Well, whenever you have one driver and team dominating the F1 racing field, you have to find other ways to stay “engaged” in the race and I found betting on head to head matchups might be your best bet to stay entertained this weekend.

Let’s face it, there’s no value in laying -140 on Button to win, as they’ve dominated this year and the real fight is who’s going to win second or third to meet Button on the podium. When you have a brand name like Ferrari threatening to pull out, I’m pretty sure good ole Bernie Ecclestone who lifted the Canadian Grand Prix this season, will need to adjust their rules if they intend to keep Ferrari in the F1 family.

It would be a shame to see such a class organization like Ferrari leaving the F1 schedule in the 2010 season.

Here’s a betting proposition I like for the British Grand Prix this weekend. Take Rubens Barichello at -110 to finish in the TOP 3 standings this weekend. If you wager $100 on Rubens Barichello and he finishes on the podium, you will make a $100 profit.

Here are the current drivers standings for the 2009 F1 season.

DRIVER STANDINGS

Pos Driver Nationality Team Points
• 1 Jenson Button British Brawn-Mercedes 61
• 2 Rubens Barrichello Brazilian Brawn-Mercedes 35
• 3 Sebastian Vettel German RBR-Renault 29
• 4 Mark Webber Australian RBR-Renault 27.5
• 5 Jarno Trulli Italian Toyota 19.5
• 6 Timo Glock German Toyota 13
• 7 Nico Rosberg German Williams-Toyota 11.5
• 8 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 11
• 9 Fernando Alonso Spanish Renault 11
• 10 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Ferrari 9
• 11 Lewis Hamilton British McLaren-Mercedes 9
• 12 Nick Heidfeld German BMW Sauber 6
• 13 Heikki Kovalainen Finnish McLaren-Mercedes 4
• 14 Sebastien Buemi Swiss STR-Ferrari 3
• 15 Robert Kubica Polish BMW Sauber 2
• 16 Sebastien Bourdais French STR-Ferrari 2
• 17 Giancarlo Fisichella Italian Force India-Mercedes 0
• 18 Adrian Sutil German Force India-Mercedes 0
• 19 Nelsinho Piquet Brazilian Renault 0
• 20 Kazuki Nakajima Japanese Williams-Toyota 0

TEAM STANDINGS

Pos Team Points

• 1 Brawn-Mercedes 96
• 2 RBR-Renault 56.5
• 3 Toyota 32.5
• 4 Ferrari 20
• 5 McLaren-Mercedes 13
• 6 Williams-Toyota 11.5
• 7 Renault 11
• 8 BMW Sauber 8
• 9 STR-Ferrari 5
• 10 Force India-Mercedes 0

According to Wiki: The British Grand Prix is a race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship. It is currently held at the Silverstone Circuit near the village of Silverstone in Northamptonshire. The British and Italian Grands Prix are the oldest continuously staged Formula One World Championship Grands Prix. Grand Prix motor racing was first established in Britain by Henry Segrave at the Brooklands course in 1926 after his winning of the 1923 French Grand Prix and the San Sebastián Grand Prix the following year, which raised interest in the sport. The first ever British Grand Prix was won by the French team of Louis Wagner and Robert Sénéchal driving a Delage 155B. Silverstone has hosted the race regularly since the start of the F1 championship in 1950 (in which it was the first race of the first ever official World Championship) and every year since 1987; it alternated with Brands Hatch between 1964 and 1986, and with Aintree (better known as a horse-racing course) between 1955 and 1962.

Ron Raymond's British Grand Prix Prediction

Want to bet on the British Grand Prix this weekend? Right now if you go to Bookmaker Sportsbook and lay $100 on Kimi Raikkonen to win the race at Silverstone, he will net you a return of $2000 in profits. Want a medium to low risk favorite? Bet on Sebastien Vettel, lay $100 to win $450 if Vettel wins this Sunday. Here’s my F1 British Grand Prix pick this weekend; let’s look at the head to head racing matchups. Let’s take and pick Rubens Barichello at -165 over Mark Webber in the head to head matchup, as a Barichello will net you a $100 profit by laying $165.

How does the F1 payout work? Example: If Sebastien Vettel is 5 to 1 odds, this means he would payout $500 on every $100 wager.

