Friday 28 October 2016 12:51, UK
Sky Sports' Johnny Herbert doesn't expect Lewis Hamilton to give up his world Drivers' Championship title to team-mate Nico Rosberg without a fight.
Hamilton's victory in last week's US Grand Prix has pegged Rosberg's lead back to 26 points with three races remaining.
The German can claim his first title this weekend if he repeats last year's success and wins the Mexican Grand Prix and Hamilton finishes 10th or lower.
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But Herbert says Hamilton has nothing to lose and is tipping the Briton, at evens with Sky Bet, to keep the pressure firmly on his fellow Mercedes driver.
He said: "Lewis was in such good form in Austin it's hard to see past him winning for a second week in a row, despite the fact that Nico dominated proceedings in Mexico last year.
"The title had already been won at that stage last year and this year everything is still up for grabs."
Hamilton's success in Texas was his first win in six races and Herbert thinks the three-time world champion will claim first practice on Friday - another even money bet with the online bookmaker.
"This is a no brainer bet for me," said Herbert.
"Only twice this season have Mercedes not lead P1 and if Lewis is to have a winning weekend then you'd expect him to hit the track running on Friday. I certainly do."
The Sky F1 pundit is also expecting a strong show from Williams' Valtteri Bottas, who finished third in last year's race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez and is tipping the Finnish driver to secure a top six finish at 7/4.
"By rights this should be a good track for Williams. Assuming that Valtteri can avoid the bad luck he suffered at the first turn in Austin I'm expecting him to have a strong weekend," he added.
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