Verstappen in the FIA press conference with Leclerc for Abu Dhabi GP

Ahead of the final race of the Formula 1 season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Max Verstappen joins the press conference on Thursday. There, he sits next to two F1 drivers with whom he used to regularly clash with in karting and today still occasionally encounters on the track.

Besides Verstappen, Leclerc and Ocon, Valtteri Bottas and Lance Stroll will also take to the seats. They are in the second part of the press conference: in the first half, the line-up consists of Daniel Ricciardo, George Russell, Oscar Piastri, Kevin Magnussen and Logan Sargeant.

On Friday, the team bosses' press conference is scheduled. This also consists of two parts: in the first part, Aston Martin team boss Mike Krack, McLaren team boss Andrea Stella and Red Bull team boss Christian Horner will speak.

In the second part, it is the turn of Franz Tost, who serves out his last race weekend as AlphaTauri team boss before handing over the baton to former Ferrari chief Laurent Mekies. Present on behalf of Alpine is Bruno Famin, and on behalf of Haas F1 is Guenther Steiner, who was revealed to be working on a comedy series.