| With 15 of this season's 17 grand prix having been completed, Jensen Button sits proudly at the top of the F1 Drivers' Championship. With the rest of the field unlikely to catch him, the race is really on for second place between Barichello and Vettel.
So with two races remaining, we look at the Drivers' Championship spreads in more detail and try to locate the value in the sporting index market...
Driver |
Points |
Best Results |
SI Spread |
Jensen Button |
85 |
6 wins |
56-59 |
Rubens Barichello |
71 |
2 wins, 3 x 2nd |
35-37 |
Sebastian Vettel |
69 |
3 wins, 2 x 2nd |
35-37 |
Mark Webber |
51.5 |
1 win, 3 x 2nd |
15-17 |
Lewis Hamilton |
43 |
2 wins 1 x 2nd |
12-14 |
Kimi Raikkonen |
45 |
1 win, 1 x 2nd |
5-7 |
Nico Rosberg |
34.5 |
2 x 4th |
0-1 |
Fernando Alonso |
20 |
2 x 5th |
0-0.5 |
Jarno Trulli |
30.5 |
2 x 3rd |
0-0.5 |
Sporting Index Spread Guide: 1st Place = 60pts, 2nd = 40, 3rd = 30, 4th = 20, 5th = 10, 6th = 5
Brazilian Grand Prix Preview
Jensen Button must be sleeping soundly yet again after a very satisfactory weekend at Suzuka -yet again his lead in the championship was maintained to a healthy level.
Not only was it a great weekend for this Englishman, but also his fellow countryman Lewis Hamilton -who is finishing the season in some style. German driver Seb Vettel now has an outside chance of winning the title after his convincing win over the Italian driver Jarno Trulli.
So onto Interlago in Brazil, which has the reputation of being the shabbiest circuit on the whole merry go round that is F1. No doubt Rubens Barrichello will be suitably revved up an going all out to win his home country's GP -to emulate the feat of Felipe Massa, who won last year by a massive 13 seconds in the Ferarri.
Early betting suggests that it will be between the two in-form drivers Hamilton and Vettel -but don't rule out the home factor, so definitely include Rubens in those calculations.
Driver |
Manufacturer |
Brazilian GP '08 Finish Position |
Sporting Index Race Index |
Vettel |
Red Bull-Renault |
4th |
27-30 |
Hamilton |
McLaren-Merc |
5th |
27-30 |
Barrichello |
Brawn-Merc |
15th |
21-24 |
Webber |
Red Bull-Renault |
9th |
17- 20 |
Button |
Brawn-Merc |
13th |
12-15 |
Raikkonen |
Ferrari |
3rd |
12-15 |
Alonso |
Renault |
2nd |
11-14 |
Rosberg |
Williams-Toyota |
12th |
10-13 |
Kovalainen |
McLaren-Merc |
7th |
9-12 |
Trulli |
Toyota |
8th |
9-12 |
Sutil |
Force India-Merc |
16th |
8-11 |
Kubica |
BMW Sauber |
11th |
7-9 |
Hiedfeld |
BMW Sauber |
10th |
7-9 |
Fisichella |
Ferrari |
18th |
5-7 |
Liuzzi |
Force India-Merc |
N/A |
2.5-4 |
Sporting Index Grand Prix Scoring Guide:1st 60pts, 2nd 40pts,
3rd 30pts, 4th 25 pts, 5th 20pts, 6th 15pts, 7th 10 pts, 8th 5pts
The race spreads are already up (Weds) which is good work from Sporting Index -so if you have an inside track (pardon the pun) then get on now before qualifying!
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