The 2024 British Grand Prix will take place this Sunday at Silverstone Circuit on the border of Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire in the United Kingdom. The lights will go out at 10 a.m. ET and Mercedes will be looking to build off its best week of the season in Austria. George Russell seized on the opportunity when race leaders Lando Norris and Max Verstappen got tangled up late in the race to give Mercedes its first win since Russell won in Sao Paulo in 2022.

However, it's been weeks of Verstappen and Norris battling at the front of the pack and they're the two favorites in the 2024 British Grand Prix odds. Verstappen is listed at -175 (bet $175 to win $100) while Norris is priced at +260. They're followed by McLaren's Oscar Piastri (+1400), Russell (+1600) and his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton (+1800) in this week's F1 odds.

SportsLine's proven computer projection model simulated the British GP 2024 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 also called all 19 of Verstappen's wins during the 2023 season and nailed each of his seven wins in 2024! Anyone who followed the model's lead on those plays has seen HUGE returns!

Silverstone Circuit first hosted the British Grand Prix in 1948 and it's been the permanent home of the race since 1987. The 18-turn, 3.661-mile track is built on the grounds of a former Royal Air Force bomber station with the three runways all lining up within the confines of the circuit. Hamilton has won the British Grand Prix a record eight times but Verstappen is the defending champion and he's now opened up an 81-point lead over Norris in the 2024 Formula 1 standings.

Now, the model has dialed in on the 2024 Formula 1 British Grand Prix and just released its coveted picks and leaderboard projections. 

We can tell you the model is fading Oscar Piastri, predicting that he barely finishes top five! The 23-year-old Australian was the runner-up in Austria. It was the third time in his career that he'd finished second (2023 Qatar Grand Prix and 2024 Monaco Grand Prix) and fourth career podium.

However, needed Norris (his McLaren teammate) and Verstappen to both suffer damage while racing each other for the lead to reach the podium. Piastri finished fourth at the 2023 British Grand Prix and he struggled to find pace in his two races prior to Austria, finishing fifth in Montreal and seventh in Spain.

Instead, the model is also targeting one driver going off longer than 30-1 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 British GP picks of your own.

So who wins the 2024 Formula 1 British Grand Prix, and which SERIOUS longshot could be in contention? ... Join SportsLine right now to see the full projected British GP leaderboard, all from the model that nailed all 26 of Verstappen's wins since last season, and find out!