FIA press conference schedule - Bahrain

Nico Rosberg and Romain Grosjean - two of the stars of the opening weekend of 2016 - will join Fernando Alonso, fresh from his frightening crash in Melbourne, in answering questions from the press on Thursday. On Friday meanwhile it is the turn of team bosses, including Toro Rosso's Franz Tost, whose had to cool tension between his two young chargers last time out. The line-ups in full...

Thursday, March 31, 1500 hours local time (1200 GMT) Fernando Alonso (McLaren), Romain Grosjean (Haas), Felipe Massa (Williams), Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso), Pascal Wehrlein (Manor)

Friday, April 1, 2000 hours local time (1700 GMT) Robert Fernley (Force India), Paul Hembery (Pirelli), Monisha Kaltenborn (Sauber), Dave Ryan (Manor), Franz Tost (Toro Rosso), Claire Williams (Williams)

The qualifying and post-race conferences with the top three drivers will take place immediately after the respective sessions.

As always, Formula1.com will bring you full transcripts.