LONDON: Formula One is guaranteed of oddity this season, with crisp countenances and a record 21 races incorporating the first in Azerbaijan, regardless of the fact that Lewis Hamilton turns into a four-times best on the planet with Mercedes.
The wagering chances recommend 2016 will at the end of the day be the Briton's year, with William Hill laying 4/7 on him taking his third title in succession.
Colleague Nico Rosberg is 3/1 and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel 4/1.
No one else approaches in the bookmakers' estimation.
Vettel's Finnish colleague Kimi Raikkonen, the 2007 champion who turns 37 in October and could be dashing his goodbye season, is just 40/1.
Be that as it may, there are grounds to recommend things might work out distinctively once the dashing begins at Melbourne's Albert Park one week from now.
Rosberg, runner-up for as far back as two seasons yet champ of the last three races of 2015 from shaft position, has a point to demonstrate and could be on the cusp of something astounding on the off chance that he can get where he exited off in Abu Dhabi last November.
Vettel, who won four titles in succession with Red Bull before Hamilton deposed him in 2014, will need to deny the Briton the fulfillment of equalling his count and turning out to be just the fifth fourfold champion.
Both Germans have hammered out the laps in pre-season testing in Barcelona, with Mercedes the most solid auto and Ferrari setting the more attractive times.
While there are bounty in the enclosure who suspect Mercedes could be much more predominant, and perhaps embarrassingly brisk in Australia, no one knows without a doubt exactly where they remain in connection to each other.
"We have attempted to close the hole," Vettel, who won his four titles with Red Bull, told the formula1.com site.
"It was really enormous as of late.
"We made a super showing last season that brought us closer and now the new auto allows us to close the hole significantly more. What amount? We will need to hold up no less than several weeks," included the 28-year-old.
Mercedes have triumphed in 32 of the last 38 grands prix, and just two drivers from outside the 'Silver Arrows' have completed on top of the platform since 2013. Vettel is one of them.
The German won three thousand prix for Ferrari a year ago, the objective the group had set after a desolate 2014, and is presently expecting to go after the title the distance down to the last race.
"They have been snappy without a doubt," said Rosberg of Ferrari's pace.
"We know pretty much where we are contrasted with Ferrari, which is the reason I say for beyond any doubt it is close.
In any case, we are not certain in the event that we are ahead or behind.
"The best of the rest is liable to be a fight between Williams, third for as far back as two years, and Red Bull while previous champions McLaren attempt to pull themselves move down the pecking request subsequent to drooping to ninth in 2015.
Renault are back as a full constructor, assuming control battling Lotus, while Marussia have ended up Manor and the Haas group are set to make their presentation as the primary U.S.- claimed outfit for a long time.
Azerbaijan debuts with a race in Baku in June, and Germany returns following a year's nonattendance, however the destiny of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza after 2016 stays not yet decided pending transactions.
Three new kids on the block are set to make their race debuts — Britain's Jolyon Palmer at Renault, Pascal Wehrlein at Manor and the German's buddy Rio Haryanto who will end up being the principal Indonesian to begin a terrific prix.
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