Starting things off with my tiers from last week:

Tier 1 – Max Verstappen

Tier 2 – Lando Norris, Carlos Sainz, Sergio Perez, Oscar Piastri

Tier 3 – George Russell, Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc

Tier 4 – Fernando Alonso

Tier 5 – Lance Stroll, Alexander Albon, Esteban Ocon, Pierre Gasly

Tier 6 – Yuki Tsunoda, Liam Lawson

Tier 7 – Logan Sargeant, Valteri Bottas, Guanyu Zhou

Tier 8 – Nico Hulkenburg

Tier 9 – Kevin Magnussen

It seems like Qatar is a hard track on tires so I’ll fade Ferrari when it comes to the race, but I need to be careful of them in qualifying. Verstappen should be in front and the McLarens should perform well here. Mercedes, Ferrari, and Perez will be somewhere just behind them. Checking the lines to get down on some bets before practice begins. With only one DRS zone I make take a shot with Lando when it comes to qualifying.

Bets:

McLaren car wins Free Practice 1 +500

Winner Qualifying – Lando Norris +900

Verstappen to win by 10+ seconds and have the fastest lap +125

Verstappen Top 3 in Qualifying -550

Verstappen and Norris Top 2 Qualifying +225

Verstappen, Norris, Piastri Top 3 Qualifying +350

Yuki Tsunoda Race Top 10 +250

Alex Albon Race Top 10 +175

Lando Norris on Race Podium -115

Verstappen and Oscar Piastri on Race Podium +200

Verstappen and Norris both on Podium -120

Race George Russell > Charles Leclerc +120

Oscar Piastri +1100 Fastest Lap

Both McLaren drivers finish in Top 6 of Race -155

Verstappen to win Sprint Shootout and Sprint -182

Verstappen Win, Qualifying Win, and Fastest Lap +120

Lewis Hamilton > Carlos Sainz in Qualifying +145

Nico Hulkenburg > lance Stroll in Qualifying +160

George Russell > Carlos Sainz in the Race -109

Max Verstappen to win the sprint race and Lando Norris to finish on the podium of the sprint race +115

Alpine Faster Qualifying car without Red Bull, McLaren, Mercedes, Ferrari, or Aston Martin +225

I didn’t have much time tonight to explain these picks, but these were the ones that jumped out at me. I’ll add more to these while watching the practices, sprint shootouts, sprint, etc. I’m not sure if I will end up adding to these bets or not, but I feel pretty good about a lot of these right now. Hopefully we can put together another strong F1 weekend and carrying even more confidence into next season when I start going live with these sorts of bets.