LADBROKES 2009 CHINA F1 GRAND PRIX BETTING TIPS

Despite a fair amount of controversy surrounding the newly-formed Brawn F1 team, Jenson Button has continued to pound out the victories as his team has absolutely dominated the field so far. Rubens Barrichello has also put in two top performances, but it seems to be Button's season so far. The only real question now is whether he can make it a three-peat with the upcoming 2009 Chinese Grand Prix.

In terms of outright race winner, Button is listed at 2.25 with his team-mate Barrichello sitting at 5.5 with Ladbrokes. The gap between the Brawn team and everybody else is quite significant as the closest competitors are Vettel, Trulli, Glock and Raikonnen at 13.0 or 15.0.

In fact, Ladbrokes has gone so far as to create an alternate market where you can bet on the 2009 Chinese Grand Prix without Jenson Button or Rubens Barrichello. Trulli and Vettel top this much more competitive group at 6.0 apiece with Raikkonen and Glcok both listed at 8.0. Felipe Massa is due and he's listed at 8.0 in this group.

Lewis Hamilton is not favoured to perform here as there still seems to be a few stormclouds over the spat form the last race. He's listed at 21.0 for the outright win and 13.0 without Button and Barrichello.

If you're looking to back a specific team to win, there is also a market available for that. Brawn is listed at 1.72, Ferrari sits at 7.5 with Toyota at 8.0. BMW and Red Bull are both at 11.0.

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