Italian Grand Prix 2019: What time does the F1 race start today, what TV channel is it on and what are the latest odds?
What is it?
The 2019 Italian Grand Prix at Monza, the 14th race of the 2019 Formula One season.
When is it?
The race itself is on Sunday, September 8.
What time does it start?
The race begins at 2.10pm BST.
What TV channel is it on?
Sky Sports F1 has exclusive coverage rights in the UK this year, and indeed for the next few years. Race coverage begins at 12.30pm BST on Sunday.
Channel 4 has highlights for this round with race coverage starting at 7pm BST on Sunday.
You can also keep up to date throughout the race with Luke Slater right here at Telegraph Sport.
Watch the Italian Grand Prix through Now TV for £9.99.
What happened in qualifying?
Lewis Hamilton fears it will take an accident for Formula One to change the qualifying format which brought a farcical and "dangerous" conclusion to Saturday's battle for pole position.
The sport's safety record is in the spotlight here at Monza following the death of young Formula Two driver Anthoine Hubert at the Belgian Grand Prix last weekend.
It emerged on Saturday that Juan Manuel Correa, the American who broke both his legs and suffered spinal cord damage in the 160mph tragedy, has been placed in an induced coma at a London hospital.
A terrifying crash then overshadowed Saturday's Formula Three race when Alex Peroni, a 19-year-old Australian, somersaulted through the air three times before landing upside down on the catch fencing.
Incredibly, the teenager walked away unaided from the spectacular accident, but after displaying signs of concussion, tests later revealed he had fractured his vertebra and will remain in a Monza hospital for observation. He has also been ruled out of Sunday's F3 race.
Charles Leclerc might have delighted the scores of Ferrari fans by securing his second pole in as many weeks, edging out Hamilton by just 0.039 seconds, with Valtteri Bottas third and Sebastian Vettel fourth.
But the final moments of qualifying verged on the preposterous as the 10 drivers jostled for position and failed to complete a lap. As they left the pits, the field bunched up, first going too slowly and then speeding up, darting from one side of the circuit to the other in an attempt to gain a slipstream at the fastest track in Formula One.
The farcical few miles were investigated by the FIA. The drivers had been warned about their conduct in Friday night's briefing with race director Michael Masi.
"It doesn't look good for Formula One," said Hamilton. "I am sure it is going to continue to be an issue, particularly where you need a tow and positioning is key. But it will be until someone crashes that they will change it.
"Everyone was slowing right down, and blocking so you couldn't get through. It was a dangerous and risky business. I nearly crashed a couple of times just staying out of the way of the guys ahead and the people trying to get past me."
Hamilton's Mercedes boss, Toto Wolff added: "That was not even worthy of a junior formula. Everybody looks like idiots."
The chaos ensured Leclerc's opening lap went unchallenged as the sport's rising star secured his fourth career pole six days after registering his maiden win.
Qualifying classification:
Charles Leclerc (Mon) Ferrari 1min 19.307secs
Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1:19.346
Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP 1:19.354
Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:19.457
Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Renault 1:19.839
Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault 1:20.049
Carlos Sainz (Spa) McLaren 1:20.455
Alexander Albon (Tha) Red Bull 1:20.021
Lance Stroll (Can) Racing Point 1:20.498
Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Alfa Romeo Racing 1:20.515
Antonio Giovinazzi (Ita) Alfa Romeo Racing 1:20.517
Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 1:20.615
Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:20.630
Lando Norris (Gbr) McLaren 1:21.068
Pierre Gasly (Fra) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:21.125
Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1 1:20.784
Sergio Perez (Mex) Racing Point 1:21.291
George Russell (Gbr) Williams 1:21.800
Robert Kubica (Pol) Williams 1:22.356
Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull No Time
What do we know about the Autodromo Nazionale Monza?
Circuit length: 5.793km
First grand prix: 1950
Laps: 53
Race distance: 306.72km
Race lap record: 1:21.046 (Rubens Barrichello, 2004)
2018 winner: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
Number of corners: 11
Overtaking chances: It's not a track with tons of corners but the first two chicanes and the pit straight, aided by DRS, give drivers the best chance of an overtake. The problem at Monza is more getting close enough to do that. With this being the most power-hungry track on the calendar, cars tend to separate by engine supplier and dreaded field spread appears quite early on.
What happened last year?
Lewis Hamilton had many fantastic victories in 2018 but, for my money, this was his finest. Ferrari had a significant straight-line advantage but Hamilton passed Sebastian Vettel after the two collided in the opening laps before reeling in leader Kimi Raikkonen down in the closing stages to ruin Ferrari's party.
What are the odds (top six)?
Charles Leclerc 11/8
Lewis Hamilton 7/4
Sebastian Vettel 11/4
Max Verstappen 25/1
Alexander Albon 66/1
What is our prediction?
Given Ferrari's massive straight-line advantage over Mercedes in Belgium it'd be difficult to see anything other than Ferrari emerging on top here. At Spa Mercedes were able to fight back in the middle sector but there aren't really any tighter, long-radius corners that exist at Monza so they may struggle.
I suppose that means they could try a contrary strategy to try and disrupt Ferrari but it's not like they are in any danger of losing either title so they may just try and settle for a solid, error-free weekend and finishing in third and fourth. I (correctly!) predicted the winner last week and I think it'll be the same winner this weekend.
Podium prediction: 1st Leclerc, 2nd Vettel, 3rd Hamilton
