F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Max Verstappen wins, Lewis Hamilton retires!

Schumacher and Latifi collide but both drivers are able to continue again. 

It looks like the Williams driver has a puncture.

Hamilton is now within a second of Russell.

Perez is running around one-second per lap quicker than Leclerc and Sainz at the moment in the battle for P2 in the championship.

"If you want to box him first, it's no problem for me."

His floor seems to be magically fixed. He's now just 1.4s behind Russell.

Verstappen, Leclerc, Sainz, Russell, Hamilton, Perez, Norris, Ocon, Stroll, Tsunoda, Albon, Ricciardo, Zhou, Schumacher, Vettel, Gasly, Latifi, Bottas and Magnussen.

Another pit stop for Perez.

He rejoins in sixth ahead of Norris. 

"Starting to struggle with tyres a bit."

He's now just 1.6s behind Perez for second.

"I don't want to pit too early."

Fernando retires from the race with a suspected water leak.#AbuDhabiGP

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"Yeah. I am being held up by Max," Perez reports over team radio.

He's 2.2s behind Perez.

He's cut Perez's gap down to just 2.5s.

A suitable end to his Alpine career.

"It's the worst, we're just getting eaten up by everybody. Who's next to pass us? Sitting duck."

He soon pits for new tyres. Rejoining the race in 19th.

Verstappen, Perez, Leclerc, Sainz, Russell, Hamilton, Norris, Vettel, Ocon, Stroll, Alonso, Tsunoda, Albon, Bottas, Zhou Ricciardo, Schumacher, Magnussen, Gasly and Latifi.

"If we've got a penalty we need to go long."

He rejoins in third ahead of Sainz, who stopped much earlier.

A five-second time penalty for the Mercedes driver.

A 3.4s pit stop for the Dutchman. He rejoins in second ahead of Perez.

Verstappen, Leclerc, Perez, Vettel, Sainz, Russell, Hamilton, Norris, Ocon, Magnussen, Bottas, Stroll, Tsunods, Alonso, Albon, Zhou, Schumacher Ricciardo, Gasly and Latifi.

"I think the floor is broken!"

Sainz pits for new hards. He rejoins in seventh ahead of Ricciardo and Russell.