Formula 1 Betting By Numbers
As you'll see, it's worth keeping an eye of some of the following betting markets as there are profits to be made...
Fastest Lap:
To start things off, here's the 'Betting Profit' chart for the fastest lap market:| Fastest Lap | Profit* | Winning Bet |
| Esteban Gutierrez | 96.00 | 1 |
| Sergio Perez | 16.00 | 1 |
| Kimi Raikkonen | 5.00 | 1 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 3.08 | 2 |
| Rest Of The Field | -5.00 | 0 |
* The 'Profit' column shows the amount of profit you would have made if you'd placed a £1 bet on the same driver at each Grand Prix of the season. Please note, even in the few days before first practise, the odds can sometimes vary slightly, so I've generally tried to take the odds a few days before each Grand Prix as soon as the market opened on SkyBet.
Esteban Gutierrez leads the table with a huge £96 profit due to his fastest lap at Spain where he was priced at a massive 100/1! As you can therefore see, fastest lap is a very unpredictable market, so if you fancy a speculative bet on formula 1 then this is perhaps one market definitely worth considering.
Fastest Qualifier:
Next up is the 'Betting Profit' chart for pole position which most bookies refer to as fastest qualifier:| Fastest Qualifier | Profit | Winning Bet |
| Nico Rosberg | 14.00 | 2 |
| Lewis Hamilton | 2.50 | 1 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 0.95 | 2 |
| Rest Of The Field | -5.00 | 0 |
There's been serious money to be made in this market, as the Mercedes drivers have been priced very generously for pole position at most Grand Prix this season. As you'd expect, the bookies are starting to catch on and Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg are priced considerably shorter for the Monaco Grand Prix, but given Mercedes' current qualifying form they're perhaps still worth a look.
Winning Margin:
The next chart is for Winning Margin:| Winning Margin | Profit | Winning Bet |
| 6 seconds or more | 2.22 | 4 |
| Under 6 seconds | -3.17 | 1 |
We're yet to have a really dramatic close finish in 2013, with Red Bull's one two in Malaysia being the only occasional where we witnessed a winning margin of less than 6 seconds. There's no guarantee that this trend will continue in Monaco, however, as it's generally regarded as the toughest track on the calendar for overtaking and therefore you often see faster cars unable to get past during the final stint, resulting in a train of cars crossing the line at the finish.
Safety Car:
Safety Car is one of the less popular formula 1 betting markets but it's worth a mention due to the trend emerging:| Safety Car | Profit | Winning Bet |
| No | 5.41 | 5 |
| Yes | -5.00 | 0 |
The bookies have obviously noticed the trend for the lack of safety car action, as the odds on a safety car have gradually shortened as the season has progressed. However, bear in mind that the enclosed street circuit nature of the Monaco Grand Prix with it's lack of run-off areas could mean that safety car driver Bernd Maylander finally gets to see some action this weekend.
Winning Team:
And finally here's the 'Betting Profit' chart for Winning Team:| Winning Team | Profit | Winning Bet |
| Ferrari | 2.25 | 2 |
| Lotus | 1.00 | 1 |
| Red Bull | 0.38 | 2 |
| Rest Of The Field | -5.00 | 0 |
Fernando Alonso seems to think that Mercedes are the favourites for Monaco, and admittedly the tricky overtaking conditions should help them if they manage to qualify on pole once again. However, given that we've seen three and four stop strategies this season you would expect at least some of the teams to run varying strategies, so whoever gets on pole is still going to have their work cut out to maintain the lead for the duration of the race. I'm therefore not totally convinced that Alonso's comments aren't more about taking the pressure off Ferrari, rather than representing his actual true opinion.
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The Form Guide After Spain: Part 1 - Winning Driver / Podium Finish
The Form Guide After Spain: Part 2 - Top Six Finish
The Form Guide After Spain: Part 3 - Top Ten Finish
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