Online betting platform has already decided who is the favourite for 2022
Three days of F1 winter testing were all it took for online betting platform Sportsbook.fanduel.com to share the odds for the first Formula One race of the year in Bahrain. Lewis Hamilton is the favorite, and Max Verstappen follows.
For years the F1 winter test has resulted in little to say about the comparison between drivers and teams based on the lap times. But, Mercedes and Red Bull Racing seemed to be the fastest again this time around, while Ferrari also did very well with the largest number of laps driven. Hamilton and Fernando Alonso said that one should seriously take Ferrari into account this year. However, the online casino does not take that into account and shares their expectations in advance. They put forward Hamilton and Verstappen again as favourites for the first race.
Hamilton and Mercedes already favored
If you bet on Hamilton to win in Bahrain, the website will pay you 1.75 times your stake. For the win of Verstappen you get 2.7 times your stake. There will be a big gap after that, but it is still remarkable that the betting platform already dares to put both Ferrari drivers, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, above Red Bull driver Sergio Perez. For a Perez victory, you will get back a whopping 22 times your stake. If Leclerc wins, it's 6.5 times your stake. The website has the least faith in Nicholas Latifi, Mick Schumacher, Alexander Albon, Guanyu Zhou and Nikita Mazepin.
It is also already possible to bet on the champion of 2022. There too, Hamilton is the favourite. The website only multiplies your deposit by 1.25. Interestingly, George Russell does overtake Leclerc on this list, in terms of probability of who takes the title. For the Constructors' Championship, Mercedes is again seen as the favourite. There is even a minus for the odds, with the website being so sure that if you bet on the title for Mercedes, you have to put money down.
Formula 1 odds for Bahrain are up at @FDSportsbook.
— Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) February 28, 2022
My sims (which have a healthy amount of uncertainty baked in for the new cars) show slight value on Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez, and Pierre Gasly outrights. Not personally pulling the trigger yet. https://t.co/Zl9Wx45tSY pic.twitter.com/EqoUkirFSq