🏁🏎️ Sportsbet.io🏁 FORMULA 1 2024 Season🏁🏎️Prediction Pool Discussion Thread

[Koal-84]

No idea if it's good or bad, only time will tell but personally, I don't see it as a really big move.

Pros: Williams not doing well so he can prove himself as a driver (if they get more points with him, it's kinda proof right?

Cons: How far more can Sainz go with Williams?

I can't put my finger on it either, I think Sainz is better than the Williams, but it was probably his only chance to stay in Formula 1, if you sit out a year it can happen that you don't get a seat at all, at Williams he just has to score one or two points to get back into a better team.

[jeremypwr]

Still 2 weeks to go but here are the current odds to win the Dutch Grand Prix:



Lando Norris @ 2.75
Max Verstappen @ 2.85

https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/formula-1/formula-1/dutch-grand-prix-2024-race/dutch-grand-prix-2024-race-66a8a958cd78f7000192dfbf

[CLS63]

Lando Norris @ 2.75

Max Verstappen @ 2.85

After Red Bull started the season dominantly just as it was in the previous years, I thought we would watch a boring season again to be honest. However especially the improvement McLaren has made in their car has changed the direction of the season completely. When we think about Perez's performance so far, it looks very difficult for Red Bull to win the constructors title. And Norris still has a lot of opportunities ahead to catch up with Verstappen.

[notblox1]

Verstappen likes driving the Dutch Grand Prix, this is his home country and he needs to win maximum points to keep the first place.
Norris is dangerously close in second place, he was 2nd place last year in Dutch Grand Prix, and difference is even smaller in team points with Mclaren and Ferrari just behind Red Bull.

[ILuckyGuyI]

I have missed Formula 1 a lot during this summer break.    Seeing Norris being favoured for the Dutch GP doesn't make me surprised at all. There is a significant change in balances you know.

Red Bull isn't the number 1 team anymore. McLaren has taken the lead about that. But they still need to work harder to show it in constructor standings also. I see their winning the title this season quite realistic.

Because Red Bull has to deal with the Perez truth. He has no help to the team this season. Verstappen carried the team on his shoulders last season but that isn't happening in this one clearly.

[slaman29]

So RB is down and no longer the favorites really?

I have the biggest question for yall, before I put in my picks.

Max Verstappen has to win at his Holland home crowd right? I mean, he seems to be getting pressured badly but all racers are the most familiar with their own home track, I guess because they practice the most there. Or is this assumption totally wrong?

[jeremypwr]

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[famososMuertos]

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So RB is down and no longer the favorites really?...//

...// Max Verstappen has to win at his Holland home crowd right?
...// is this assumption totally wrong?

It seems like you're asking a rhetorical question...   

I think that now everything depends more than ever on practice...#3, decision making is there... and before it meant securing a few points, now it only means that the pool is more alive than ever, I think that today winning for Max is perhaps the least of his problems, it's how to make the most of the points he's already won...

^{Asymmetric brakes are prohibited!}

[Koal-84]

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Thank you!

The first race after the summer break is definitely difficult to predict, and you've also come up with some good and tricky questions.

But I assume that Verstappen is the favourite this weekend on his home track, and unless the other teams have made considerable progress compared to RedBull, Verstappen has a real chance of winning.

[CLS63]

^{Asymmetric brakes are prohibited!}

I was just going to talk about this. First of all, thanks for the information.    Yes, this is an important change in regulations. Because this was helping the teams using the technology at slow corners very much. Because these brakes are preventing an understeer at these corners for more grip. Red Bull, McLaren and Mercedes are expected to be affected negatively after this change. Do you expect Ferrari to step forward after this?

If Ferrari has made some progress in the summer break then I think maybe they could be more competitive against those teams from now on.

[famososMuertos]

It is difficult to know if Ferrari will be the biggest beneficiaries, but we can guess who will be the most disadvantaged, as you rightly mention.

The truth is that the protagonist of this weekend, for many, and although he will have his influence, let us not forget that Max is still haunted by luck, since it is a rule that appears in a prize in which he is a clear favourite.

[slaman29]

It seems like you're asking a rhetorical question...   

I think that now everything depends more than ever on practice...#3, decision making is there... and before it meant securing a few points, now it only means that the pool is more alive than ever, I think that today winning for Max is perhaps the least of his problems, it's how to make the most of the points he's already won...

^{Asymmetric brakes are prohibited!}

I think it's the most of his problems today, he is at home, Holland is expecting and he has the character that would feel so bad if he didn't. But you're right of course thinking like a team manager, RB's constructor should be safe, but a few more races without wins and it will be dangerroad for them.

Pressure time for Maxie, but I'm rooting for a huge upset by the time season ends

[notblox1]

Finally race week is back in Formula 1!
Verstappen is big favorite this time at home country but he could be under pressure during qualification rounds.
He knows this track really well but he needs to be concentrated and win pole position.
I looked at weather prediction for Zandvoort and rain is expected for this weekend, this could make things more interesting.

[jeremypwr]

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[darxiaomi]

Finally we are back on F1 weekends.

anyways this last week of waiting for return was not so hard to live because we already have the start of main football leagues.

Is gonna be interesting to see which team brings a good amount of upgrades after this rest. Is gonna RB take the lead again?

[LTU_btc]

F1 is back finally. I've been missing it, but wouldn't say that these 4 weeks were that empty for me. There was Olympics, football also started.
Looking at Dutch GP odds it seems that Verstappen and Norris chances to win is rated almost equally. But I would give little advantage to Verstappen just because it's his home track.

[ILuckyGuyI]

I've read about this asymmetric brake rule change. I wonder what happens now. I would also like to see Ferrari rising in the standings honestly.    I've missed those good old days of Ferrari... I want to see Leclerc being competitive but he can't. Not only because of the team but also individual mistakes. He has a good talent but he isn't as effective as Verstappen for example as for showing it. Consistency isn't a thing he is good at.

As for the pool, it feels nice to rise to 4th place. The point gap with the top is 2.5 points and this is motivating me more.  

[swogerino]

Finally no more boring weekends starting from this one.The race in Zvandoorf is a great one and if I remember it correctly it is the one where Perez was sleeping when the race restarted after the Safety Car a couple of years ago,where Russell also won but I am not sure about it.What is a sure thing is that this race is going to be beautiful and the fact that in the free practice showed that both Norris and the two Mercedes cars were in great performance while Verstappen has to fight hard in here despite being his home race,that is why the odds to be the same between Norris and Verstappen or just a bit of difference between them.

[Spack17]

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Thank you for the reminder. I was planning to predict after watching the practice sessions after a long break. But it turns out I needed to do it before the 1st practice session. You can be sure as of now that I'm going to read your topics better and won't miss the contests.

[notblox1]

Team Mercedes was on fire in first two training races, they made important car modifications that made a big difference, but they need to finish qualifications on top.
I saw Verstappen was not happy with car performance and he complained they were too slow but they are not sure why.
Maybe this is strategy of his team so lets wait and see what happens this weekend.
Rain is expected in Zandvoor for Saturday and Sunday.