Originally Posted by swills:
“I thought they said on TV at the time, that they told Hamilton to back off a bit, then pit, to avoid 2 cars at the garage at the same time.but this decision cost more time than they thought, and Hamilton came back out on the track in the wrong place, and never regained enough places.”
TBH, I'm not sure it would have made a big difference.
Even if he'd come in right behind Rosberg he would, at best, have ended up between Vettel and Webber.
Hamilton's said that it was his own fault for taking it easy on the way into the pits but I don't think anybody was prepared for quite how quickly the SC let the RBRs past and how quickly they completed the lap to get around before Hamilton left the pits.