{"id":118865,"date":"2026-06-14T02:08:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T01:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/?p=118865"},"modified":"2026-06-14T02:29:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T01:29:27","slug":"formula-1-betting-lewis-hamilton-emerges-as-value-play-for-barcelona-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/formula-1\/formula-1-betting-lewis-hamilton-emerges-as-value-play-for-barcelona-grand-prix\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula 1 Betting: Lewis Hamilton Emerges as Value Play for Barcelona Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":116630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[785],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-formula-1"],"acf":{"brief_description":"Mercedes has dominated the weekend in Barcelona, but championship leader Kimi Antonelli and Lewis Hamilton headline a fascinating betting battle tomorrow","auto_update_sportal365":true,"property_type":["","run_ads","","","",""],"main_image":116631,"authors":false,"custom_author":"Mark Keast","type":"news","properties":{"ads_enabled":true,"adult_content":false,"important":false,"live":false},"live_url":"","type_of_redirect":"permanent","body":[{"acf_fc_layout":"editor_block","content":"<p>Mercedes has the fastest car going into the Barcelona Grand Prix tomorrow, with George Russell taking the pole for the race, at 1:14.679. The race starts tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. EST.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Lewis Hamilton, with Ferrari, starts in P2 position, just 0.064 seconds behind Russell.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Russell\u2019s teammate at Mercedes, and championship leader, Kimi Antonelli, qualified P3, with Lando Norris (McLaren) starting P4 and Max Verstappen from Red Bull starting P5.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">In <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"editor-link\" href=\"https:\/\/betway.com\/g\/en-ca\/sports\/hub\/formula-1\"><u>F1 betting<\/u><\/a> at Betway, Russell is the betting favorite (-154), followed by Antonelli (+275), Hamilton (+450), Norris (+1200), Verstappen (+2000), then Oscar Piastri (+2500), and Charles Leclerc (+8000), who crashed his Ferrari during qualifying today, the second weekend in a row in qualifying that he has done that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Leclerc will start 10th tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">\u201cI just feel very much ashamed to be here after a crash like that,\u201d said Leclerc, according to Reuters. \u201cWhat did I do? I released the brakes earlier and I tried to carry speed. I think on the previous lap, we were close to being the fastest car on every corner apart from turn four. I knew I had to make everything perfect for that lap and I tried, but I obviously regret it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Leclerc said he still feels optimistic about tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">The front row is a first for Hamilton since joining Ferrari last season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Antonelli enters the race tomorrow on an amazing win streak, seeking his sixth win in a row, looking to extend a 66-point point lead in the driver standings over Hamilton, a seven-time world champion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Today was Russell\u2019s third pole this season, with Antonelli taking the other four so far this season \u2013 meaning Mercedes has taken all seven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">&#8220;It&#8217;s been a great weekend so far. I feel like my old self again where every lap I&#8217;m doing the job, always fighting in those top \u200bpositions,&#8221; said Russell, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Despite the domination by Mercedes, Ferrari has looked much stronger, and as Hamilton said today, it\u2019s still early in the season. Does he make a move on Antonelli this weekend?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Hamilton at plus money is an interesting play, since Barcelona is a track where experience and tire management matter most. Hamilton and Russell are former teammates, which adds another layer of intrigue for tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Antonelli is -275 at Betway to win the F1 Drivers\u2019 Championship, followed by Russell at +300, Hamilton at +2000, Verstappen at +2200, and Norris at +2800.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118865"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118867,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118865\/revisions\/118867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}