F1: Who will win the Formula 1 Driver's Championship in 2008

Should mention: Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica are drivers in the BMW Sauber team.

1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes GB 48
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari Brz 48
3 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari Fin 48
4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber Pol 46
5 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber Ger 36
6 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes Fin 24
7 Jarno Trulli Toyota Ita 20
8 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault Aus 18
9 Fernando Alonso Renault Spa 13
10 Rubens Barrichello Honda Brz 11

this market has finally exceeded $H1Million. Hooray!

Hats off to kruijs for this market.

Truly amazing! Nicely done.

Hats off to those who put so much money in this question recently. There has been heavy betting going on here the last two weeks. Season is half way through. Maybe this question will reach 2M before settlement.

I'm still flabbergasted by the lack of confidence people have in Hamilton. He's going to do it!

This question is brilliant though :))

as at 23.7
01 Lewis Hamilton 58
02 Felipe Massa 54
03 Kimi Räikkönen 51
04 Robert Kubica 48
05 Nick Heidfeld 41
06 Heikki Kovalainen 28
07 Jarno Trulli 20
08 Mark Webber 18
09 Fernando Alonso 13
10 Rubens Barrichello 11
11 Nelsinho Piquet 10
12 Nico Rosberg 8
13 Kazuki Nakajima 8
14 David Coulthard 6

Why is #2 Felipe Massa (54) so low in the bidding? He's a steal.

At 7 August:

01 Lewis Hamilton 62
02 Kimi Räikkönen 57
03 Felipe Massa 54
04 Robert Kubica 49
05 Nick Heidfeld 41
06 Heikki Kovalainen 38
07 Jarno Trulli 22
08 Fernando Alonso 18
09 Mark Webber 18
10 Timo Glock 13
11 Nelsinho Piquet 13
12 Rubens Barrichello 11
13 Nico Rosberg 8
14 Kazuki Nakajima 8
15 David Coulthard 6
16 Sebastian Vettel 6
17 Jenson Button 3
18 Sebastien Bourdais 2
19 Giancarlo Fisichella 0
20 Takuma Sato 0
21 Adrian Sutil 0
22 Anthony Davidson 0

Aug 26
01 Lewis Hamilton 70
02 Felipe Massa 64
03 Kimi Räikkönen 57
04 Robert Kubica 55
05 Heikki Kovalainen 43
06 Nick Heidfeld 41
07 Jarno Trulli 26
08 Fernando Alonso 18
09 Mark Webber 18
10 Timo Glock 15

Wow. This is the first question I've seen with more than a million dollars riding on it. o_O

Sep 09
Pos Driver Nationality Team Points
1 Lewis Hamilton British McLaren-Mercedes 76
2 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 74
3 Robert Kubica Polish BMW Sauber 58
4 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Ferrari 57
5 Nick Heidfeld German BMW Sauber 49
6 Heikki Kovalainen Finnish McLaren-Mercedes 43
7 Jarno Trulli Italian Toyota 26
8 Fernando Alonso Spanish Renault 23
9 Mark Webber Australian Red Bull-Renault 19
10 Timo Glock German Toyota

Alot of this hinges on the appeal by McLaren of the ridiculous penalty placed on Hamilton at Belgium. Purely an insane call, if you watch the race Hamilton lets off after cutting the chicane and lets Kimi pass him then attacks at the next corner. But they have seemed to overlook the fact that Kimi crashed on his own and cutting the curb had nothing to do with his win and was ultimately a trivial incident after Kimi crashed. Just makes no sense at all and I doubt the FIA will take it back no matter how ridiculous it is. If by some chance Lewis gets those point back it nearly becomes a no brainer that he wil win. Im a Ferrari fan but honestly want to see Hamilton win this thing, however Massa is running out of time to win a champ while Lewis will be around probably for another 10 or 15 years in a competitve ride. So I guess maybe I'm a bit torn cause Massa maybe has 2 maybe 3 years in a competitive car before he retires or Ferrari lets him go to a back marker team. But as it stands, Massa as someone said is a huge steal since these guys are only seperated by 1 point and I don't see Ferrari quiting anytime soon! It will no doubtedly be exciting as hell!!!! F1 owns all other sports!

mee know speek gudd engwish

"It's like a video game, it was great to see the curves, but the truth is you need to actually drive it to really understand how it is". Kimi Raikkonen quote on the venue for Formula One's next race the Singapore Grand Prix on Sept 28, Raikkonen who knows the track from a simulator is the reigning F1 champion but sits in fourth place with four races to go on the schedule.

a tidbit to chew on

http://www.oddschecker.com/motor-sport/formula-one

Interersting odds. These suggest a 75% Hamilton and 25% Massa odd split. I think this perhaps overstates Hamilton.