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An extremely interesting qualifying session has blown the markets wide open for tomorrow’s race. I’m writing this before the fuel weights are out, but I’m already pretty pleased with my Raikkonen bet. If he can gain a couple of places in the opening laps – utilising his KERS – then I think that he is well placed for a podium finish (unexpected Spa Francochamps occurrences withstanding). Continue reading…

First things first: I’m not going to try to predict the weather for this weekend. The Spa Francochamps circuit is acknowledged for having its own micro-climate and there have been times where it has felt like that particular corner of Belgium was the only place in Western Europe where rain was falling. A little bit of inclement weather would certainly help anyone interested in this bet though: Continue reading…

Kimi Raikkonen likes it at Spa Francochamps: a proper racetrack for a proper drivers. Last year it looked like he was going to make it four wins on the trot at the Belgian circuit, before crashing out on the penultimate lap as the rain began to fall. Continue reading…

Timo Glock has made up a net forty-nine positions in ten Grand Prix so far this season. This has been achieved through a strategy of qualifying outside of the top-ten, fuelling heavily and then picking off rivals as they stop for fuel. Continue reading…

A bit rushed for time… but BlueSq’s 2/1 for Adrian Sutil to make Q3 here in Valencia looks like an error to me. Forget about him topping the time-sheet in the interrupted FP3, he was also bang in contention in both FP1 and FP2. This indicates that the performance step that he mentioned in previewing the race is really effective around here. Even when looking at the ‘ideal’ lap times that drivers have been able to post in practice – stringing together their best three sectors – Sutil has been inside the top six in every session.