Max Verstappen compared the last laps of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to “driving through fog” after being blinded by oil from Pierre Gasly’s Honda Fꦚormula 1 engine.

Verstappen was running behind his 2019 Red Bull teammate’s Toro Rosso when it began🌠 to smoke in the closing stages of Sunday’s race, ultimately resulting in Gasly’s retirement.

Oil from Gasly’s Honda engine - the manufacturer Red Bull will switch to after ending its Renault supply - was spewed directly into Verstappen’s cockpit, with the Dutchman unable to improve his visibility having already used all 𝐆of his visor tear-offs in the race.

“It was a bit of o🎃il but👍 I don’t know exactly what happened there,” Verstappen told Sky Sports.

“I already went through all my tear-offs bu🦩t there was so much oil on my visor it was 🃏like driving through fog. It was horrible.

“I was [trying to wipe it] but it made it even worse, so I just s꧃tayed off it.

“I asked the team ‘where’s Daniel [Ricciardo] because I can’t see him in the mirrors, nothing.”

Despite the issue, and having dropped away from leaders Lewis Ha♔milton and Sebastian Vettel, Verstappen was still able to finish third and take his fifth straight podiumꦚ.

The Red Bull driver also had to recover from a poor start from sixth plac🎶e on the grid which saw him lose ground on the opening lap. Verstappen revealed his Renault engine went into a safety mode, meaning he was down on power.

“The launch w🌌as good but then the engine went into like a saღfety programme and I had it again on the re-start afterwards,” he explained.

“It was not easy but we managed to go back ඣinto a good position, putting pressure on the guys ahead.

“I think I stopped quite early but I had to, because I was on the Hypersofts. Then we ma💮naged to keep the Supersoft alive and I had good pace.”