The Formulation 1 world championship preseason favourite has not received both one of many final two titles. Will Max Verstappen change that pattern in 2023?
After successful a report 15 races through the 2022 Formulation 1 season, two-time reigning world champion Max Verstappen is unsurprisingly the favourite to win a 3rd consecutive title in 2023.
The Crimson Bull driver has received 25 of the 44 races which have been contested for the reason that begin of the 2021 season, but curiously sufficient, he was not the preseason favourite to win the title in 2021 or 2022.
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, who was coming off of a fourth consecutive world title, entered the 2021 season as the favourite, looking for to say what would have been a report eighth title. It got here right down to the ultimate lap of the season’s ultimate race, however it was Verstappen who prevailed.
Then in 2022, when not many knew precisely what to precise with the brand new guidelines and laws, Hamilton was once more the preseason favourite, despite the fact that some believed he could not return to the game after the style wherein he was denied a fifth straight title the season prior.
Can Verstappen turn out to be the primary favourite to win a world title since Hamilton received his record-tying seventh in 2020?
Listed here are the total odds to win the 2023 Formulation 1 world championship, offered by WynnBET.
NOTE: -115 means a profitable $115 guess wins $100 ($215 payout). +300 means a profitable $100 guess wins $300 ($400 payout).
- Max Verstappen, Crimson Bull: -115
- Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes: +300
- Charles Leclerc, Ferrari: +600
- George Russell, Mercedes: +700
- Sergio Perez, Crimson Bull: +2000
- Carlos Sainz Jr., Ferrari: +2000
- Lando Norris, McLaren: +7500
- Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin: +10000
- Esteban Ocon, Alpine: +10000
- Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo: +15000
- Pierre Gasly, Alpine: +15000
- Nico Hulkenberg, Haas: +15000
- Kevin Magnussen, Haas: +15000
- Oscar Piastri, McLaren: +15000
- Lance Stroll, Aston Martin: +15000
- Alexander Albon, Williams: +20000
- Nyck de Vries, AlphaTauri: +20000
- Logan Sargeant, Williams: +20000
- Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri: +20000
- Guanyu Zhou, Alpha Romeo: +20000
Apparently, there are a couple of different streaks to contemplate.
The motive force who has received the season finale has gone on to win the world title the next season for 4 straight years, starting with Hamilton’s 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix victory. Verstappen received the 2022 finale in Abu Dhabi. Can he prolong this streak to 5 in 2023?
Then there may be the truth that no driver who has received the season opener has gone on to win the title since Nico Rosberg pulled it off in 2016. Hamilton received the 2021 opener in Bahrain earlier than Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc received it in 2022, but Verstappen received the title each seasons.
Can Verstappen, who’s listed as the favourite (+150) to win this yr’s season opener in Bahrain, finish that drought? Hamilton is listed at +350 whereas Leclerc is listed at +450 and Mercedes’ George Russell is listed at +650. Crimson Bull’s Sergio Perez and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr. are each listed at +850.
The Bahrain Grand Prix is scheduled to get the 2023 Formulation 1 season underway on Sunday, March 5. ESPN is about to broadcast the race dwell from Bahrain Worldwide Circuit starting at 10:00 a.m. ET.
