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Originally Posted by BReif61
RE Hamilton's pitstop: I missed that part of the race, but in the post race they said if he had not slowed down he would have been waiting in the pits for Rosberg to clear out. True?
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Hamilton had allowed a gap to Nico then came the pit stop window. He was advised to close the gap to be closer to Nico to give him (Lewis) a chance to exit the pits ahead of the Red Bull cars. Hamilton did not close the gap enough and when they brought them in for tires, you could see the gap from the time Nico left the pit box to the time Lewis came down the pit lane. That was about the same time between Seb passing the exit to pit lane and Lewis rejoining the track.
Lewis said later in an interview he didn't realize how critical the timing was and he should have been closer to Nico.
Best
Les