The F1 Times gambling contest between Ryan Wood (Editor) and Daniel Chalmers (Feature Editor) heads to the 6th round in Monaco.
Both men have a budget of £5 to spend on a maximum of 3 different bets relating to the upcoming event. The deadline for these bets to be placed was before the start of the first Thursday practice session.
At the end of the season the winner will be the person who has made the most profit, or made the lowest loss.
Here are the results from last time.
Ryan Wood
Bet 1 – Mark Webber to finish on the podium at 7/1 – £2 stake
Bet 2 – Exactly two retirements in the opening lap at 6/1 – £2 stake
Bet 3 – Lewis Hamilton to secure pole position at 9/4 – £1 stake – The bookies still paid out despite Lewis’s penalty. Ryan won a life changing £2.25.
Daniel Chalmers
Bet 1 – Daniel Ricciardo to finish in the points at 3/1 – £2 stake
Bet 2 – Jenson Button to win the race at 4/1 -£2 stake
Bet 3 – Sergio Perez to finish on the podium at 40/1 – £1 stake
It wasn’t a particularly inspiring week. Daniel looked to have a good shout of a nice return with Perez. If it wasn’t for that contact with Romain Grosjean on the first lap, then there was certainly a great chance of a podium for Sergio.
Ryan on the other hand still managed to win money for his bet on Hamilton getting pole, despite the fact he got sent to the back of the grid (unfair!).
After five races £25 pounds have been spent by both men. Ryan now has £4.75 worth of profit, whilst Daniel has £15.50 worth of losses. Therefore there is currently a difference of £20.25 between them after the first quarter of the contest.
2012 has proved to be a very unpredictable season so far, making it very hard for all those gamblers out there. Although those who have picked the right outsider have made huge profits (although sadly not us so far). Some bookmakers had Pastor Maldonado way out at 500/1 to win the Spanish GP.
Heading to Monaco where surprises are always possible is not going to make our lives any easier. On the flipside there is a chance for a great win if our money is on the right guy.
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So let’s see where our money is going to go this weekend.
Round 6 Monaco
Ryan Wood
Lewis Hamilton to qualify on pole and win the race – £2.00 at 4/1
It’s a circuit he loves (but to be honest all the drivers do) and it’s about time Lewis won a race. He’s qualified on the front-row at every race this season (penalties have put him further back) and pole means everything in Monaco. Although Pirelli may have something to say about that.
McLaren aren’t the best in the slow corners, in fact it seems Williams are, but I think Hamilton will do well and it’d be a great moving in gift given his relocation to Monaco this year.
Pastor Maldonado to finish on the podium – £2.00 at 7/2
Williams seem to have the best car in the slower corners and Maldonado has proven he’s capable of winning with that brilliant performance in Spain. Whilst the season has been somewhat of a lottery, I believe the team have what it takes to continue their good form and given the Venezuelan is a bit of ‘Monaco Specialist’, he should do well.
Heikki Kovalainen to finish in the points – £1.00 at 25/1
Long shot! Caterham keep promising that their first point is due soon and Monaco is the best circuit on the calendar at producing a wildcard. With my other two bets having fairly weak odds, I had to end on something unlikely – but not impossible!
Daniel Chalmers
Lewis Hamilton to win the race – £2.00 at 3/1
What became clear in Spain is that when McLaren are on the money they have the quickest car, as Lewis was on pole by a significant margin.
Hamilton is a menace around the streets of Monte-Carlo and he has a great one lap record so far this year. If he can get pole again here (and not get a penalty) then Monaco represents his best chance to convert the pole into a victory, as it’s so hard to pass in Monte-Carlo.
Although the odds aren’t that attractive the idea of a bet is to win it. I sense that Lewis is in a good place at the moment and he is overdue the victory he deserves.
Heikki Kovalainen to finish in the points – £1 at 33/1
Caterham have to score a point at some point (no pun intended). After the first round of the season Monaco represents the next best opportunity for a minnow team to score a point.
Caterham are definitely closing in on the pace of the midfield slowly but surely. In the last couple of years Monaco is one of the tracks they have appeared most competitive.
Plus at Monaco we sometimes see a high rate of attrition as drivers make mistakes and hit the barriers. Or they make contact with each other trying an impossible overtaking move.
If we see some of the rain that has been predicted then Heikki’s chances of scoring a point will be even better still.
33/ 1 for a driver to finish 10th are very nice odds.
Bruno Senna to win the race – £1 each way at 100/1
For a car which won last time out these are great odds and hard to ignore. Furthermore Williams should be very strong again this weekend.
They were very quick in the Monaco-esque final sector in Barcelona, which acts as a useful indicator for form in Monaco.
If the car is strong there is no reason why Bruno can’t pull off a result. He was very quick in Monaco in GP2. Even in the HRT in 2010 he was quite competitive beating team mate Karun Chandhok in qualifying by over a second. In Sepang this year he also demonstrated how good his wet weather driving is.
With a chance of rain this weekend maybe he will repeat what his uncle achieved in 1984. The script is writing itself!
With this each way bet I would still win £20 if Bruno comes 2nd or 3rd, which would still be a very generous return.