On Sunday, the eighth race of the World Championship of motor racing in the Formula 1 class will take place, and this time the best drivers will compete for the French Grand Prix. On the eve of the pole position, Max Verstappen managed to win, making the Dutchman the favorite for the upcoming race, which can help him increase the gap from Lewis Hamilton in the championship race.
Before this stage, Mercedes made a strange decision to change the cars of Hamilton and Bottas. Because of this, both drivers failed to get the most out of the car, and were content with the second and third time on Saturday. Pass Verstappen "silver arrows" is unlikely to succeed in the race, because it is extremely difficult to overtake here. The only hope is for the start, as well as for strategic decisions – an earlier or later pit stop. But Max recently starts confidently, and the team has stopped substituting him – everyone dreams of a championship title. So we're betting at Le Castelle on winning the reigning drivers ' championship leader.
For express bets, you can bet on Hamilton versus Bottas, as well as on Sainz versus Leclair. Bottas, even if he breaks through to second place, will be forced to give up the position to his teammate, since the Finn clearly does not claim anything serious in the championship. In the "Ferrari" on this track throughout the weekend, Carlos looked faster than Charles, and the two positions won in qualifying, the Spaniard should not give up. We are waiting for Ricciardo to pass Alonso, given that the McLaren still looks more stable than the Alpina in the race pace. Giovinazzi should stay above Raikkonen, who was very unlucky in qualifying with red flags, and Kimi will only start 17th.
From other bets, you can choose less than two pit stops in the first 10 laps. There are large safety zones here, and there is little chance that someone will break something on the starting laps.
On the fastest lap, you can risk betting on Perez, for whom the bookmakers offer a good answer. It will be difficult for the Mexican to pass someone from the Mercedes, and by the last laps he may have a big gap from the fifth car, and then there will be a chance to make a free pit stop in order to take a bonus point for the team, which is also aiming for the Constructors ' Cup.
