 Bets are On For Schumacher's 5th Monaco Win Monday May 21st, 2001
Schumacher was tipped at 10-11 to take his sixth pole in seven races this season, with Coulthard and teammate Mika Hakkinen at 100-30. Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello, forced to follow team orders and let Schumacher past on the last lap of the recent Austrian Grand Prix when in second place, was rated only sixth in the championship odds. "If you back Barrichello you are basically betting on Schumacher to get injured," said William Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe. Hill rated Barrichello at 40-1 for the championship while Ladbroke's offered 50-1. Schumacher led at 4-7, ahead of Coulthard (11-8) and Hakkinen (22-1). The Williams pairing of Ralf Schumacher and Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya were also better fancied than the Brazilian at 28-1 and 33-1 respectively. "I think anyone who backs Barrichello is well aware of the situation that applies to him, and that they are backing a member of a team," Sharpe said.
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World champion Michael Schumacher is favourite to take pole position and win Sunday's Monaco Formula One Grand Prix for the fifth time, according to London bookmakers. William Hill rated the Ferrari driver as evens favourite on Monday, ahead of McLaren's David Coulthard at 11-4.
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