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In the old days, before I started treating this like a job rather than a hobby or bit of entertainment on a Sunday afternoon, I used to make solid predictions as to what I thought would happen during a race weekend. For a bit of fun this is what will happen in the 2008 British Grand Prix:
Lewis will entertain the sell out crowd on the Saturday by securing pole in a McLaren which has made progress since Magny-Course. He will be closely followed by both Ferrari’s of Kimi and Massa respectively. Sunday will be a classic case of good old pit stop strategy and the slightly heavier Ferrari of Kimi will take the victory with the Lewis and Massa left to battle amongst the back markers in order to secure the remaining podium places.
Apologies to any Brit fans going to the race hoping to see a Lewis win! He is a great driver and will go on to good things but at the moment he is still learning. Some of his comments are questionable but it’s what he does on track that’s important. He’s probably never been under as much pressure as he will be this weekend. Off the back of the worst races in his short F1 career he comes to his home track with an expecting sell out crowd.
Ferrari will be quick, maybe too quick. It will take something special for Lewis to win this weekend and if he manages to do so it may shut some people up (including me) and do his reputation a much needed boost – any mistakes will play into the hands of the press. Unfortunately for him I just can’t see anyone other than Kimi taking victory.
So I may have been joking at the start of this post, but seriously I do think this is a highly possible outcome. With no penalties (yet) we have a clean fight on our hands and a return the Turkey/Spain battles we had a few months back. This means a quick McLaren in qualy and a quick Ferrari in race pace.
Kimi’s race win odds are too short on Betfair @ 2.6 seeing as some bookies have him at 2.5. Plus if I think Lewis may get pole then I don’t really want to take race win odds on Kimi which are based on the assumption he will be starting first.Maybe Hamilton/Kimi on the double could be an option – it’s very hard to get matched on this market for any decent amount which may be a problem.
It may force me to look further down the grid for other bets if race winner is off the cards. Tests at tracks before a race weekend tend to close the gap a bit and after last weeks test it should be tight in the midfield. I doubt BMW will be as poor this time around but Renault may give them good fight for 3rd best team so Alonso could be one to watch in the w/o the big 4 market (if Betfair offer it later in the week).
I shall be at Silverstone on Friday but it shouldn’t much of a disadvantage as there will be plenty of time for research when I get back.
Lewis will entertain the sell out crowd on the Saturday by securing pole in a McLaren which has made progress since Magny-Course. He will be closely followed by both Ferrari’s of Kimi and Massa respectively. Sunday will be a classic case of good old pit stop strategy and the slightly heavier Ferrari of Kimi will take the victory with the Lewis and Massa left to battle amongst the back markers in order to secure the remaining podium places.
Apologies to any Brit fans going to the race hoping to see a Lewis win! He is a great driver and will go on to good things but at the moment he is still learning. Some of his comments are questionable but it’s what he does on track that’s important. He’s probably never been under as much pressure as he will be this weekend. Off the back of the worst races in his short F1 career he comes to his home track with an expecting sell out crowd.
Ferrari will be quick, maybe too quick. It will take something special for Lewis to win this weekend and if he manages to do so it may shut some people up (including me) and do his reputation a much needed boost – any mistakes will play into the hands of the press. Unfortunately for him I just can’t see anyone other than Kimi taking victory.
So I may have been joking at the start of this post, but seriously I do think this is a highly possible outcome. With no penalties (yet) we have a clean fight on our hands and a return the Turkey/Spain battles we had a few months back. This means a quick McLaren in qualy and a quick Ferrari in race pace.
Kimi’s race win odds are too short on Betfair @ 2.6 seeing as some bookies have him at 2.5. Plus if I think Lewis may get pole then I don’t really want to take race win odds on Kimi which are based on the assumption he will be starting first.Maybe Hamilton/Kimi on the double could be an option – it’s very hard to get matched on this market for any decent amount which may be a problem.
It may force me to look further down the grid for other bets if race winner is off the cards. Tests at tracks before a race weekend tend to close the gap a bit and after last weeks test it should be tight in the midfield. I doubt BMW will be as poor this time around but Renault may give them good fight for 3rd best team so Alonso could be one to watch in the w/o the big 4 market (if Betfair offer it later in the week).
I shall be at Silverstone on Friday but it shouldn’t much of a disadvantage as there will be plenty of time for research when I get back.
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