F1 title rivals reunite: Hamilton and Verstappen to face media

The press conference for the Formula 1 drivers takes place on the Thursday before the race in Austin, Texas, with the Circuit of the Americas hosting the fourth sprint weekend of the season. The media session will start at 13:30 local time, meaning it will begin at 19:30 BST in the UK.

On Friday, the constructors' press conference will take place between the free practice and sprint race qualifying, with top officials from the F1 teams speaking to the media at 14:30 local time, or 20:30 BST.

The Thursday press conference consists of two half-hour blocks. In the first block, Alpine's Franco Colapinto, Fernando Alonso on behalf of Aston Martin, and Haas driver Oliver Bearman will speak to the media.

The second block of Thursday's press conference will see Hamilton and Verstappen appear at the press conference together. The F1 world champions will be joined by Sauber driver Gabriel Bortoleto.

It won't just be Thursday's press conference that also sees big names taking to the sofa in Austin before sprint race qualifying takes place at the Circuit of The Americas.

For Friday's constructors' press conference, Red Bull team boss Laurent Mekies will be involved on behalf of Red Bull Racing.

The Frenchman will also be accompanied on Friday afternoon by Zak Brown, CEO of McLaren, and Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff.