Barcelona inside line

They will probably be even closer in Spain, if not close enough. But there are other factors. Like Montoya's deep dissatisfaction with Michael's first lap in Imola. The start in Spain is a lengthy run into a tight Esses and it could just be that Monty might get a little heavy-handed with the Ferrari team leader should the situation arise. Somewhere, sometime, for some reason, Michael is not going to finish. And if you fancy that it might be Barcelona, then Button at 13-2 looks okay. And you'd have to reckon him a shoe-in for a podium, so perhaps a fifth of the odds for an each way bet is the way to go.

Or, if you fancy betting without Michael, you can have Button to win at 2-1. Don't forget about Takuma Sato in the second BAR either. He looked a bit of a mobile chicane early on at Imola but he did have gearbox problems and went well in recent Mugello testing. He's 33-1 to win and an each way bet would still give you better than 6-1. Alternatively, in the betting without Michael, Taku is 20-1, so that's effectively 4-1 if you take an each way punt and he finishes in the top four with Michael ahead of him.

Looking elsewhere, there are some decent points bets. Evens for David Coulthard, for example, or 9/4 for Mark Webber or 5/1 for Olivier Panis, remembering that Toyota was decent in Spain last year. At Imola, I recommended taking Bruni against Baumgartner in a match bet but warned that Minardi unreliability could upset the applecart. That's exactly what happened, but at 4-9 I'd recommend staying with it. Take it regularly and I'm sure you'll end up ahead of the game.