[javadog]

Like I said, there were a couple of things at play, here. Hambone was on his radio complaining about the state of his tires. He knew they were going to be even worse, on the restart, as they were going to cool off beacause of the safety car. He had been watching the TV screens, as drivers often do, and thought he saw his team in the pitlane. His assumption was that Rosberg had stopped. He couldn't see him directly, since he had such a lead, so he figured a stop was okay.

I can't say what the team thought the gap was, as I wasn't watching what they were on the pit wall. They thought they had enough of a gap to get him in and out. Obviously, they were wrong. Whether it was just that the gap was never sufficient, or that it went away when they went from the virtual saftey car period to the safety car period and the drivers could pick up the pace, I don't know. I'm sure they will figure it out.

JR