The F1 season is heading in direction of its conclusion, and each driver on the grid desires to complete the 12 months forward of the opposite facet of the storage. Some pairings are finely balanced, with all to play for within the ultimate three races, whereas others are completely one-sided with no probability to vary.
So, here’s a rundown of the battles for supremacy, crew by crew.
Crimson Bull: Max Verstappen v Sergio Perez
This one is a performed deal. Verstappen has an enormous 17-2 benefit over Perez in qualifying – together with 10 poles to Perez’s two – and it’s the identical 17-2 steadiness in races (albeit Perez with two retirements to Verstappen’s zero). The percentages of Perez retiring a 3rd time are 12/1.
The reigning world champion has netted 18 podiums, whereas Perez has achieved simply eight – a disappointing return given the extent of equipment at his disposal. As for factors, Verstappen has greater than double his team-mate’s haul at 491-240.
Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton v George Russell
It’s a much more balanced battle at Mercedes with all to play for within the ultimate three races – not less than in qualifying, that’s. It’s 10-9 to Hamilton on a Saturday (or Friday at Sprints!) however the expertise of the seven-time champion exhibits within the races, because the steadiness strikes to 13-6.
Russell has maybe not carried out as had been hoped in what has at occasions been a troublesome second season at Mercedes. He has only one podium to his team-mate’s six and relating to factors, Hamilton has secured 69 greater than the youthful Briton’s 151. Hamilton is 9/1 to win this weekend.
Ferrari: Charles Leclerc v Carlos Sainz
Leclerc is without doubt one of the greatest single lap drivers within the enterprise, and that exhibits with a 12-7 benefit over Sainz in qualifying and 4 poles to his team-mate’s two. Within the races, nonetheless, they’re extra carefully matched.
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Carlos Sainz, Scuderia Ferrari, pole man Charles Leclerc, Scuderia Ferrari, congratulate one another in Parc Ferme
Leclerc nonetheless has the benefit on a Sunday, however narrowly so at 10-9 with each drivers failing to complete twice and Leclerc additionally disqualified as soon as. On the subject of factors, nonetheless, Sainz is forward on 183 to 166 with extra higher-placed finishes. Odds of a double podium are 12/1.
McLaren: Lando Norris v Oscar Piastri
Norris was prime canine at McLaren final season and regardless of some spectacular performances from newcomer Piastri, the British driver has retained that standing. He has a snug higher hand on each statistic and is 15/8 to complete within the prime two this weekend.
Norris wins the qualifying steadiness 13-6 and the races 15-4 whereas he has secured six podiums to Piastri’s two and picked up virtually double the factors at 169 to 87. Nevertheless, Piastri has one stat that Norris would love – he has a pole and a win…simply that was within the Dash in Qatar.
Each drivers have additionally been helped in races by their crew’s pace within the pitlane. The crew broke the pit cease file at 1.8s in Qatar and they’re chasing down Crimson Bull within the ‘championship’ for pit cease efficiency. Odds of them going quickest once more are 2/1.
Aston Martin: Fernando Alonso v Lance Stroll
Alonso began the season as a title contender however the crew has didn’t preserve tempo with its rivals’ upgrades and is now preventing down on the flawed finish of the highest ten. Alonso has retired from the final two races and the percentages of each vehicles getting within the factors this weekend is 7/2.
Alonso has completely dominated Stroll – much more so than Verstappen has Perez. He has greater than TRIPLE Stroll’s factors with 183 to 53, he has seven podiums to Stroll’s zero and he has bettered the Canadian in qualifying 17-2 and in races 16-3. Now that’s dominance.
Alpine: Esteban Ocon v Pierre Gasly
When Gasly joined Alpine at the beginning of the 12 months, a lot was made from this partnership – wouldn’t it hearth up or explode? The 2 French drivers are usually not the perfect of mates, however they’ve battled laborious Gasly at the moment has the higher hand.
Photograph by: Alpine
Esteban Ocon, Alpine A523, Pierre Gasly, Alpine A523
Gasly has bettered Ocon in qualifying 12-7 and races 10-8, with 11 extra factors at 56-45. Nevertheless, Ocon – who’s 25/1 to make the final pit cease this weekend – has six retirements to Gasly’s one and has been forward in three of the final 4 races.
Williams: Alex Albon v Logan Sargeant
In the event you thought Verstappen was essentially the most dominant driver on the grid, assume once more. That award goes to Alex Albon – notably in qualifying, the place he has a 19-0 lead on his American team-mate and is even turning into a daily within the prime 10 shootout.
Albon’s benefit is just like that ex-Williams driver Russell had over Nicolas Latifi. He has a 16-2 benefit in races and though Sargeant acquired his first level within the US – he’s 12/1 to get one other in Brazil – Albon has clocked up 27, with two ninth locations within the final two races.
AlphaTauri: Yuki Tsunoda v Daniel Ricciardo
Tsunoda has had three totally different team-mates this season. He comfortably bettered Nyck de Vries for half the 12 months however has had a harder time in opposition to Ricciardo, who stepped in mid-season, and Liam Lawson, who substituted for 5 races when the Australian broke his hand.
Ricciardo shocked on the final race in Mexico by placing himself fourth on the grid and ending up seventh – by far the crew’s greatest results of the 12 months. It’s at the moment 2-2 in qualifying and races, however the Australian may very well be in for extra factors in Brazil and is 20/1 to get within the prime six.
Alfa Romeo: Valtteri Bottas v Zhou Guanyu
This pairing sits very a lot in favour of former Mercedes driver Bottas, with a ratio of 12-7 in each qualifying and the races. The Finnish driver has solely scored factors as soon as greater than his Chinese language team-mate, however the worth of these was greater, placing him at a 10-6 benefit.
Bottas completed the primary race in eighth because the crew confirmed loads of promise, however that has pale because the season has gone on. Zhou completed forward of Bottas on the final race within the US, so there may nonetheless be an opportunity to even up that steadiness however Bottas is 9/4 for a factors end.
Photograph by: Alfa Romeo
Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo C43, Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo C43
Haas: Nico Hulkenberg v Kevin Magnussen
F1’s journeyman Hulkenberg joined Haas with excessive expectations this 12 months, however he was up in opposition to a troublesome team-mate in Magnussen. He has performed the enterprise, nonetheless, with a 13-6 benefit in qualifying and an 11-8 benefit in races. Magnussen certified on pole in Brazil final 12 months, however his odds of doing so once more are 500/1.
Hulkenberg has scored extra factors than his team-mate 9 to three – however that doesn’t inform the total story, as Magnussen has had three factors finishes whereas Hulkenberg’s factors have all come from seventh in Australia plus a sixth place within the Austrian dash race.
Maintain monitor of the motion
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