To me, the Hamilton penalty ended up showing how poorly Mercedes performs in traffic. Albon had a damaged car and it still took several laps for Hamilton to pass him once he caught up to him, and only then that was because Albon went off track and had to give up the position. Yes, Hamilton passed many cars by the end, but none were gimme's.

In the end, he was something like 23 seconds behind the leader after being 30 seconds behind after taking the penalty. So, a net gain of 7 seconds in the final 25 laps with "top top" tier gear on the leader.