After another one-two finish in Austria last week, McLaren has opened up a massive 207-point lead on Ferrari in the 2025 F1 Constructors' standings at the halfway point of the season and now the most compelling battle the sport has to offer will be a championship battle between teammates Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris. They'll head to the 2025 British Grand Prix on Sunday separated by 15 points in the drivers standings after Norris cut into Piastri's lead with a victory last week. They're two of the three top favorites in the the 2025 British Grand Prix odds, with Norris listed at +300 and Piastri at +175. Max Verstappen won the pole on Saturday, and he's the slight +160 favorite. 

The lights go out at 10 a.m. ET on Sunday and the race is scheduled for 71 laps around Silverstone Circuit, an 18-turn, 3.661-mile that first hosted the British Grand Prix in 1948 and has been the continuous host since 1987. SportsLine's proven computer projection model simulated the 2025 British GP 10,000 times, creating 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 first seven wins in 2024. 

It also predicted Lando Norris's 2024 wins in the Netherlands (+200), Singapore (+190) and Abu Dhabi (+250) as well as his wins at the Australian GP (+185) and Monaco GP (-150) in 2025. It also predicted Piastri's wins in Bahrain (-275) and Saudi Arabia (-105). Anyone who followed the model's lead on those plays has seen HUGE returns!  

Now, the model has dialed in on the 2025 Formula 1 British Grand Prix and just released its coveted picks and leaderboard projections. 

We can tell you the model is backing Pierre Gasly of Alpine to finish top 10 (+175) after correctly predicting Nico Hulkenberg to finish in the points for a +220 payout last week. Gasly debuted in Formula 1 back in 2017 and now the 29-year-old Frenchman has made 164 F1 starts and has finished in the points 72 times while also earning five podium finishes and winning the 2020 Italian Grand Prix.

It's been a difficult season for Alpine, who are last in points after 11 races with just 11 points. However, Gasly is responsible for all 11 of those points, finishing seventh in Bahrain, eighth in Spain and earning a point in Miami for fastest lap. We've reached the stage of the season where Alpine will need to start taking some calculated risk to climb out of the cellar and the model has Gasly finishing comfortably in the points this weekend.

The model has also made its win prediction and is also targeting one significant underdog to make a 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 2025 Formula 1 British Grand Prix, and which SERIOUS longshot could be in contention? ... Join SportsLine right now to see the full projected Austrian GP leaderboard, all from the model that has called 33 of the 55 winners since the start of the 2023 season!