Diesel wrote:
That's just the concertina effect, he lost some time, but nowhere near a second. The second down recorded on the live timing was the result of lifting on the straight to let Nico pass.
I think you are right, it wasn't a second.
I don't know the exact time, but I very crudely paced the difference between the two by counting at fast steady pace in my head as they started the lap, and then counted it again going onto the back straight before Lewis aborts. I reckon that Lewis lost about 2/3rds of the 'time gap' he had to Rosberg when they immediately crossed the start line.