Swashbuckling South African-born England cricketer Kevin Pietersen, still recovering from a recent injury which required surgery, bestrides the Monza paddock looking every inch the super-confident world-class sportsman
And then you've got Mario Thiessen. The BMW Sauber team boss's glum expression is unsurprising given their dismal qualifying session - his drivers Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld will start the race from 13th and 15th
Italian skier Manuela Moelgg pays a visit to the Red Bull garage as engineers and mechanics put the finishing touches to the cars of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, who start in ninth and 10th at Monza
Hold your (Prancing) horses: this is just GP2! Nico Hulkenberg, driving for ART Grand Prix, celebrates as he wins the series at Monza. The German driver is being tipped to drive for Williams in Formula 1 next season
Oh to be a fly on the wall as that conversation takes place... F1 commercial rights-holder Bernie Ecclestone gets up close and personal with Bernard Rey, the chairman of headline-making Renault F1
Where's Kate Winslet? Ah, no it's not Leonardo DiCaprio looking out across the Atlantic with a Hollywood film crew in tow. It's Williams driver Nico Rosberg taking in some morning sunshine in northern Italy
As the Monza paddocks heave under the weight of celebrities from all walks of life, television presenter Natasha Stefanenko stalks her way through to the Toro Rosso garage before the big race
The action gets underway on the Monza track - with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton stuttering slightly off pole position but he recovers quickly enough to protect his lead going into the first corner
Hamilton leads the high-speed cavalcade of Formula 1 cars through the first corner of the famous royal park circuit - but his team-mate Heikki Kovalainen gets an awful start
But it is a disaster for Red Bull's title hopeful Mark Webber after the Australian crashes out on the second corner following a collision with BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica
The Brawns take charge with Rubens Barrichello ahead of championship leader Jenson Button after pit-stops for Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen
Adrian Sutil, for the in-form Force India team, presses the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen throughout the latter stages of the race, but the Finn's Kers power boost helps keep him in front and they finish fourth and third respectively
Lewis Hamilton is the only driver to look remotely capable of challenging the Brawns at the front in the closing laps, but the Briton pushes his McLaren too hard and he crashes out on the final lap to ruin his race
That allows Ferrari's flying Finn Kimi Raikkonen to snatch the final podium place behind the now clear title favourites Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello
And with the news from team boss Ross Brawn that he will allow Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello to battle it out "openly and fairly" for the drivers' title, the celebrations can begin in typically wet fashion for the duo
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