he addressed the media on Thursday at Interlagos, doubling down on his opinion that Leclerc races him harder than any other driver on the Formula 1 grid.

Following a meeting between both drivers and Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur later that same evening, though, the latter stressed that a line had been drawn under the debacle.

Hamilton echoed that sentiment post-qualifying, telling reporters that the talks had been productive despite there being no change to the Italian squad’s racing guidelines.

The seven-time World Champion repeated that stance when the topic was brought up again after the race, as he insisted that he now considers the incident a closed chapter.

“Everything’s good,” Hamilton said. “Fred brought us together, and Fred was great in the meeting. And then he left me and Charles to just give our points, and we both had a really good, open discussion. And it’s all good now. We’ll just move on.”

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Despite the pair lining up six places apart, Hamilton’s lightning start and subsequent struggle with overheating rear tyres resulted in him and Leclerc ending up wheel-to-wheel again.

But unlike in Mexico, the Ferrari drivers gave each other more respect as they battled side-by-side along the main straight, with Leclerc seizing the high ground into Turn 1 before returning the favour later in the race when his teammate was on newer rubber.

However, Vasseur, having quipped that he is “more stressed” when he is participating in sport in his private time, claimed the on-track fight in Brazil was incomparable to the one in Mexico, given that, on this occasion, the lead of the race wasn’t on the line.

“Yeah, but you can’t compare the two situations,” Vasseur highlighted.

“Honestly, we had a good discussion on Friday. We cleared the situation. I think we did a good reset on the mindset, and they left my room joking together, and it’s good. I hope that it will last but to stay like this. But at least we had a good meeting on Thursday.”