Bookies Blog

With the team line ups for the Formula One season now known the bookies have opened up their betting on the Constructors Championship.

Ferrari are unsuprisingly the 4/5 favourites with Canbet and Victor Chandler, followed by McLaren at a best price of 15/8 with Stan James.

For those who think that Renault can improve massively this season then you can get 8/1 with Stan James about the Alonso led team being top dog in 2008.

BMW are on offer at a general 16/1 while every other team is on offer at 40/1 or bigger.

Given that many people think that FIA stands for Ferrari’s Interests Always then it is not hard to see why the bookies make them such short priced favourites. I don’t think there’s a huge amount of value in the market as it stands, certainly until we learn how Kovalainen adapts to his new car. If he does prove to be as good as many expect then the 15/8 McLaren may be the value wager. I have backed him at 16/1 each way for the Drivers’ Championship on the basis of the skill he showed last season but he’ll only really shorten up if he shows that he can drive the car as well (or better) than Hamilton.

Check out all the 2008 Formula One betting odds at bookies.com