Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton together for US GP press conference

On Thursday, the traditional media day for the United States Grand Prix will take place. It will be held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Ten F1 drivers will be available for questions from the assembled national and international media during the FIA press conference. 2023 Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen is present at the press conference alongside seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton.

The media event is divided into two parts, each featuring five Formula 1 drivers. The first part kicks off at 13:30 Texas time (19:30 UK time) and the second part starts at 14:05 (20:05 in the UK).

First part at 13:30:

Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo)
LanceStroll (Aston Martin)
Carlos Sainz(Ferrari)
Lando Norris(Mclaren)
Logan Sargeant(Williams)

Second part at 14:05:

Daniel Ricciardo (AlphaTauri)
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

This second part could be a lot of fun. The three-time F1 world champion Max Verstappen will sit alongside arch-rival and seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton. In addition, Leclerc, Verstappen's main rival for the world title in 2022, will also slide in. Ricciardo also makes his return.

On Friday 20 October, there is a press conference for the team bosses. This is also cut into two parts. At 18:00 Texas (midnight UK time) there is a press conference for the teams, and at 18:40 (00:40) there are TV interviews in the famous 'pen'. Among them are:

Mike Krack (Aston Martin)
Guenther Steiner (Haas)
Zak Brown (McLaren)
Toto Wolff (Mercedes)

Krack will get a lot of questions about the recent coverage of name changes and the performance of Lance Stroll. Wolff is back from absence and is bound to get questions about the internal battle between Hamilton and Russell.