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Hauled yourself off the canvas with that one! I added £14.50 to my funds, taking me to £143.37. This is going far better than I expected….

Thinking Lewis for pole in Monaco. Wonder what the odds will be like.

I’ve been laying some virtual bets (which I often ape with real cash) on this thread: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/groups/f1/forum/topic/the-f1-betting-game/

Amazingly, or amazingly for me anyway, I’m showing a […]

Can’t decide between Alonso & Kimi for the win so going the unusual route of backing them both.

Alonso to win in Spain: £10 @ 9/4 (returning £32.50)
Raikkonen to win in Spain: £8 @ 11/2 (£52.00)

Love those […]

Nico on pole, didn’t see that one coming!

Vettel’s victory pushed me further into the black, taking my funds £9.50 higher to a surprisingly healthy £128.87. Just you watch me lose it all before the season ends….

Yep that’s me, shamelessly appropriating song titles from The Velvet Underground to use in fantasy leagues.

Blimey, still another two weeks wait for Spain….

I bloody hope not… just swapped out Alonso, Lewis, and Grosjean for Vettel, Webber, and Kimi.

Pirelli’s decision to abandon the softs for this weekend has to tip the balance further towards Vettel, so with that in mind:

Vettel to be fastest qualifier: £10 at 13/8 (returning £26.25)
Vettel to win in […]

Double points for Bahrain… seems an opportune moment for a couple of DNFs to hurtle my way. Ever the optimist!

Howdy. Here’s a nice early one for Bahrain:

Vettel to be fastest qualifier: £10 at 13/8 (returning £26.25)

Thinking Hamilton’s pole last week was just a tyre-related blip in Seb’s domination of the front […]

I was torn between Sutil and di Resta for that points finish bet, unfortunately went the wrong side. Still, good old Hamilton kept me in the black; total ‘profit’ for China of £12, taking my kitty to […]

They’ve split the season into quarters and you get one use of double points in each of those four periods; I selected Bahrain as my first bonus race so still waiting. The second ‘quarter’ comprises Monaco, […]

Top two guys have decent tallies but of course they have used their first double point bonus thingy (as has VW-Audi-F1) and on a reasonable week that will add over 400 to your score.

Let’s do some for China:

Winning Constructor – Lotus: £6 at 11/2 (returning £39)
Hamilton to be fastest qualifier: £4 at 7/1 (£32)
Points finish – Adrian Sutil: £10 at 4/6 (£16.66)

I got two out of three correct but size of bets and slim odds mean a profit of just £7.37; though frankly I’m amazed to be above the £100 level – perhaps I should quit while I’m ahead? Nah, never been any good […]

I think it might be later rather than sooner for McLaren….

Minor tinkering as I ruthlessly ditch Webber in favour of Massa.

Right then, time to lose some money:

Grosjean to finish in top 6: £5 at 11/8 (returning £11.87)
Massa to finish on podium: £5 at 4/1 (£25)
Hulkenberg points finish: £5 at 11/10 (£10.50)

As you can probably […]

Isn’t Eddie only ever present for the BBC’s live races, or is my memory completely shot to pieces?

Bets total £50 and winnings total £50. So I’m back to £100 in the kitty and with the Alonso Championship bet still riding.

Alonso to win championship: £40 at 11/4 (returning £150)
Raikkonen to win in […]

And I’ll add…

Hamilton to be fastest qualifier: £5 at 7/1 (returning £40)

If I was handling the approvals it would be a miracle if they were ever done within 24 hours.

I see we’ve both gone for the ‘three top drivers plus whoever else I can scrape up from the bottom of the barrel’ […]