Hamilton SLUMPS in F1 title favourites as surprise Verstappen challenger emerges
As well as being a Mercedes driver, he finished third in last season’s World Championship behind world champions Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez, making it the best car outside of Red Bull, with an astonishing 19 wins out of 22 races.
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The seven-time world champion is still considered Verstappen’s main rival, although he hasn’t won a race in more than two seasons.
However, in the latest odds published by OLBG, Hamilton is only the third favorite to win the World Championship, with odds as high as 11/1, giving him just an 8.3 per cent chance of winning.
Lewis Hamilton has not won an F1 race since the end of the 2021 season Max Verstappen (with girlfriend Kelly Piquet) is favorite for the F1 title again British star Lando Norris McLaren’s second favorite, New British star in the city Instead, Hamilton’s fellow Brit, Lando Norris, is the second favorite behind Verstappen, with Verstappen leading by a quarter and possibly Success rate is 80%.
The McLaren star is yet to win a race, but is a regular on the podium in the second half of the 2023 season as the Woking team enjoyed a grid rise following a highly successful interim upgrade.
However, Norris would be considered an outsider at best as he is 13/2 (13.3%).
Rounding out the top five is Norris’ McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri at 20/1 (4.8%), with Charles Leclerc also having the same odds as the Ferrari favorite.