The decisive scene
Hamilton Lap 48 hard-to-soft stop
The turning point was Lap 48, when Leclerc’s protected stop kept P1 but Hamilton’s matching stop exposed P2 to Russell.
Featured decision read: MIXED
Ferrari's call
Ferrari stopped Hamilton from P2 on Lap 48, switching hard to soft. He was P3 after the stop cycle.
Why the answer stays bounded
The data lacks exact marshal-signal timing, pit-entry location, queue order and live pit-exit gap, so the what-if cannot be proven.