F1 – 2021 SAUDI ARABIAN GP SCHEDULE OF VIRTUAL PRESS CONFERENCES

F1 – 2021 SAUDI ARABIAN GP SCHEDULE OF VIRTUAL PRESS CONFERENCES

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THURSDAY, 2 DECEMBER, 1730 HOURS LOCAL TIME

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
Sergio Pérez (Red Bull)

Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)
Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

Fernando Alonso (Alpine)
Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin)

Mick Schumacher (Haas)
Nicholas Latifi (Williams)

Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri)
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)

Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren)

Kimi Räikkönen (Alfa Romeo)
Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri)

Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo)
Nikita Mazepin (Haas)

Esteban Ocon (Alpine)
Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)

Lando Norris (McLaren)
George Russell (Williams)

FRIDAY, 3 DECEMBER, 1800 HOURS LOCAL TIME

Marcin Budkowski (Alpine)
Andreas Seidl (McLaren)

Otmar Szafnauer (Aston Martin)
Guenther Steiner (Haas)

SATURDAY, 4 DECEMBER, POST-QUALIFYING

First three finishing drivers

 

SUNDAY, 21 NOVEMBER, POST-RACE

First three finishing drivers

 

For technical reasons virtual press conferences are only available to permanently accredited journalists which have already been contacted with access details, please contact press@fia.com for more information.

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