Did he hit his perfect position in the pit stop ?
If not exactly , it's his fault .

If he got it right , then it was one or more of his crew that cost him the win , as they were a second and a half slower than his previous stop .

According to Allen , it should have taken 17 seconds , and it took 18.5 or so , in and out of pit lane .


So , to his team strategists , it was still within the window where it would work , albeit scary close .

And , as it worked out , it was only about a half a second that they needed to stay ahead of both Nico and Seb .



It should have worked .

I guess it should have been communicated to Lewis that neither of his closest rivals had gone in for tires .
Had he known this , he surely wouldn't have wanted to , himself , and wouldn't have lobbied his team for new skins at all .

He needs to remember , though , that he did ask for tires , and was happy , at the time , to pit for them .
It was only when he emerged from the pits that he was struck by the fact that he was now relegated to third .