Italian F1 Grand Prix 400 2013: Start Time, Lineup, TV Schedule and More

Sebastian Vettel will look to extend his massive championship lead after taking the pole for the Italian Grind Prix.

With a lap time of 1 minute, 23.755 seconds in Monza, Vettel beat out Red Bull teammate and second-place qualifier Mark Webber by 0.213 seconds. Feel free to view the qualifying results at crash.net.

Vettel will lead his fellow drivers into action on Sunday. Check out some of the lineup and the viewing vitals, and then we'll continue the preview.

Lineup

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1.	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	01:23.755	15
2.	Mark Webber	Red Bull	01:23.968	18
3.	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber	01:24.065	21
4.	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	01:24.132	21
5.	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	01:24.142	15
6.	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	01:24.192	26
7.	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	01:24.209	24
8.	Sergio Perez	McLaren	01:24.502	17
9.	Jenson Button	McLaren	01:24.515	21
10.	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso	01:28.050	20
11.	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	01:24.610	16
12.	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	01:24.803	14
13.	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	01:24.848	14
14.	Adrian Sutil	Force India	01:24.932	19
15.	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	01:25.011	19
16.	Paul di Resta	Force India	01:25.077	18
17.	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	01:25.226	13
18.	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	01:25.291	11
19.	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham	01:26.406	9
20.	Charles Pic	Caterham	01:26.563	10
21.	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	01:27.085	11
22.	Max Chilton	Marussia	01:27.480	10

When: Sunday, September 6

Where: Autodromo di Monza, Italy

TV Coverage: NBCSP

Race Preview

After earning his fourth pole of the season, there is a lot to like about Vettel's chances. Of course, I could say that going into every race. 

After all, the three-time season champion has won five of the 11 races this season. This has left him with a huge lead of 46 points in the standings over second-place driver Fernando Alonso. 

Still, not everything paints a picture of dominance for Vettel this weekend. 

Red Bull has not enjoyed great success at this race in recent history. While Vettel took the checkered here in 2011, that was the only top-three finish for he or any of his teammates over the past three years. 

Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton fell off his prodigious recent qualifying form. Sitting in third in the season standings, Hamilton entered qualifying having secured the pole for the past four races. 

That streak came to an abrupt halt, and it wasn't the only streak to do so. 

For the first time in 67 races, Hamilton will begin the race outside of the top 10 after turning in a qualifying run that found him making public apologies: 

Hamilton will look to atone for his poor qualifying effort by crossing the finish line first, and he almost has to if we wants to keep his championship hopes alive. 

And to that end, every driver better hope Vettel is a little slower come race day than he was during qualifying.