Im tempted remortgage my house and back this. You will never get a safer bet to return 40% on your investement than this one, quite simply imo Expekt have lost their marbles with this one.

The bet is how many F1 races will Heikki Kovalainen win in 2007? Have a think about that. For me he will win none and neither will his Renault teamate Giancarlo Fisichella. Allowing for a freaky grand prix maybe i will put him on one.

Much to my suprise the over under is set at 2.5! That is one hell of a saftey net. I would actually go so far as to say if Heikki wins more than 2.5 races i will never post another tip here again.

At the risk of repeating myself ad nausem for these pre-season bets here are some quotes from Renaults Pat Symonds:

"We are not worried, but when you are not on top of the pile then you have to be honest enough to admit it - and knuckle down to try and find the speed. From what we have seen so far, we seem to be several tenths away from the fastest runners in most conditions - on the first lap and on the long runs too".

"We have not yet unlocked the secret of getting performance out of the tyres on the first lap"

So we have a car which Renault themselves admit is not top notch, a rookie driver in his first F1 season with 17 circuits to learn and not experience to fall back on and we are hoping he doesnt win more than 2 races? Seems to good to be true to me.

Heikki did not even win the GP2 series 2 years ago losing out to Nico Rosberg. How many races did he look like winning in his debut year? Thats right none which the last time i checked is considerably less than 2.5!

I've been having a think back to the "rookie" drivers to walk into a top car (bearing in mind i dont think the renault is one - Without Alonso's talent last year Renault would have won 1 race).

Damon Hill won 3 races.

Jacques Villeneuve won 4 races.

Fernando Alonso won 1 race.

Felipe Massa won 2 races (having driven in f1 for 3 years and followed MS home in another 2)

Kimi Raikkonen won 1 race in his first 2 years at McLaren

This list is pretty endless if you care to pur thru the record books.

Quite simply for people who dont mind tying a lot of money up for a good chunk of the year this is an outstanding bet. lets hope so or else Heikki Kovalainen could retire me as an online tipster!



Pick : Kovalainen Race wins LESS than 2.5 races
Odds : 1.40
Stake : 10 / 10
Bookmaker : Expekt
Date : 2007-10-21
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