Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Betting Odds & Predictions

Hamilton for win, Rosberg for title

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It is the climax to the F1 season and the title is still on the line. With one race to go, it is Nico Rosberg who is in the driving seat as he holds a 12 points lead over Lewis Hamilton. So huge pressure on Rosberg to see out the drama in Abu Dhabi. After the intensity of Interlagos in Brazil recently, the drivers will take on the less remarkable track at the Yas Marina circuit which has been called mundane by drivers.

Everyting is in the hands of Rosberg here really because if he just gets himself on the podium it won’t matter what Hamilton does at all. The only way that realistically Rosberg is going to lose the world title is by finishing the race outside of the top three, while Hamilton, who has won the last three races in the season, lands first spot. It gets harder for Hamilton to win if he doesn’t finish first in the race, for example if he is second then he would need Rosberg to finish out of the top six, which isn’t likely.

None of the other teams are going to get close enough to the Mercedes drivers to make this particularly interesting at the Yas Marina either. So it would really only be down to a machine failure on the part of Rosberg to deny him the win. That would be somewhat ironic really because he is largely in the position he is in because of the unreliability issues that Hamilton has had with his car all season. For example, if Hamilton’s engine hadn’t given gout with 16 laps to go at the Malaysian Grand Prix where he was comfortably winning, the picture would be so different right now.

So the setup of the race lends itself to value in backing Hamilton to win the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Bet365 which is a price of 11/17 to do.

He is the one who needs to go out and push for the win, whereas Nico Rosberg can just sit back to some degree and play the percentages to just get on the podium. It doesn’t matter for him so much and that is why he is 5/2 to take the win. The form as well in the season is with Hamilton, who is running really hot right now with consecutive wins in the USA, Mexico and Brazil. But unfortunately for him, Rosberg has tracked him home in second place in each of those races and that is all that he has had to do. Pretty much expect more of the same and another 1-2 for the Mercedes drivers.

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Betting Odds

Lewis Hamilton 8/13, Nico Rosberg 9/4, Max Verstappen 11/1, Daniel Ricciardo 11/1, Sebastian Vettel 16/1, Kimi Raikkonen 33/1, 250/1 bar

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