Online bookies are favoring Nurburgring local Sebastian Vettel of the Red Bull team to win the Formula 1 German Grand Prix this weekend. The bookies have Vettel in a slight lead over Jenson Button from the Brawn GP team.

Button is currently leading the driver’s championship title race with 64 points and he has six victories. His Brawn GP teammate Rubens Barrichello is in second place in the standings with 41 points and this is after just a little less than half the season is gone.

Vettel is closing in fast after winning the British Grand Prix two weeks ago and now has 39 points in the standings. Mark Webber, Vettel’s teammate, is sitting in fourth place with 35.5 points after finishing second at Silverstone.

Bet365 and BoyleSports has Vettel with odds of 11/8 while PaddyPower and WilliamHill have
Vettel at 7/5 odds. Button is the second favorite with 7/5 odds at PaddyPower and 6/4 at Stanjames and Bet365. Webber is the third favorite followed by Barrichello sits as the fourth favorite.








- 2009-07-07