Belgium Grand Prix Betting Preview

Spa in Belgium is considered by many to be one of the worlds great circuits being set in a forest with part of the track based upon a public road. Early on in the lap is one of modern day motorsports most exhilarating challenge, the fantastic Eau Rouge, which pitches cars through a hard compression into a tricky uphill chicane before cresting the hill onto a long straight. Taking Eau Rouge flat out used to be a real challenge, however modern aerodynamics and tyre technology has somewhat muted the thrill. The rest of the circuit is a series of elevation changes leading into a variety of high and low speed turns. Winning at Spa is an ambition of any aspiring race driver.As the season draws into it's final run, the perpetually unlucky Finn, Kimi Raikkonen, needs a real change in fortune to turn his championship around. Without doubt he has been the best driver in the fastest car, yet a continuous series of misfortune and misadventure seems intent on handing the title to arch rival Fernando Alonso in the Renault. To Alonso's credit he has barely put a foot wrong all season although he must appreciate that Lady Luck appears to favour the Spanish.Last race saw a dominant victory for Mclaren's Juan Pablo Montoya who enjoyed a relatively untroubled run to the flag, forgetting the last few laps when his rear tyre began to delaminate causing handling difficulties. Alonso inherited second overall with his team mate Giancarlo Fisichella coming home third and robbing title rival Raikkonen of yet more points. Whilst Kimi will be disappointed with 4th place, he overcame a 10 place penalty after an engine change in qualifying, bad traffic and a delaminated tyre to get there, no mean feat.Spa is an event which really separates the great from the good, both cars and drivers. Surely Kimi has used up all his bad luck for the year and will come good once more at Spa, if all runs to plan he should be dominant at every point of the weekend. Alonso knows all he needs to do is keep racking up the finishes and the title will come his way, so expect no heroics from him. Another man with a point to prove is Montoya who will still be keen to overthrow the perception that he is number two within Mclaren. It's hard to perceive of a winner coming from outside these three, although Button can be expected to have a strong run here with a potential podium if all goes to plan and a bit of luck goes his way.Qualifying will most likely go the way of Kimi Raikkonen and his exceptionally good Mclaren which should be able to generate the most grip out of it's Michelins over a flying lap. The race itself has to have Kimi again as the man to beat, particularly with the likely second favourite, Montoya, being shackled by team orders (despite Mclaren denying they use them!)