Spanish Grand Prix Tips
Spanish Grand Prix Details
- Date: June 23rd 2024
- Location: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmelo
- Course length: 4.657KM (2.894 Mi)
- Capacity: 140,700
Last Year Podium:
- 1st - Max Verstappen
- 2nd - Lewis Hamilton
- 3rd - George Russell
Last Year's Fastest Lap
1:24.108 - Sergio Perez (Lap 55)
2024 Race Favourite
Max Verstappen to win Spanish Grand Prix: 1/2
2024 Spanish GP betting tips
Formula 1 returns to Europe this weekend for the Spanish Grand Prix after a dramatic race in Canada two weeks ago.
World champion Max Verstappen won for the sixth time in nine races this season in Montreal, but needed a helping hand from a timely safety-car period to regain the lead from Lando Norris.
The Dutchman needs to fend off the challenge of three strong rivals these days as Mercedes have joined McLaren and Ferrari in raising their game and George Russell took pole position in Canada.
Verstappen is the favourite again this week, though, at a track where he has won in each of the last two seasons.
There are plenty of betting options to consider for the race and we've picked out three worthwhile wagers for the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya.
Tip 1 - Max Verstappen to win @ 1/2
Max Verstappen became F1's youngest ever race winner when taking the 2016 Spanish Grand prix victory in his first race for Red Bull. He has been a consistent podium finisher in Barcelona, coming third in 2018 and 2109 and second in 2020 and 2021 before wins in 2022 and 2023.
This year's race will be a good measuring stick of how much progress Red Bull's rivals have made at reeling in the formerly dominant team. Verstappen won the event by 24 seconds last year but is not expected to have such a comfortable afternoon this time.
Even so, he is hard to oppose in the race winner market as Barcelona is the perfect circuit for Red Bull to demonstrate their aerodynamic prowess.
If Mercedes, McLaren or Ferrari can beat them in Spain then it really would be game on in the championship race for the rest of the season.
Red Bull were not suited by the tracks at Monaco or Canada due to their car struggling to ride kerbs as well as their rivals but that's not an issue this week and Verstappen should be back on top form.
Tip 2 - Charles Leclerc best finishing position v Lando Norris @ 11/10
As well as match-ups between drivers of the same team, BetUK also offer bets on which driver will have the better finishing position of two drivers from different teams and taking Ferrari's Charles Leclerc to outperform Lando Norris of McLaren is tempting.
Ferrari had a miserable time in the wet weekend at Montreal, with both their cars failing to finish the race. That was enough to wipe away any over-confidence that might have occurred as a result of their victory in Monaco, though, and the team are hoping that better days are ahead, with updated parts due to be on their car for the Spanish Grand Prix.
That could give them the edge in an increasingly close battle with McLaren and Mercedes.
Leclerc looks worth backing to finish ahead of McLaren's Lando Norris in Spain. He secured a top-four finish at each of the first eight races this year and has been on the podium five times.
Norris was unlucky not to come away from Canada with his second success of the season after a safety-car period caused him to lose the lead but there was not much to choose between any of the chasing teams and any improvement from Ferrari this week could push Leclerc ahead again.
Tip 3 - Yuki Tsunoda points finish @ 9/10
Points are becoming more difficult for teams outside the top four to acquire as the big guns are now apparently all back on track but the Visa Cash App RB team have shown enough to suggest they can keep their points tally ticking over.
Japanese driver Yuki Tsunoda has finished in the top 10 at five of the last seven races and should also benefit from an updated car this week.
Tsunoda had been running well in the points and ahead of his team-mate Daniel Ricciardo in Montreal but a late mistake saw him drop to 14th.
At a track that should suit his car's strengths, Tsunoda has a strong chance of getting back in the top 10.
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Spanish Grand Prix: - Brief History
The first Spanish Grand Prix was held in 1913 as a race for Touring cars. However, the transition to Formula 1 in 1951 where only two events were held until 1967. From this point, it became a regular course dominated Lotus and Ford. Since then, individuals have gone on runs of dominating Nigel Mansell, Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost dominated over a nine year period between 1986 and 1994 before Michael Schumacher and Mika Hakkinen won all but one event between 1995 and 2004. From that point, the winners varied as the sport became more competitive year on year. However, between 2017 and 2022, Lewis Hamilton won five races in a row on this track, Hamilton and Schumacher hold the record for the most number of wins at the Spanish Grand Prix with 6 wins apiece.
