What’s next for Formula 1?

Nico Rosberg stunned the world of motorsport when he announced his retirement from Formula 1 just days after winning his maiden Driver’s Championship title.

Even his paymasters at Mercedes were shocked, as they had no inkling he would quit the sport and are now scrambling to find a replacement in time for the new season. Some bookmakers are offering odds on who will replace him, while the odds on who will win the Constructor’s Championship and Driver’s Championship next season have all shifted, so now might be a good time to take advantage of any free bets offers and place a wager on who will be triumphant in a year’s time.

Mercedes have been untouchable in recent times, winning the Constructors’ Championship three times in a row. In all three years their drivers finished first and second in the Drivers’ Championship, with Lewis Hamilton twice finishing ahead of Rosberg, before his German teammate finally got the title win he so craved this year.

It is a great way to bow out of the sport, but it has left the team in disarray, and the odds on them winning next year’s Constructors’ Championship have lengthened to 8/11. That is a great price on a team that has been streets ahead of its rivals for so long now and it …

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