Gap to Fangio was exactly 9, to be precise. Ok, 5.5 was optimistic, add another 1.0 for wrong tyres, and 1.5 for a slowest possible stop. That still leaves almost 2.0 he's been doing what, having an icecream?Gap to Fangio was around 8 actually. The dry tyres absolutely go terrible especially past 50-60 wetness levels. Inters are optimum around those values which was used by Szisz. Wets are also good to go as we saw Fangio's massive advantage. Expecting a 5.5 loss is a bit optimistic under these conditions. Furthermore, there is pitstop randomization as well. However, it is curious to see the difference of lost time between Clark and Peterson. I tried to figure out the problem, but could not spot any. A bad pitstop should affect around 1-1,5 maximum.
One possible explanation might be that Bellof caught him before the stops and overtaking randomization decreased their speeds. But the system did not give an "Overtook" or "Blocked" message. Really not sure. Excel's randomization system went nuts for a moment? Very low possibility, but might happen. I am sorry if there is a mistake, but i updated the game as usual as i have always did.
Honestly sucks :/. Did the play safe maybe have an undesired effect?