Things more likely than Marcus Ericsson winning the Championship
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After three pretty underwhelming years behind an F1 car, I surprisingly don't know many people backing Marcus Ericsson for championship glory in 2017. The people at BetStars are clearly in agreement, as they've given the Swede odds of 2000/1 to bring the Drivers’ World Championship to Sauber. Here we take a look at some other things that, according to odds, are more likely to happen.
Jamie Vardy to be cast as the next James Bond – 500/1
Sean Connery, Daniel Craig, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan. Surely Jamie Vardy is more than deserving of a place on this illustrious list? Despite the 30-year-old Leicester City forward apparently being tied down by footballing work (as well as having no acting experience), odds of 500/1 are floating about, significantly shorter odds than Ericcson claiming a maiden world championship. Then again, who wouldn't love to see Bond swap his trademark Martinis for a couple of blue WKD’s?
Donald Trump adding his face to Mt Rushmore in 2017 – 100/1
Without getting overly political, Trump may not have the same level of credibility as the four men who currently occupy the great sculpture, but might we see Abraham Lincoln or George Washington booted off in favour of the current POTUS? You can get odds of 100/1 for “yuge” renovations being made. Although, if Ericsson managed to secure the championship behind a Sauber, I think he'd more than deserve a place on there, despite having nothing to do with American politics.
Honduras to win the 2018 World Cup – 1500/1
To the surprise of hopefully no one, Central American country Honduras have never won the World Cup, in fact the 65th ranked country have never yet made it out the group stages, but bookies still prefer their odds over poor Marcus. Perhaps Honduras should turn to another sport instead? I hear there are two grid positions available for use.
Jay-Z and Beyoncé to name one of their twins Brexit – 300/1
Is Brexit a boys name? Is it a girls name? Is it a name at all? The answer to all three of those questions is undeniably “no”, but that hasn't put off bookmakers offering odds of 300/1. In fairness you only have to look at some baby names given by celebrities to come to the conclusion that this wouldn't be overly strange. Maybe someone can convince them that they should call one of them Marcus and the other one Ericsson. Now that's a driver lineup for the future.
Ant and Dec to be the next Prime Minister – 200/1
Ok, this one doesn’t work purely based on numbers. The Prime Minister has always been a post for one person (See, who says we’re not educational here at Late Braking), on the other hand, Ant and Dec basically count as one person nowadays, right? There's probably some sort of law against this happening, then again there's a pretty effective “Mercedes always win” law that takes place in F1, so the situations may be fairly similar.
The next Pope being called Paddy Power – 500/1
Pope Paddy Power? I mean I'm a fan of alliteration but I’m not rushing to put my money on this one. I understand that sponsorship has gone slightly mad recently but I don't think we’ll ever see a Pope sponsored by a betting company. If we do indeed get to see Pope Paddy Power, feel free to reference this article and call me an idiot for not thinking it will take place. But Pope Marcus Ericsson? Almost a certainty.
Sorry Marcus, its nothing personal. Love Ben.
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Comments (3)
I call the current Pope, "Frankie Uno". That's all I have to say for now…
This is ridiculous. Ofcourse he's not going to win the WDC or WCC when he's in an economically crippled team that can't even afford to run the current engine from Ferrari. Put him in a decent car that's up to date for once and he'd probably be somewhere in the midfield. You make it sound like he's retarded and don't know how to drive.
So much fun and potential in that article...
...but I'd go for bizzfed (shudder) if I wanted that kind of banality.