Posts Tagged formula one
Canadian entertainment
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on June 12th, 2011
Not often you see a formula 1 race like that! I lost count of the number of times Jenson Button pitted, then he goes on to win the race! Vettel lost it on the last lap and was turned over at 1.04, Button was backed at very big odds. I wasn’t trading it but perhaps should have been given the weather conditions. Sometimes it’s just nice to watch the sport, especially when it’s this entertaining.
F1 season trading
There are some great trading opportunities through the course of F1 races, but you wouldn’t catch me betting on the drivers or constructors championships pre-season. There are just too many unknowns. However, here’s a trend that might be of interest and something that can be used to your advantage.
Over the past six years, partnerships have been increasingly fruitful for teams, particularly at the start of the season. In the first ten races of the 2005 season, only one one-two was witnessed, while 6/10 races last year saw the teammates on the upper levels of the podium.
So simply, if you fancy Seb Vettel for the title, also get behind his teammate Mark Webber.
Number of team one-twos after first 10 races of F1 season:
2010 – 6
2009 – 6
2008 – 4
2007 – 4
2006 – 2
2005 – 1
There are many in-running trading opps and you shouldn’t be scared during a race. Try to anticipate yellow flags, where a 20sec lead can immediately become a 2sec lead. A simple lay-to-back strategy on the leading car, or the opposite for the chasing pack is screaming out at you!
Check out the weather, the race conditions and the strengths of each car. If you can forecast better or earlier than others on the exchange, there is money to be made.
Monaco grand prix
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on May 16th, 2010
I don’t do much on the Formula one unless a clear cut opportunity exists but here is a post from last year that should help you on the Monaco grand prix. Click here to view it.
I was thinking of going to the Monaco grand prix this year but expensive is not the word to use to describe the cost to do it in style. Maybe next year!
Make cash from ash
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on April 20th, 2010
I hope you are not one of many being inconvenienced by the erupting volcano in Iceland, or the national air bodies, depending on how you see it. The office is quieter this Monday thanks to the failure of quite a few people failing to return from overseas after the school Easter holidays. My wife spoke to a friend last night, still stuck in the US with little hope of return this week. Scheduled ETA at least two weeks away, I think the airline industry and the economy needs this like a hole in the head. I live under very busy airspace so it’s been very novel seeing no planes in the sky aside from the occasional paraglider or small light aircraft, I will enjoy it while I can. But I think the paranoia may have spread a little too far as the local RAF helicopter base doesn’t appear to be flying either and the last time I looked helicopters didn’t go past 20,000 feet.
Still, where ever there is something major going on, there is always opportunity on the flip side somewhere. I think the same could be the case in the sports markets too. I am currently looking at the sports that involve travel to see how they could be affected. Formula 1 cars are currently parked a long way from Spain at the moment and may not get the chance to be refitted for the next race if they can’t travel soon. European football matches could also experiance some interesting additional shapes, given that air travel could be ruled out. I am sure there are many more but these are just a couple of examples of things you should be looking at right now. It’s often the unusual things that deliver some great opportunties at these moments.
I notice the BBC have summarised some of the problems on this page.
It's not just ash that drifts
Mercedes unlikely to win first GP
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on February 28th, 2010
Anybody who can remember my ‘We are not competitive’ tip for formula one last year may be interested in the following article coming out of the Mercedes camp at the moment. Full story here: -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8539826.stm
What’s the price of a good start?
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on June 21st, 2009
Thought this may be of interest to you ahead of this weeks British Grand Prix. With the right tactics any market can be traded. I don’t know how to price up a Formula one market but I have made some good trades on it this year. My best trade was laying Lewis Hamilton to win the drivers championship, have a search for that if you wish to read why I did that.
At Monaco, the notoriously tight circuit where overtaking is a word, not an action. It seemed logical that the best trade was to back the person that was most likely to be at the front at the first corner. They would immediately have a clear advantage and were unlikely to be challenged, especially if it was one of the very competitive Brawn GP drivers.
Button got that good start and accelerated into and away from the first corner. The market responded by shortening his price by around 15%. So, there you have your answer. A good start, at Monaco at least, is worth in excess of 10%!
