FIA press conference schedule - Japan

Thursday’s press conference in Japan will see three world champions - Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen - facing questions from the press. On Friday meanwhile it’s the turn of some of F1’s top technical minds - including Mercedes’ Paddy Lowe and Williams’ Pat Symonds - to face a grilling. The line-ups in full…

Thursday, October 06, 1500 hours local time (0600 GMT)

Fernando Alonso (McLaren), Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari), Jolyon Palmer (Renault), Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso), Pascal Wehrlein (Manor)

Friday, October 07, 1600 hours local time (0700 GMT)

Bob Bell (Renault), Luigi Fraboni (Ferrari), Yusuke Hasegawa (Honda), Ayao Komatsu (Haas), Paddy Lowe (Mercedes), Pat Symonds (Williams)

The qualifying and post-race conferences with the top three drivers will take place immediately after the respective sessions.

As always, Formula1.com will bring you full transcripts.