Amongst the drivers who will take part in the official FIA press conference in Shanghai on Thursday will be last year’s China winner Fernando Alonso and the man who has just lost his appeal against exclusion from the season opening race in Australia, Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo. And on Friday it is the turn of senior technical personnel - including Yasuhisa Arai from Honda, McLaren’s future power unit provider - to answer questions from the press. The line-ups in full...
Thursday, April 17, 1500 hours local time (0700 GMT)
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber), Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), Sergio Perez (Force India), Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull), Adrian Sutil (Sauber)
Friday, April 18, 1600 hours local time (0800 GMT)
Yasuhisa Arai (Honda), Andrew Cowell (Mercedes), Pat Fry (Ferrari), Rob White (Renault Sport), Charlie Whiting (FIA)
The qualifying and post-race conferences with the top three drivers will take place immediately after the respective sessions.
Formula1.com will bring you full transcripts.
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