"Still on Plan A, Plan A."

SV: "Copy.

"Think about pitting."

It's a long-haul for Sergio Perez on the mediums.

Our top five started as Hamilton, Verstappen, Leclerc, Vettel and Albon. They're all still there.

Twenty started, 20 are still in it.

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Max Verstappen
3. Charles Leclerc
4. Sebastian Vettel
5. Alexander Albon
6. Valtteri Bottas
7. Sergio Perez
8. Daniil Kvyat
9. Lando Norris
10. Nico Hulkenberg.

"Come on. Come on move!"

That's Robert Kubica holding him up. And he sounded a bit like Kimi Raikkonen then.

"Feels like a there's a massive drag hole at the beginning of my throttle map."

Engineer: "There's nothing we can do about it Max - you're just going to have to live with it."

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"Can we try Plan C?"

Engineer: "We are looking into it..."

CL: "Plan C! Plan C!"

Remember Leclerc being told about a Plan A, but I missed Plan B.

Rob Hill: Hamilton is driving a different race to everyone else today. He probably has the radio on and a bag of crisps open. Zero pressure.

Ranting MrP: Toto comes down to watch a pit stop. Interesting. That's the last Mercedes pit stop of the season, unless there's a safety car. Is it also Toto's last pit stop as team boss?

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Jack Nicholls
BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator

Verstappen goes for it, three-wide Verstappen parks it on the exit and he's through to second position.

And Leclerc tried to go around the outside and turns in, very dramatically, he properly went for that one Leclerc, but now Verstappen has held the place and that's the battle done.

That Verstappen and Leclerc fun and games does mean Hamilton's lead is now 15 seconds.

He's been getting increasingly worried over team radio, but Max Verstappen, on fresher tyres, is able to launch a dive inside Charles Leclerc.

Leclerc then goes on the attack trying to get the place back but the Dutchman fends off the attack. Applause from the Red Bull mechanics. Some nice racing after the dullest of dull 32 laps.

MV: "After the pit stop something happened I don't know what it is."

Engineer: "We may not be able to do too much at this stage, we're looking at it Max and will update you."

MV: "What I have now is the best compromise."

Engineer: "Understood, keep us posted."

MV: "Please help me with my problems on the exit, because that's slowing me down."

Basically we're having a Lewis Hamilton masterclass, with Max Verstappen getting increasingly worried over team radio at the state of his car. That's pretty much it.

Simon Baker: 2012 was my favourite Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Vettel climbing through the field, Hamilton retiring when he seemed to have the race in the bag, Raikkonen assuring everyone "I know what I'm doing," and great action throughout the field.

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Nothing wrong with Valtteri Bottas' pitstop. He is only in sixth. From 20th, that's a decent return. He may be thinking he can hunt down Alexander Albon, who is 11 seconds ahead of him in fifth.

Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

Even though Ferrari said [double stacking] is the best option, I'm still trying to work out why!

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Bottas has climbed up to fourth from 20th and goes 30 laps before he comes in to the pits. Sergio Perez in seventh and Daniil Kvyat in eighth are yet to stop.

"It's still really poor."

Engineer: "OK."

Not sure if Verstappen is talking about the race or his car's handling.

1. Hamilton
2. Leclerc +9.5
3. Verstappen +12.7
4. Bottas +27.7
5. Vettel +32.4
6. Albon +35.7
7. Perez +51.4
8. Kvyat +59.8
9. Norris +68.0
10. Hulkenberg +69.4