Lewis Hamilton is looking for a much needed victory in Sunday’s British Grand Prix. 10 points behind Felipe Massa and five short of Kimi Raikkonen, Hamilton cannot waste any more time in securing places on the podium from now on. Formula 1 betting punters are hoping he can put behind him the disappointments of France and Canada and bring more focus into his driving skills rather than the distractions which seem to have consumed him of late.

He must understand that his opponents are not the officials dishing out the penalty points or the media demanding nothing short of perfection. His opponents are Ferrari and they come in the shape of Kimi Raikkonen, Felipe Massa and that team’s engineers. If Hamilton can exclude all other thoughts from his mind we will again see the brilliance manifested not just last season, but for the first couple of races this season too.

At Silverstone, Hamilton will have the massive support of British fans, as well as online betting fans, and you have only to look to the effect that had in the Murray/Gasquet showdown at Wimbledon last Monday to grasp what a lift this can give. The familiarity of home turf will also help and, with improvements to the McLaren since the last race, Hamilton was a second ahead of Raikkonen on Thursday, he has everything going for him on Sunday in his bid to narrow the gap.