The 4 week break since last month's Hungarian Grand Prix has
seem many commentators begin to doubt Red Bull’s superiority after 2 defeats in
two races for runaway leader Sebastian Vettel, who still has a vice – like grip
on the title.
After Vettel won six of the first eight races of the season,
all seemed set for yet more domination but he’s failed to win any of the last
three races as Ferrari and McLaren have improved their pace in the races to
close the gap.
Some of this has been down to driver skill – Jenson Button
outdrove Vettel and had a superb strategy in Hungary, where he won again in the
wet (making him the only man to win an F1 race at the track in wet conditions,
although only have been hit by rain since the inaugural race in 1986) – But it’s
clear that Vettel won’t be able to just turn up and win.
It’s no surprise that he’s 5-2 to win here but that price makes little appeal given that he
had once of his worst ever races at Spa when colliding with Jensen Button,
incurring a drive through penalty and finishing in 15th position. Also, with
the threat of rain around, it’s a worry that all of his defeats but China this
season have been incurred when the track has had moisture in it.
That said, he still makes appeal for the pole position at
6/5 – He holds the record lap for his 2009 performance here and has only missed
out on the top spot twice this season. At the time of writing, he’s showing
more than enough pace for the top spot in P2 and team mate Mark Webber (above) was the
pace setter, beating Alonso by just
0.140secs, with McLaren's Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton next. That augurs
well for their speed on a wet track this season and Vettel can shake off a heavy rain shower to take the
top spot.
Advice
2 pts Sebastian Vettel Pole Position (31/20 Sportingbet)
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