Sunday, October 05, 2008

A1GP - Zandvoort - France to win Feature Race - 0.5pts E/W - BlueSQ


A1GP kicks off today at Zandvoort. The new series (now in Ferrari powered cars) has started in somewhat of a shambles. The change of supplier means that the first race was canceled and in addition not all teams have made the second (now first!) race. As teams have had limited testing time, the qualifying for this weekend has changed compared to the rest of this season (and compared with last season!). This weekend (only), the Feature race grid will be formed from the result of the Sprint race.

France (with Luc Duval) would normally be one of the favourites for an A1GP race. However, France went off in qualifying for the Sprint race (when on a 'hot lap' and race fromn near the back of the Sprint race grid. This will mean that they will struggle to get placed in the Sprint race. However, this should give them a good starting position for the Feature race. I think the 80/1 at Blue Sq is excellent value. I've had 0.5pts E/.W (max allowed, but all punters are limited to this - I tried to have 2pts E/W).

Update: It looks like there may well be rain in the racing today - there was certainly a wet track in the 'pre-race'. A wet race makes the outcome more uncertain (hence better to be with outsiders) and accentuates the skill of better dirvers (such as Duval). I've have therefore had the following additional bets at Boylesports:

- 0.5pst E/W France for Sprint Race (50/1) (a podium for this race is now a possibility, but still unlikely)
- 0.5pts E/W France for the Feature Race
(Both the above at Boylesports).

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nice one Chris. I only managed to get 10/1 though, about 3 hours after you posted the tip! I almost got 33/1 with Paddys then they took it down as I was betting. Then Bluesq took down 14/1 as I was depositing!!

Anonymous said...

YOu are a genius

Anonymous said...

Thanks Mr T!
The winnings from this bet have just bought me a new laptop! (got 50-1 at BlueSq).
Wife is not too pleased though - it means I'm now playing poker in bed.....
R