F1 Grand Prix of India 2013: Start Time, Lineup, TV Schedule and More

With four races left in the Formula One season, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel will be looking to lock up the overall championship on Sunday at the Grand Prix of India. 

Vettel will be in a nice position to do so—he's dominated this track, and he's starting on the pole. 

Vettel was almost a full second better, 0.752 seconds to be exact, of second-place qualifier Nico Rosberg. Rosberg was just 0.07 seconds ahead of his teammate and third-place qualifier Lewis Hamilton.

Vettel's Red Bull teammate Mark Webber qualified fourth. 

Meanwhile, the only driver who is still mathematically alive in the race for the championship, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, qualified in eighth. 

Take a look at the vitals, the complete starting lineup and three drivers to watch. 

Where: New Delhi 

When: Sunday, Oct. 27 at 5:30 a.m. ET; 9:30 a.m. BST

Course Map: The course map is available here.

TV Schedule: BBC1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault
2	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
3	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
4	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault
5	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari
6	7	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault
7	11	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari
8	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
9	6	Sergio Perez	McLaren-Mercedes
10	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes
11	19	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari
12	14	Paul Di Resta	Force India-Mercedes
13	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes
14	18	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari
15	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault
16	12	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber-Ferrari
17	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault
18	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault
19	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth
20	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault
21	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault
22	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth

Sebastian Vettel

Looking to lock up his fourth consecutive championship, Vettel needs only a fifth or better in this race and no one will be able to catch him, and chances are Vettel will win this race. 

In fact, if you bet on Vettel versus the field all season, you'd have a tidy winning percentage. 

In other words, I fully expect Vettel to be celebrating another world title this Sunday. 

Another world championship will put Vettel in an elite class. He would join Michael Schumacher, Juan Manuel Fangio and Alain Prost as the only drivers to win at least four titles.  

Mark Webber

If I'm picking someone other than Vettel to win this race, it is his teammate Mark Webber. Webber qualified comfortably behind Vettel in fourth, but he is also the highest qualifier of drivers who opted to run on a medium tire. 

Drivers must start the race on the tire with which they qualified, and both tires will have to be used during the race by each driver. 

Webber's medium tire does not offer as much traction for one lap, but the softer tire, used by Vettel and many others, will quickly lose traction and cause an early pit stop. 

Webber has the car to challenge Vettel, and if this strategy pays off, I expect him to emerge with the win. 

Fernando Alonso 

Like Webber, Alonso also went with a medium tire. He will be desperately hoping the strategy pays off. 

Alonso is 90 points behind Vettel and will likely be eliminated from title contention after this race.

While it's been a fine season for the Ferrari driver, he has won just two races this season with the last coming in May. 

Unfortunately for Alonso, he appears headed to his third second-place finish in the overall standings in four years.