2025 British Grand Prix predictions & F1 betting tips
After winning in Austria last weekend, Lando Norris has his sights set on victory in his home race at Silverstone as the battle for the Formula 1 Drivers' Championship heats up.
The Brit closed the gap on his McLaren teammate and world championship leader, Oscar Piastri, to just 15 points with his third win of the season so far at the Red Bull Ring.
Betting sites reacted to Norris's win by trimming his F1 odds to win the Drivers' title and he's among the favourites to take rthe chequered flag on Sunday.
Fellow Brits George Russell and Lewis Hamilton would also love a victory on home turf, but it's tough to imagine Hamilton repeating his emotional 2024 victory at Silverstyone, his first win at the track in three years.
Since moving to Ferrari, things haven't quite gone according to plan, with the seven-time champion picking up just 91 points and so far failing to finish on the podium.
His former Mercedes teammate is doing a bit better, though, with a win in Canada and podium finishes in Miami, Bahrain, China and Australia. He doesn't have the best of records at Silverstone, though with two retirements in his last three visits.
Piastri will also be desperate to taste victory again to reaffirm his place at the top of the Drivers' Championship with a sixth win of the season.
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F1 betting sites are all backing Norris for the win at 7/4, just ahead of Piastri at 9/5 and Verstappen at 5/1.
Reigning champion Verstappen didn't finish in Austria last weekend, bringing an end to a 31-race points streak. His last retirement before then was also on the first lap, at Silverstone in 2021, when he was also hit by a Mercedes.
Verstappen is already 61 points behind Piastri at the top of the Drivers' Championship and has been on the podium at five of the first 11 races this year.
He has history at Silverstone, winning in 2023, ahead of Norris and Hamilton, but that's his sole victory at the Northamptoshire track.
It's hard to see past the McLaren's winning again, and Norris has shown with back-to-back podium finishes at this track in the last two years that he has the measure of Silverstone.
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Things are definitely looking up for Ferrari with Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton finishing third and fourth, respectively, in Austria.
They are expected to have another rear suspension upgrade for the Belgian Grand Prix, at the end of the month, but they should have some confidence going into this weekend's race.
Hamilton is starting to appear more confident and comfortable with his car, which we know has the pace because his teammate has managed four podium finishes, including second place in Monaco.
He has won eight of the last 11 British Grand Prix's though, so if he is going to turn his season around, this could be the race to do it.
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