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Hamilton questions costly Ferrari pitstop decision
BUDAPEST, July 26 : Seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton questioned Ferrari's Hungarian Grand Prix strategy on Sunday after a late pitstop cost him a likely podium finish.The Briton, second in the championship, finished fourth on track but ended up fifth behind teammate Charles Leclerc after a five-second penalty was added to his time for speeding in the pitlane.He had been running in second place before the pitstop, taken during a virtual safety period moments after McLaren's Oscar Piastri had pulled over and retired with a gearbox problem."I definitely don't think we should have taken a stop. The call came literally just before the pit lane entry and I didn't have time to debate it," Hamilton, now 50 points behind Mercedes' championship leader Kimi Antonelli, told reporters at
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