After the opening race of any season, the hardest race to predict for me is the Spanish Grand Prix. Barcelona is the track most used in testing and means the teams know it like the back of their hand. Usually the grid is very tight with only 1 second covering the majority of the runners – but it’s the usual suspects who are at the top end. I would have to say Ferrari look favourite going into the weekend but their odds are nowhere near tempting enough at the moment.

I have taken a small position on a couple of markets but most of my funds will be kept aside for in-play bets. I class the time during practice sessions as ‘in-play’ even though technically its not, but again these stakes will be minimal. There are a couple of trends I want to keep an eye on this weekend and I want to have funds available if they look to be happening again.

So it’s a slow build up to the race weekend but better to be ready to pounce than be pounced upon. Many times in the past I have taken a position for the sake of just getting some money on the race. Sometimes you will be lucky but most times you will see the market go against you – only to realise you then can’t take the position you should be taking because it would involve to high stakes.

I’ve been looking up some other blogs over the last few weeks and found a couple of interesting ones which I added in the link section. I’m looking for another sport to start trading so reading these blogs is a great help - I just need to find a sport that’s right for me and I will keep you posted on my progress.

It hardly ever rains in Spain and that was the outlook for this race, but a few reports have started to creep in showing possible showers. I think it’s mainly people hopeful of a bit of excitement in what usually is a precession race… but we will see.