The 2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix will take place on Sunday at Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, better known as the Imola Circuit. Lando Norris is coming off his first career victory in the Formula 1 grand prix two weeks ago in Miami and McLaren is hoping that additional upgrades for Oscar Piastri will help make the team an even bigger factor moving forward. 

However, Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen is still the -300 favorite (bet $300 to win $100) in the 2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix odds after winning four of the first six races this season. He's followed by Norris at +650 and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc at +1000. Carlos Sainz is +1400 and Sergio Perez is +2000.

SportsLine's proven computer projection model simulated the Emilia Romagna 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 four wins in 2024! Anyone who followed the model's lead on those plays has seen HUGE returns!

The Imola Circuit first appeared on the F1 schedule as the host of the 1980 Italian Grand Prix and then it hosted the San Marino Grand Prix from 1981-2006. The track resurfaced in Formula 1 in 2020 during the pandemic and remained on the schedule in 2021 and 2022 before last year's race had to be cancelled due to massive flooding in the area. Max Verstappen won the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in 2021 and 2022 while Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes in 2020.

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

We can tell you the model is fading Carlos Sainz, predicting he doesn't live up to his billing as the fourth favorite at +1400! Sainz captured his third career victory earlier this season at the Australian Grand Prix and he followed that up with a podium finish in the Japanese Grand Prix. However, he finished fifth in the Chinese Grand Prix and the Miami Grand Prix and he's now battling for fourth in the F1 standings after Norris' triumphant victory two weeks ago.

Sainz and Ferrari will be facing a lot of pressure this week at Imola, with Ferrari logging just one podium finish in the three grand prix since racing has returned to Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari. Sainz was retired from the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in 2022, finished fifth in 2021 in his first year with Ferrari and was seventh in 2020 during his final season with McLaren.

Instead, the model is also targeting one driver going off longer than 50-1 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 Emilia Romagna GP picks of your own.

So who wins the 2024 Formula 1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, and which SERIOUS longshot could be in contention? ... Join SportsLine right now to see the full projected Emilia Romagna GP leaderboard, all from the model that nailed all 19 of Verstappen's wins last season, and find out!