The decisive scene
L1-L24 opening medium stint
The regret is not an obviously wrong stop lap. It is that Ferrari had early track-position control and did not convert it into at least one car ahead of Mercedes. Leclerc controlled the race through L24, Hamilton gave Ferrari a second car in the front group, and the tyre data says the one-stop was viable. Yet after the pit cycle the Ferraris were locked into P3 P4 and never applied decisive pressure to the Mercedes 1-2.
Featured decision read: MIXED
Ferrari's call
Ferrari kept Leclerc and Hamilton out on medium tyres while Leclerc controlled the lead phase and Hamilton ran in the podium group.
Why the answer stays bounded
The mediums remained healthy, Ferrari had two cars close together strategically, and interruptions made clean tyre wear and gap projection harder.