From Bahrain to Abu Dhabi, you can find the very best Formula One betting tips for every week of the World Championship here at Bet UK. With a number of drivers having podium finishes across the season, if you can pick the next surprise victory, you could find yourself looking favourably at our betting markets this campaign.
Max Verstappen is targeting a fourth-successive Formula One World Drivers’ Championship and is the overwhelming favourite after a season of unprecedented dominance in which he finished with over twice as many points as his closest competitor, teammate Sergio Perez.
While any team challenging the Milton Keynes-based team is unlikely, there is plenty of competition to look forward to as we look lower down the pack as we count down to the curtain-raiser in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, 2nd March.
Mercedes, McLaren, Ferrari and Aston Martin are all in with a fighting chance of the silver medal in the World Constructors’ Championship, while Daniel Ricciardo will be hoping to hit the comeback trail and potentially replace the under-pressure Sergio Perez in the second Red Bull.
After a dismal start to the season, McLaren brought some tremendous upgrades to their car and Lando Norris, long tipped as a future champion, started to show his promise yet again.
Only Max Verstappen has won more points than Norris since the British Grand Prix in July, with the young Brit taking 159 points compared to Serio Perez’s 119 and Lewis Hamilton’s 110.
McLaren were by far the strongest non-Red Bull finishers in the 2023 season, picking up seven podiums in the final eight Grands Prix.
This is equal to Red Bull’s podium count across the same period and two more than Ferrari managed. If they can carry this excellent form into 2024 they could be in contention for race wins and Norris will almost certainly be given strategy preference ahead of the young Oscar Piastri.
Red Bull Racing won every Grand Prix bar Singapore in 2023 and, while Ferrari did lead the pack in that outlier, it was Charles Leclerc’s teammate Carlos Sainz who claimed the only non-Red Bull win of the season.
Leclerc’s pace - especially over one lap - is undeniable but a combination of strategy bungles, misfortune and errors mean we have to look all the way back to Austria 2022 to find the Monegasque’s last race win.
Despite claiming some 23 pole positions, he has won just five times since moving to Ferrari in 2019 and with Red Bull’s dominance showing no signs of coming to an end he looks good value to continue his drought in 2024.
At 10/1, backing Daniel Riccardo to win a race in 2024 could be a shrewd move if you expect Sergio Perez’s struggles to continue.
The Mexican came under huge pressure towards the end of the 2023 season and there is a very real possibility he could be out of a job at some point this season, paving the way for the dramatic return of Daniel Ricciardo to a Red Bull seat.
Red Bull are lacking in options when it comes to Max Verstappen’s future teammate and are unlikely to want a rookie to come in mid season. Ricciardo knows the team, gets along well with Verstappen and would provide another marketing boost to a company very much in tune with the commercial side of the sport.
If he returns to Verstappen’s side, there is a good chance he could steal a win or two in the second half of the season.
The Formula One season is the pinnacle of the motor racing calendar. There are over 20 races in each Formula One season and although NASCAR sits as the top motor racing sport in the US, F1 has significant reach across the world. With this in mind, a lot of bettors follow the Formula One season throughout, opting to bet on specific races instead. Reviewing each race and each practice can prove to be difficult, so our experts will provide you with our betting tips from their research.
On BetUK, you'll be able to find betting tips available for every race in the calendar, our motor racing tips begin at the start of the season when we'll let you know who we believe will win the constructors championship and the drivers championship as well as some names to look out for across the campaign.
When looking at who to bet on for an individual grand prix, it is so important that we look into drivers who are in-form and driving well. The 2024/25 campaign is a prime example of that, going into the July/August break, Max Verstappen had won just two of seven races. However, if you looked at the season tally, Max was still out in-front and was comfortably the favourite for every race. Many betting tips also backed him to win every race and it felt like some were purely based on the fact he was Max Verstappen. At BetUK, we aimed to avoid the Verstappen to win bet and if we thought Verstappen would win, we would mention it but pick three other betting markets to focus on, such as a driver to get on the podium, a driver to DNF and which driver would perform best for their constructor.
There are dozens of different ways to bet on Formula One at BetUK and in our tips, we will aim to give you the best value for money tips available.
When BetUK look to predict the constructors championship at the start of the season, it is difficult to assume how each constructor will fare. Red Bull are currently the safest bet and should be there or there abouts almost every single campaign. However, backing other constructors to perform well can prove to be beneficial. Due to the poor performance of Sergio Perez, McClaren and Ferrari have begun to challenge for the Constructors title. Could that continue? It looks unlikely that Sergio Perez will stay at Red Bull and his poor form is very unlikely to continue. So, we can expect to see Red Bull resume control but the change of pace has been welcoming!
Max Verstappen will be the favourite to win the Drivers Championship every year for the foreseeable future. However, the likes of Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc and Oscar Piastri are three drivers who still have the potential to improve to the Dutchman's level. If Norris and Piastri stay at McClaren, it's very likely that they will turn into a dominant force in the sport but Red Bull and Max Verstappen will always be the favourite. It has to be wondered if the likes of Verstappen and Perez have had tweaks made to the car that has hindered their process and it will be fixed by the end of the campaign.
However, for 2024, Max Verstappen's lead over the rest of the pack is unsurmountable after winning seven of the first ten races across the season.
We're sorry!
Unfortunately, BetUK isn't available in your country.
