Political issues aren’t the main thought of the Vic Page – I’m
still smarting from Nick Clegg’s double whammy on the Student fees – but it’s slightly
surprising that the Bahrain Grand Prix is going ahead given the massive
protests throughought the country, and Authorities in Bahrain have already
tightened security ahead of practice sessions.
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| There are several protests taking place in Bahrain this weekend |
In contrast to recent F1 seasons, no team or driver has
stamped their authority on the Championship in the opening three races, with
the first three races brining out 3 different winners, two of which were relatively
unfancied before the weekend that started properly. In many ways it’s very encouraging to see the
best drivers getting the result on the day and new measures are clearly making
for some more exciting races, which means that everybody wins with the
strongest driving lineup for a long while seen here.
The best car has been McLaren’s Mercedes, which sees Hamilton in the world championship lead, two points ahead of
Button. Button was beaten a long way behind Rosberg in second last weekend but
he’s probably have made a good chase of things if he hadn’t suffered a problem
fitting a rear wheel at his final pit stop.
Despite suffering a 5 place grid penalty, Hamilton was third
and now leads the Championship, so the McLaren clearly has the best pace not
only in timed sessions – Hamilton has two out of three poles this year – and he
also has two out of three wins in the 1st practice, which makes the
9/5 about him winning the 1st Practice looking like a decent wager;
He has been no worse than second in a 1st practice this year and looks
to be the fastest driver over a lap on all evidence, so around 2/1 that he’s
first fastest is very enticing.
Team mate Jenson Button – the only other driver to win one
of the practice sessions this season looks big at 11/2 for this event, especially
from an each/way perspective, but you can get two coupled for 8/11 with
Ladbrokes and that seems to be a solid selection.
Advice
3 pts McLaren fastest car in Practice 1 (8/11 Ladbrokes)
1 pt Lewis Hamilton to be fastest in P1 (9/5 Paddy Power)
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