Las Vegas Grand Prix prediction and F1 betting tips: Title party in Sin City for Verstappen

Follow our free F1 betting tips for round 22 of the 2024 Formula 1 season as the grid hits the world-famous Strip

Max Verstappen could be having a title party in Las Vegas (Getty Images)

Las Vegas Grand Prix betting tips

• Max Verstappen fastest lap and race winner - 9/1 William Hill

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Las Vegas Grand Prix betting preview

Max Verstappen sits on the precipice of his fourth Formula 1 title heading into this weekend’s Las Vegas Grand Prix. The maths is simple: Lando Norris must finish three points ahead of his rival to stop him from clinching the trophy in the United States. Only the Brit can be the spoiler now as the season approaches a familar conclusion.

Last year, Verstappen won the inaugural race under the Vegas lights after starting in third, with Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz qualifying ahead of him. Norris span into the barriers on lap three and has unfinished business on a track that could provide challenging conditions under the chill of the Nevada darkness.

Maintaining tyre temperature on a track with such long straights will be a key issue for drivers who are looking for a strong end to the season. McLaren, Ferrari and Red Bull are jostling for honours’ in the Constructors’ Championship with the trio covered by just 49 points, setting up a potentially thrilling meeting in the final United States race of the season.

McLaren lead the way in that particular battle and F1 betting sites make them 1/4 to collect the team prize. However, their lead driver Norris will need to have one of the best weekends of his career if he’s to keep the dream of a double championship success alive.

Las Vegas Grand Prix timetable

Friday

Practice 1 - 2.30am

Practice 2 - 6am

Saturday

Practice 3 - 2.30am

Qualifying - 6am

Sunday

Race - 6am

*Every session will be available to watch on Sky Sports F1*

Las Vegas Grand Prix betting tips: Max to get it done

It would take a very brave person to bet against Verstappen after his heroic performance in Brazil at the beginning of the month.

For him to start 17th before capturing his first win since June is a testimony of his skill and concentration. The Sao Paulo race will live long in the memory for not only being completely bonkers, but for Norris missing an opportunity to significantly cut the gap in the Drivers’ Championship battle.

Gameplans are going to be under more intense scrutiny in Vegas. The colder conditions might result in worse wear-and-tear, likely pushing some drivers towards two stops, although those who can manage their tyres well enough for a single-stop race may well find themselves at a huge advantage.

The onus is very much on Norris. This circuit provides plenty of opportunities to overtake, especially down The Strip as drivers head towards the final corner. Verstappen’s experience ensures he will remain unflustered whatever the situation; he doesn’t have to get it exactly right, whereas Norris needs to be faultless.

Betting sites heavily favour Verstappen, who in some ways, may look back on his win in Brazil as the key moment of the season.

Despite that performance at Interlagos, the Red Bull driver is as big as 10/3 on some betting apps to win this weekend, with Norris the 5/2 favourite.

The Brit doesn’t appeal at those prices, with the result in Brazil likely to have taken as big a psychological toll as it did mathematical when it comes to Norris’ title dreams.

While Vegas can be the clincher, Verstappen showed why he’s arguably the best driver on the grid right now with his performance in Brazil, thrusting himself to the brink of even more history. The hardest work is already done in his quest for a fourth successive world title.

Las Vegas Grand Prix prediction: Max Verstappen fastest lap and race winner - 9/1 William Hill

Las Vegas Grand Prix free bets

F1 is heading to the gambling capital of the world this weekend and punters wanting to have a bet on the action in Las Vegas can get £30 in free bets for this weekend’s race via the latest bet365 bonus code.

This offer is only available to new customers that open an account with bet365, using the promo code INDY2024 when they do so to claim the bet £10, get £30 welcome offer.

After opening an account, make an initial deposit of between £5 and £10. Bet365 are one of a handful of £5 deposit betting sites, but if you want to claim the full £30 in free bets, you’ll need to deposit a minimum of £10.

Bet365 awards treble the amount you deposit and bet in free bets, so to get the full £30 bonus to wager on Formula 1, you’ll need to deposit and bet £10.

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