Why was Lewis jumped by Robert Kubica and Kimi Raikkonen at that first pitstop?
Along with a number of other teams, we took a decision to come in under the Safety Car as soon as the pitlane was opened. We felt that was the right decision and fueled Lewis long enough to enable him to run longer than the other cars because we felt we had the pace to be able to stay with them. During the stop itself, there was a bit of a hesitation, which didn’t help. But overall, I don’t think the stop was too bad given the amount of fuel we put into the car. If we’d got out in front we would have been in a very strong position; if we’d come out behind – by virtue of having a longer fuel-load, we’d still have had the ability to hopefully have come through at the second stop. What went wrong at the pit-exit? Clearly, with the overwhelming majority of the cars pitting at the same time, the pitlane was unusually congested. As a result, Lewis not only had to monitor the two cars ahead of him but also keep an eye on the red lights at the pit exit. We all saw what happened next – and that
