Running from March 26th to November 26th 2017, on June 25th it's Lewis Hamilton who is backed for glory in Baku. This is a definite power shift in favour of Mercedes.

It was in Montreal that Hamilton snatched 13 points out of Sebastian Vettel's lead with Hamilton ending up claiming pole position, the fastest lap and a total lights-to-flag victory.

Going into the Azerbaijan Grand Prix Hamilton is only 12 points behind Vettel in the title race after his dominant show in the Canadian Grand Prix.

After the Canadian Gran Prix Hamilton is quoted as saying:

"I definitely think I have been at my best this weekend, it's been a spectacular day and the team really needed it. To come away from Monaco , everyone pulled together and I don't think in five years I have ever seen them pull together like they did."

The bookies have again trimmed Hamilton's odds of taking back the world championship as a result of his victory, although he is not the only favourite Vettel joins Hamilton as an odds on pick even though he only managed fourth place in Canada.

One other who maintained his position as an outsider is Valtteri Bottas but he is a long way back from Vettel and Hamilton in the market, in fact it’s a two horse race in the minds of the bookies.

This year was the first time since 1994 that the previous years champion (Nico Rosberg) was not part of the grid, and this year sees the biggest set of regulation changes since the switch to V6 engines back in 2014 designed mostly about improving the who spectacle of the massively popular event.

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