Max Verstappen stormed to the top of F1’s championship on home turf but Lewis Hamilton is tipped to bounce back in our Italian Grand Prix predictions. The Red Bull driver raced to a comprehensive triumph in the Dutch Grand Prix but Mercedes did not do their man any favours.
Max Verstappen will feel some poetic justice was done in Belgium and now gets the nod in our Dutch Grand Prix predictions on home turf. The Red Bull ace was handed 12.5 points for winning a race restricted to only two laps behind a safety car at Spa-Francorchamps.
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After a dramatic change in fortunes, bookmakers can’t split Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen in their Belgian Grand Prix predictions. In just two races, Hamilton went from 33 points behind in the title race to leading by eight during the summer break.
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Lewis Hamilton claimed a controversial win on home turf in Britain but Max Verstappen is expected to bounce straight back in our Hungarian Grand Prix predictions. The Red Bull driver was left seething after being shunted off the track by his title rival at Silverstone.
Lewis Hamilton has won six of the last seven races at Silverstone but is hard to fancy ahead of Max Verstappen in this year’s British Grand Prix predictions. Red Bull made it five straight victories in 2021 when dominating the Austrian double-header.
After cleaning up on Max Verstappen in the last couple of races, we’re looking at some different markets for our Austrian Grand Prix predictions. The flying Dutchman finished an incredible 35.743 seconds clear of Lewis Hamilton at the Red Bull Ring last weekend.
Max Verstappen struck a psychological blow when reeling in Lewis Hamilton last weekend and gets the nod again in our Styrian Grand Prix predictions. Mercedes had dominated the previous two runnings of the French Grand Prix but were outpaced all weekend by Red Bull this time.
Max Verstappen was an unlucky loser in Azerbaijan but is tipped to gain quick compensation in our French Grand Prix predictions. The flying Dutchman was on course to follow up his Monaco success with another win in Baku until a tyre failure robbed him of victory.
Lewis Hamilton endured a miserable weekend in Monaco but is expected to bounce straight back in our Azerbaijan Grand Prix predictions. The seven-time world champion has shown time and time again that he is at his most dangerous when wounded and losing the title lead will have hurt badly.
Max Verstappen was described as a ‘sitting duck’ when passed late on by Lewis Hamilton in Barcelona but is fancied to hit back in our Monaco Grand Prix predictions. The set-up in Spain always promised to suit Mercedes but Red Bull may find conditions more to their liking in the principality.
Lando Norris has made a superb start to the 2021 Formula One season and we’re looking to keep him on side in our Spanish Grand Prix predictions. The 21-year-old McLaren driver is currently lying third in the driver standings after finishing fourth, third and fifth in the opening three races.
Max Verstappen made amends for a moderate qualifying effort at Imola with a stylish victory on race day and is rated the man to beat in our Portuguese Grand Prix predictions. The Dutchman got off to a flying start in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix and never looked back once moving up from third to first.