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Let’s admit it – Formula 1 is notoriously predictable. However, this is not necessarily always a bad thing. Because races tend to be predictable, with the pole sitter generally converting their front row starts into wins most of the time, this means that the average viewer stands a pretty good chance of winning a bet placed on the pole sitter for the race.
For the upcoming season, bookies have agreed that the likelihood of Lewis Hamilton walking away with the biggest prize in motorsport is extremely high. If what we saw during testing is anything to go by, with Mercedes being able to maintain qualifying lap times during a race stint, you can take our word for it that Lewis will be virtually impossible to beat this season.
Sadly, if you choose to bet on Hamilton winning the title, you only stand to win a small sum. However, sports betting sites like Betway have the option of placing a multi bet, which multiplies the odds of 2 or more bets together.
So here’s what you can do!
Bet whatever you want on Lewis Hamilton, but also bet on Mercedes winning the constructor championship (safest option)
As we said, betting on Hamilton alone would only yield small winnings. However, if you chose to bet on Mercedes as well as Hamilton, you stand to triple your money. With a relatively fast but definitely inferior teammate, Hamilton should be able to wrap up his championship relatively easily without much stress, and with Bottas’ contribution, Mercedes will almost certainly take home their 5th championship on the trot. Hamilton has finished every race since his famous engine blow-up in Malaysia in 2016, so it’s fairly clear that he enjoys excellent reliability with his Mercedes, which also happens to be the fastest car on the grid (at most circuits).
Be bold… and place a bet on Verstappen, Ricciardo or Vettel
If our dreams come true, we’ll be seeing a 6-way fight for the championship between the drivers of the 3 top teams. Bettors stand a chance to win far greater amounts with these drivers, and if anyone other than Hamilton is going to win the championship, it’ll probably be one of these 3 drivers. You may stand a good chance of being disappointed, however.
Be bolder… and bet on Kimi’s comeback
We all know that “next year” is Kimi Raikkonen’s year. Well, next year is here, and the mighty Finn is readier than ever to take the fight to his teammate, as well as the pesky Mercedes and Red Bull drivers. Odds on Raikkonen winning the world championship are ludicrously high – higher than Alonso in the lowly McLaren!
Be the boldest, and bet on the impossible
If you placed a multi bet on Scuderia Toro Rosso and one of their fresh-faced drivers for the championship, you stand a chance to multiply your money – wait for it – a million times over. Put simply, the odds of either driver winning the championship stand at 1000 to 1, and the odds of STR winning the constructor’s trophy are also 1000 to 1. Which means that if you chose a multi bet, your odds are multiplied together, which gives us a million to 1 chance of this happening. This means that if you bet R10 on this happening, you stand a chance to walk away with R10 million. Just remember that there’s a Honda motor in the back of the Toro Rosso this year.
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