There have been seven different winners of the seventh
Grands Prix that have been run this season but Sebastian Vettel looked to have
the pace in hand to break that sequence when flying into pole yesterday and the
0.324 seconds that he had in hand over Lewish Hamilton is the biggest pace discrepancy
we’ve seen all season and if getting a good break from pole (like he did in
Bahrain), he has to be backed at odds again from the pole for the third time in
a row at this track.
The same three tenths of a second that Vetttel had in hand
of Hamilton separated the next 5 home but Pastor Maldonado – so much better
during the race than qualifying, during which he was terrific yesterday – seems big at 7/2 for a podium place. He’s
only made the points once apart from his win at Barcelona but he should have done
so in Australia and Mayalsia while he got taken out before the race began in
Monaco. From the front here, he looks to be some value at 7/2 to finish on the
podium assuming he can get a good break and hold his position. Romain Grosjean is
sure to push hard for the podium spot and is feared as usual along with the Mercedes
of Rosberg (and Kobayashi to a point), but Maldonado has proven that he can
hold off anyone in his car when conditions are right – indeed a price of 28/1
on him to win is very, very tempting and possibly worth a small interest.
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| Vettel and Maldonado may be smiling again |
Advice
4.5 pts Sebastian Vettel (10/1 Blue Sq)
1 pt Pastor Maldonado podium finish (7/2 general)
0.5 pt Pastor Maldonado (28/1 Betfred)
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