Singapore Grand Prix: Prediction, Tips and Odds

The 2024 F1 season looks to be building to an exciting climax and world champion Max Verstappen's lead in the standings was reduced again when he could finish only fifth in last week's Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Time is running out for the Red Bull ace's rivals, though, with only seven rounds (and three sprint races) remaining. Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc and Oscar Piastri are in hot pursuit of the Dutch driver, but Verstappen still holds a 59-point lead in the standings despite his winless run now reaching seven races.

Singapore Grand Prix betting picks and predictions

Charles Leclerc to win - 7/2

If one driver had been able to take advantage of Max Verstappen's unexpected seven-race win drought, the 2024 world championship could really be in the balance.

As it is, the Red Bull driver still has a healthy advantage in his back pocket and his rivals are beginning to run out of races in their bid to overhaul him.

Oscar Piastri's victory in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday was McLaren's third success since Verstappen last won in Barcelona in June and Mercedes have also taken three wins, with Charles Leclerc bagging Ferrari's only recent victory in the team's home race at Monza.

Leclerc also won his own home race at Monaco earlier in the season and his street-circuit prowess could be seen again as the drivers tackle the gruelling test of the Singapore Grand Prix.

Singapore was the scene of a rare failure for Verstappen in 2023 as his fifth-place finish was the only time he wasn't successful in the final 18 rounds of his dominant campaign.

The strength of the Red Bull car has always been its aerodynamic prowess and that matters much less on street courses, which don't have as many fast corners as traditional tracks.

Verstappen was also only seventh at Marina Bay in 2022, when he had won the five races before it and triumphed in the three rounds after it, so he is easy enough to oppose at one of his least favourite tracks in his current poor form.

Red Bull have updates coming for the final races which could help to carry him to a fourth championship, but it seems likely his rivals will get a little closer in the standings this week.

Leclerc took pole in Baku last week and had a decent chance of winning the race but McLaren seemed to have a tyre advantage at times and he lost out to a brave overtaking move by Piastri on his way to second place.

The Monegasque driver was second in Singapore in 2019 and 2022 and then fourth to his team-mate Carlos Sainz last year.

The Ferrari team are putting their faith in Leclerc at present as he is 51 points ahead of Sainz in the standings and remaining with the team next year, and he has been the team's leading driver in each of the last five rounds.

Norris has finished fourth and second at this race over the last two years but has never really shone on street courses so he looks opposable as the clear favourite for a race his team have not won since 2009.

George Russell to finish third - 9/1

George Russell of Mercedes took advantage of the late collision between Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz in Baku to claim third place and he can target a similar finish in Singapore.

The British driver was still in the hunt for the win in this race last season when crashing on the last lap and had shown good pace to qualify on the front row.

Russell was fifth around the streets of Monte Carlo this season, which was his joint-best result of the year at that time, and he could be in the mix in what should be a competitive race.

With the lowest step of the podium likely to be the limit of Russell's ambitions, taking the price for him to finish third is preferred to a wager on a podium finish at less than half the odds.

Pierre Gasly points finish - 11/2

The Alpine team have fallen to ninth in the constructors standings after Williams' excellent double-points finish in Baku, but the French outfit may be overpriced to add to their 13-point total in Singapore.

They lacked the pace to compete on the straights at the last two circuits but could be seen in a better light on a street course.

Pierre Gasly may be the driver to watch this week. His first points finish of the year came on a slow street circuit in Monaco and he went on to score points in the next three rounds too.

His only recent top-10 finish came on another twisting circuit at Zandvoort, where he was ninth.

Gasly has prospered at Marina Bay before, taking eighth place for Toro Rosso in 2019 and 10th when he was with Alpha Tauri in 2022.

Last year he claimed an impressive sixth place in Singapore in his first season with Alpine, despite qualifying in 12th place, and he is worth a small interest to sneak into the points again.

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