2013 Italian Grand Prix Thursday Snap Shot

With plenty of to talk after the Belgian Grand Prix, it was a busy day for drivers, team members and the F1 media on Thursday ahead of the Italian Grand Prix.

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Daniel Ricciardo had been confirmed as Webber's replacement at Red Bull, rumours continued to circulate on Raikkonen's future, McLaren continued to celebrate turning 50, we had a provisional 2014 calendar announced and plenty more.

So it was a jam-packed day for everyone. Drivers largely split their day between media commitments, fan signings, track walks and team debriefs ahead of Sunday's race.

Meanwhile team mechanics and engineers got to work preparing the cars for first and second practice.

Newly signed 2014 Red Bull Racing driver Daniel Ricciardo was a busy chap after his earlier announcement. The 2014 driver line-ups were big talking points with plenty of seats potentially up for grabs.

So here is how Thursday at the Monza circuit panned out, all in some snap shot of photographs. Check out my Italian Grand Prix preview for a detailed look at the track and who's looking good ahead of this weekend's race.

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McLaren added a special design to the front of their 'Brand Centre' to celebrate turning 50.

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Max Chilton was one of six drivers involved in the FIA driver press conference. He confirmed that his Marussia contract is for one year only and so is one of many drivers vying for a race seat for 2014.

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 Daniel Ricciardo was a busy lad, with lots of media commitments after his earlier announcement. Here he admits that his Red Bull deal was only confirmed and completed after the Spa weekend, only learning that he got the drive on the Wednesday after the race.

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James Calado experiences his first F1 track walk ahead of his FP1 appearance for Force India.

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Button was also in the FIA driver press conference, admitting that he is "very happy" to stay at McLaren for 2014 despite not having a contract. He feels that it would be the "wrong move" to go elsewhere.

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Fernando Alonso's future is still a major talking point but since Red Bull have filled their remaining seat for next year, it now looks very likely that he will remain at Ferrari. During the press conference he said: "I still have three and a half more years with Ferrari that I intend to respect and hopefully to increase a little bit. I want to finish my career in the best team in the world, which is Ferrari."

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Mark Webber sits in front of his successor at Red Bull, Daniel Ricciardo. The Aussie said that signing the 24-year-old is the "perfect scenario" for the team and the he "deserves it."

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Belgium GP3 race winners Alexander Sims and Daniel Kvyat leap-frog on the classic Monza circuit in the series winner's photo.

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Jenson Button talks to the awaiting media in the FIA driver press conference.

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Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg sit down on the historic old Monza banking for an interview with RTL.

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Vettel talks to the media after confirmation that Ricciardo will partner him at Red Bull in 2014.

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Sky Sports F1 presenter Natalie Pinkham films a segment for the channel's magazine show, handing the pit stop award to Ferrari once again.

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Pastor Maldonado takes his engineers on a walk of the Monza circuit, inspecting the kerbs and checking for changes to the track.

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After handing Ferrari their pit stop award, Natalie Pinkham moved to Williams for a cooking feature with Williams drivers Pastor Maldonado and Valtteri Bottas.

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Paul Di Resta leads a group of engineers and mechanics on a track walk.

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A Force India VJM06 gets prepped ahead of first practice.

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 Jenson Button chats to Mark Webber at a party in the Red Bull Racing motor home.