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I don't think it's right to have a situation like Monaco 2011 where you had Maldonado in 7th and Heidfeld in 8th (I think), nose-to-tail on track but Nick was a lap down because the safety was deployed just as he was lapped.
You can't really credit them a lap back because you can't give them laps they haven't done! Who knows - a driver could lose it on track in that lap to chase up to the back of the pack. In wet conditions there's quite a high likelihood of that.
In the interests of good racing, lapped cars should be able to overtake. Maybe they should let them overtake the safety car and give them about half a lap or so before restarting the race rather than waiting until they have caught up with the rest of the pack?
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