Who will win the "British Grand Prix" Bookmaker Sportsbook have released their betting odds and payouts on who will win this weekend’s British Grand Prix race at Silverstone. Odds To Win The British Grand Prix British Grand Prix June 19 - 21, 2009 - Final Qualifying Session Odds to win the Final Qualifying Session Jenson Button +150 Sebastien Vettel +225 Rubens Barichello +400 Mark Webber +800 Jarno Trulli +1200 Field +550 British F1 Grand Prix June 19 - 21, 2009 - Odds to win Odds to win British F1 Grand Prix Jenson Button -140 Sebastien Vettel +450 Rubens Barichello +800 Mark Webber +800 Felipe Massa +1800 Kimi Raikkonen +2000 Jarno Trulli +2000 Timo Glock +3000 Field +1200 British F1 Grand Prix June 19 - 21, 2009 - Qualifying Matchups Jenson Button vs Sebastien Vettel Jenson Button -150 Sebastien Vettel +125 Rubens Barichello vs Mark Webber Rubens Barichello -165 Mark Webber +140 Felipe Massa vs Kimi Raikkonen Felipe Massa -130 Kimi Raikkonen +105 Nico Rosberg vs Fernando Alonso Nico Rosberg -115 Fernando Alonso -110 Robert Kubica vs Nick Heidfeld Robert Kubica -225 Nick Heidfeld +185 Lewis Hamilton vs Heikki Kovalainen Lewis Hamilton -255 Heikki Kovalainen +215 Sebastien Buemi vs Sebastien Bourdais Sebastien Buemi -175 Sebastien Bourdais +150 Adrian Sutil vs Giancarlo Fisichella Adrian Sutil -140 Giancarlo Fisichella +115 Kazuki Nakajima vs Nelson Piquet Jr Kazuki Nakajima -185 Nelson Piquet Jr +165 British F1 Grand Prix June 19 - 21, 2009 - Top 3 Finishers Driver to finish in the Top 3 Position Jenson Button -350 Sebastien Vettel -150 Rubens Barichello -110 Mark Webber +120 Jarno Trulli +400 Felipe Massa +400 Kimi Raikkonen +450 Timo Glock +700 Lewis Hamilton +800 Nico Rosberg +1000 Fernando Alonso +1000 Robert Kubica +1400 Nick Heidfeld +2000 Heikki Kovalainen +2000 Field +1000 British F1 Grand Prix June 19 - 21, 2009 - Top 8 Finishers Driver to finish in the Top 8 Position Jenson Button -600 Sebastien Vettel -450 Rubens Barichello -450 Mark Webber -400 Jarno Trulli -200 Felipe Massa -200 Kimi Raikkonen -200 Timo Glock -140 Nico Rosberg -140 Lewis Hamilton +110 Fernando Alonso +110 Robert Kubica +125 Nick Heidfeld +175 Heikki Kovalainen +300 Kazuki Nakajima +450 Nelson Piquet Jr +600 Sebastien Buemi +800 Sebastien Bourdais +900 Adrian Sutil +900 Giancarlo Fisichella +1000

"2009 British Grand Prix" Facts
• What: 2009 British Grand Prix F1 Race
• When: June 21st 2009
• Where: Silverstone in Northamptonshire (England)
• Laps: 60
• Race Length: 308.355 km (191.604 mi)
• 2008 "British Grand Prix" Winner: Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes

2009 FIA Formula One World Championship Grand Prix Results

• Australia 29/03/2009 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes (Lap 58) 1:34:15.784
• Malaysia 05/04/2009 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes (Lap 31) 55:30.622
• China 19/04/2009 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault (Lap 56) 1:57:43.485
• Bahrain 26/04/2009 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes (Lap 57) 1:31:48.182
• Spain 10/05/2009 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes (Lap 66) 1:37:19.202
• Monaco 24/05/2009 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes (Lap 78) 1:40:44.282
• Turkey 07/06/2009 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes (Lap 58) 1:26:24.848
• Great Britain 21/06/2009
• Germany 12/07/2009
• Hungary 26/07/2009
• Europe 23/08/2009
• Belgium 30/08/2009
• Italy 13/09/2009
• Singapore 27/09/2009
• Japan 04/10/2009
• Brazil 18/10/2009
• Abu Dhabi 01/11/2009

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