Hamilton has Hungarian Grand Prix form

Brit has won three of last five

Lewis Hamilton tightened his grip over the British Grand Prix two weeks ago, racing to the top step ahead of runner-up Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen. The charge is now on for the world championship.

Hamilton has been dominant at Silverstone over the last few years, and the 2017 race couldn’t have gone any better for the Brit, taking maximum points, with rival Sebastian Vettel ending back in seventh. Lewis bagged 25 points, Vettel only six. There’s just a point between the two in the overall leaderboard. Click here to place your F1 bets.

Lewis wants two in-a-row

Attentions now turn to Budapest and the Hungarian Grand Prix, which is settled over the course of the weekend. Hamilton boasts four Grand Prix wins so far this season, against the three of Vettel and two of Bottas. A fifth win on Sunday would move the 32-year-old top of the driver’s championship, regardless of what his rivals achieve on the day.

He won this race last year, beating Nico Rosberg into second, Daniel Ricciardo completing the podium places. It was all about Mercedes that day, and will be again this year, according to our traders. The Brackley based team are nailed on to win the constructors championship, 1/10 currently doing the rounds.

A worthy favourite

F1 punters won’t be surprised to see our team price Hamilton up as favourite to win the race going in to the week, and that’s a strategy they have adopted from the start. It hasn’t let them down too often either. Getting in early will help you secure the value on your driver of choice, and those who fancy Hamilton to continue his winning ways will find 5/6 available at the time of writing.