Apparently he sat up shortly after passing Yates because he didn't feel good about taking advantage of a crash but his DS gave orders to get on with it.
Yates might have been relieved by that.
I saw that and thought that might be what he was thinking
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Apparently he sat up shortly after passing Yates because he didn't feel good about taking advantage of a crash but his DS gave orders to get on with it.
Yates might have been relieved by that.