The 2023 Formula 1 season will continue on Sunday with the 2023 Mexico City Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City. The green flag is scheduled to drop at 4 p.m. ET, and this will be the fourth of five F1 races in North America this year. Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing has already clinched his third consecutive drivers' championship and is seeking his third straight victory at the Mexican Grand Prix.

Verstappen is the -300 favorite (risk $300 to win $100) in the 2023 Mexico City Grand Prix odds after having won 24 of the last 29 races held in Formula 1. Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton is at +700 after being the only driver besides Verstappen to win this race since 2016. Red Bull's Sergio Perez, who sits second in F1 standings, is at +1000, while other contenders include Lando Norris (+1600), George Russell (+2200), Carlos Sainz (+3300), Oscar Piastri +3300 and Charles Leclerc +3300. 

SportsLine's proven computer projection model simulated the Mexico City GP 2023 10,000 times and come up with a surprising leaderboard.

Developed by daily Fantasy pro and SportsLine predictive data engineer Mike McClure, this proprietary Formula 1 prediction model takes into account a slew of factors including track history and recent results.

The model has been scorching hot when it comes to picking Formula 1 race events dating back to 2021. It nailed both of Charles Leclerc's wins in 2022, and at the 2021 Mexican Grand Prix, the model was strongly backing Verstappen as its top pick. The result: Verstappen dominated the field and ran away with a surprising victory. 

It followed that up by calling Verstappen's win at the Rolex Emilia Romagna GP in April and nailed Verstappen to win in Belgium, the Netherlands, Japan, the United States, Mexico and Abu Dhabi. It has also called all 15 of Verstappen's wins to start the 2023 season. Anyone who followed the model's lead on those plays has seen HUGE returns!

Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez opened in 1959 and started hosting the Mexican Grand Prix three years later. The race has been contested off and on since then, before again becoming a full-time race of the Formula One schedule in 2015. Nico Rosberg won that year's return race, before the next six Mexico City Grands Prix were one by Max Verstappen (four) and Lewis Hamilton (two). The track is 2.674 miles, features 17 turns, and the Mexico City GP 2023 will be contested over 71 laps.

Now, the model has dialed in on the 2023 Formula 1 Mexico City Grand Prix and just released its coveted picks and leaderboard projections. 

We can tell you the model is fading Hamilton even though he's the second-favorite (+700) and has two Mexican Grand Prix victories on his resume. Hamilton was disqualified in his last race after his vehicle failed a post-race inspection, marking just the second DQ of his Formula One career. That continued car issues for the British legend as he was forced to retire in his previous race after crashing into teammate George Russell. Considering that Hamilton also hasn't won an F1 race since 2021, the model calls for him to struggle in Mexico and finish off the podium.

The model is also targeting one driver getting 33-1 or better in the Mexico City Grand Prix odds to make a serious charge up the leaderboard! Anyone who backs this driver could hit it BIG. You ABSOLUTELY need to see who he is before locking in any Formula 1 Mexico City GP picks of your own.

So who wins the 2023 Formula 1 Mexico City Grand Prix? And which SERIOUS long shot might be in contention? ... Join SportsLine right now to see the full projected F1 Mexico City GP leaderboard, all from the model that has nailed its racing picks the last two years, and find out!