Finger on the Button at Monza
Kimi Raikkonen’s use of his Kinetic Energy Recovery System – or KERS as it is widely known – was largely responsible for us turning a healthy profit at the last round of the World Championship in Belgium. It looks like the device again has a role to play this weekend, particularly in qualifying. Continue reading…
Podium Punts for Unpredictable Spa
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…
Safety Car Statistics Bet
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 and KERS to Collect at Spa
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…
Strategy Points to Glock
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…
Super Sutil to strike in Spain
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.
Another Podium Possibility
At Betfair odds of 43/1, I reckon that Timo Glock has a much better chance of making the Podium in Hungary than the price would imply. Continue reading…
Hungary for Success
With the likelihood that at least one of the Red Bull cars will be disadvantaged by having to run in dirty air and neither Button nor Barrichello dominating in the way that they did earlier in the season, I wonder whether we might see an unfamilliar face standing on the podium this weekend? Continue reading…
Safety First in Germany
When the Formula 1 circus last rolled up to the Nürburgring, the previous ten visits had seen the Safety Car deployed just twice. Once in the wet of 1999 and once in the dry of 2006. The top price for a no-show was 8/11 and I was happy to take that. Unfortunately the rain came again and following a crazy opening to the the race, by the third lap my bet was up in smoke. Continue reading…
Ferrari, Fuel and Friday Practice
On the Friday of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, I was fortunate enough to spend the day as a guest of Shell to discuss their technical partnership with the Ferrari Formula 1 team. Continue reading…
