British Grand Prix Betting – Motor Racing Odds July 5

There should be no stopping Mercedes at Silverstone

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Most Grand Prix fans just want to see an exciting race but British fans at Silverstone this weekend won’t be satisfied unless their favourite – Lewis Hamilton – is first past the chequered flag.

Silverstone marks the midpoint of an F1 season but most questions already appear to have been answered. Mercedes are dominating again but there is only 10 points between Hamilton and Nico Rosberg at the top of the Drivers’ Championship following the German’s convincing win in the Austrian GP. Ferrari appear to have the measure of Williams in the battle to follow Mercedes home in the Constructors’ Championship but bookmakers stopped taking bets on that market weeks ago and it’s inconceivable that the Brackley-based team won’t dominate again at Silverstone, where they’ve won for the last two years.

Inevitably, Hamilton and Rosberg dominate the betting this weekend. The Briton, who won in 2013, is 4/5 with Betfred – last year’s winner Rosberg is 2/1 with Coral and William Hill. Ferrari‘s Sebastian Vettel is a general 12/1 as he bids for his first win at Silverstone since 2009 and team-mate Kimi Raikkonen is 25/1 with most layers. There aren’t many offers on the British Grand Prix but betfair will refund your stake as a free bet up to £25 if you back a driver that fails to finish.

It might be worth backing WilliamsValtteri Bottas for a podium finish at the 9/2 with bet365, Betfred, sportingbet, BetVictor and Stan James. The Finn drove a brilliant race around Silverstone last year to finish second after starting from 14th on the grid. With the Williams getting gradually quicker, he should be much further forward this year and, while he’s unlikely to trouble either Hamilton or Rosberg barring accidents, those odds are much better value than the general 11/4 against an out-of-sorts Raikkonen and the best 4/9 against Vettel with Paddy Power.

Jenson Button has a woeful record in the British GP and the McLaren driver might be a worth a bet at 7/1 with BetVictor, Ladbrokes, William Hill or bwin in the market to be the first driver to retire, though the general 14/1 against Toro Rosso‘s Carlos Sainz in this market also make some appeal. It’s 5/11 with bwin that Mercedes enjoy another one-two and that might be the bet for those who can’t make up whose turn it is this weekend.