Pick : Max Verstappen to win the qualification for the sprint race @ 2.00

After a great weekend in Mexico where Max dominated the race and managed to win it against his rival Lewis Hamilton and to increase the gap in the World Championship standings, this week F1 moves to Brazil for a new format of F1, with qualifiers on Friday, a sprint race on Saturday that gives points for the first 3 places and determine the order for race start on Sunday.

On paper, everything is pointing towards Verstappen extending his 19-point lead in the drivers’ championship in the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, the Red Bull driver having won the last edition of the race while only a collision with Esteban Ocon when lapping the then-Racing Point driver in 2018 prevented him winning that one as well.

He’s also got the momentum, first winning in Austin – a traditional Mercedes stronghold – and then again in Mexico, moving his tally to nine wins for the season. 

“[Red Bull’s] pace was obviously phenomenal in the last race. They’ve had a strong car all year, they’ve had the strongest car, you can tell. I think we’ve done as good as I think we could. We are definitely going to be pushing this weekend to see if we can squeeze any more from out of the car. Last time here they were incredibly strong so we anticipate again they will be very hard to beat this weekend. Where there’s a will there’s a way hopefully.” 

Everyone expects a Max win on one of his favorite circuits, I still remember the 2016 wet race, wow, just incredible, and I expect the push for this win to start with the Friday qualification