- Paddy Power Pays Out On Jenson Button -
Bookie Paddy Power has waved the chequered flag on this season’s Formula One race and is paying out on Jenson Button as the winner of the driver’s title.
As the driver’s prepare for this weekend’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone the bookie believes Button has driven so far into the sunset that the race to be champion is already over.
With Paddy Power also paying out on Brawn GP as winners of this season’s Constructors championship, the payout looks set to land punters more than £200,000 on Button and his team Brawn GP.
Button was at the back of the betting grid for much of the winter break and, with future of the Oxfordshire outfit looking doubtful, was an 80/1 also-ran in the betting. But as pre-season testing got underway it soon became clear that Ross Brawn had put together another cracking racing car and by the start of the season Button had been backed into 4/1 favourite. Six wins our of seven later and Button is now an almost uncatchable 1/12 for the Drivers Title.
And one customer will be having a particularly splendid Silverstone after backing Button with a £100 bet at 80/1.
Paddy Power said: “Congratulations to punters who got it bang on the Button. It certainly seems some shrewdies knew Brawn had a monster of a car in the garage and got on whilst the rest of us were still sitting in the pits.
“Ross Brawn has yet again left the rest of the F1 world on their backsides so why wait another five months to collect your bet when it’s obvious the chequered flag has already been waved for this season.”
For the last ever Silverstone Grand Prix this weekend Jenson Button is odds on at 3-4 to win his home race whilst Paddy Power is also offering 33/1 that the race returns to the circuit in 2010.
F1 BETTING
| Driver | Current | Pre-Season (March 8th) |
| Button | 1/12 | 80/1 |
| Vettel | 10/1 | 11/1 |
| Barrichello | 20/1 | 125/1 |
| Webber | 25/1 | 50/1 |
| Massa | 66/1 | 9/2 |
| Raikkonen | 80/1 | 4/1 |
| Hamilton | 100/1 | 2/1 |
| Trulli | 100/1 | 66/1 |
Latest Drivers Title Betting w/o Button
6/4 Vettel
6/4 Barrichello
9/2 Webber
10/1 Massa
16/1 Raikkonen
20/1 Trulli
40/1 Hamilton
40/1 Glock
40/1 Alonso
BRITISH GRAND PRIX
| Driver | Win | Podium | w/o Button | 1st To Retire | Pole |
| Button | 3/4 | 1/4 | - | 25/1 | 6/4 |
| Vettel | 9/2 | 8/11 | 9/4 | 16/1 | 9/4 |
| Barrichello | 13/2 | 4/5 | 3/1 | 20/1 | 9/2 |
| Webber | 9/1 | 6/5 | 4/1 | 16/1 | 8/1 |
| Raikkonen | 16/1 | 9/2 | 9/1 | 20/1 | 16/1 |
| Massa | 16/1 | 9/2 | 9/1 | 20/1 | 16/1 |
| Trulli | 20/1 | 9/2 | 11/1 | 16/1 | 16/1 |
| Glock | 33/1 | 8/1 | 20/1 | 20/1 | 50/1 |
| Hamilton | 40/1 | 9/1 | 28/1 | 20/1 | 40/1 |
| Alonso | 40/1 | 9/1 | 20/1 | 20/1 | 33/1 |
| Rosberg | 40/1 | 8/1 | 20/1 | 16/1 | 28/1 |
| Kubica | 50/1 | 12/1 | 28/1 | 16/1 | 66/1 |
| Heidfeld | 80/1 | 16/1 | 40/1 | 25/1 | 100/1 |
| Kovalainen | 100/1 | 25/1 | 66/1 | 9/1 | 100/1 |
| Nakajima | 150/1 | 40/1 | 66/1 | 8/1 | 150/1 |
| Piquet | 200/1 | 50/1 | 80/1 | 9/1 | 250/1 |
| Buemi | 500/1 | 66/1 | 80/1 | 8/1 | 300/1 |
| Sutil | 500/1 | 66/1 | 100/1 | 9/1 | 300/1 |
| Bourdais | 500/1 | 80/1 | 80/1 | 9/1 | 300/1 |
| Fisichella | 500/1 | 80/1 | 100/1 | 10/1 | 300/1 |
SILVERSTONE SPECIALS
Summer of Sport
6/1 Button to win Brit GP, Murray to win Wimbledon
22/1 Button to win Brit GP, Murray to win Wimbledon, Lions to win Test Series
70/1 Button to win Brit GP, Murray to win Wimbledon, Lions to win Test Series, England to win Ashes
25/1 Silverstone British 1-2
40/1 Button 1st , Hamilton 2nd
66/1 Hamilton 1st, Button 2nd
Button finishing position
3/4 First
9/2 Second
8/1 Third
16/1 Fourth
25/1 Fifth
33/1 Sixth
50/1 Seventh
66/1 Eighth
4/1 Ninth or worse
Hamilton finishing position
40/1 First
33/1 Second
20/1 Third
18/1 Fourth
16/1 Fifth
14/1 Sixth
8/1 Seventh
13/2 Eighth
10/11 Ninth or worse
9/2 DNF
How far behind Button will Hamilton finish
18/1 One place
14/1 Two places
10/1 Three places
8/1 Four places
7/1 Five places
13/2 Six places
6/5 Seven places or more
11/2 Hamilton to beat Button
Longest Team Pitstop on the Longest day of the Year (as shown on BBC)
9/2 Brawn
9/2 Red Bull
7/2 Ferrari
5/2 McLaren
5/2 Renault
Last Ever Silverstone?
33/1 Silverstone to host British GP in 2010
8/1 Silverstone to host another Formula One race before end of 2015
Number of cars to finish the last Silverstone GP
2/1 14 or less
9/4 15-16
11/10 17 or more
Notes: The Jenson Button payout applies to single bets only
