Formula 1 picks, odds, time, grid: 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix predictions, F1 best bets from proven model

The 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix will take place on Sunday, the first race of a two-week stretch of Formula 1 action before a month-long hiatus begins. The lights will go out at 9 a.m. ET and Mercedes will try to continue its momentum after scoring back-to-back wins at the Austrian Grand Prix and the British Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton ended a career-long 61-race winless drought with a victory at Silverstone last week, while George Russell was the victor in Austria.

Now both Hamilton and Russell are priced at +800 in the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix odds as Mercedes looks to make it three in a row. Meanwhile, three-time defending champion and current points leader Max Verstappen is the -110 favorite (bet $110 to win $100) in the F1 odds, while McLaren's Lando Norris is +320 with his team also showing improved racing form over the last two months. Before analyzing the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix starting grid and making any Formula 1 picks, be sure to check out the latest 2024 Hungarian GP predictions and betting advice from SportsLine's proven projection model .

Developed by daily Fantasy pro and SportsLine predictive data engineer Mike McClure, this proprietary Formula 1 prediction model simulates every race 10,000 times, taking into account factors such as track history and recent results. It's had a strong history of success in motorsports, correctly predicting 19 NASCAR winners since the 2021 season and its projected leaderboards have forecasted winners across multiple racing formats.

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 surprise victory.

The model followed that up by calling Verstappen's win at the Rolex Emilia Romagna GP in April and then nailed his wins again in Belgium, the Netherlands, Japan, the United States, Mexico and Abu Dhabi. It also nailed all 19 of Verstappen's wins during the 2023 season and then called all seven of the three-time defending champion's wins so far in the 2024 season. Anyone who followed the model's lead on those plays has seen huge returns.

Now, the model has dialed in on the 2024 Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix and just released its coveted picks and leaderboard projections. You can head to SportsLine now to see the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix projected leaderboard.

Top 2024 Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix predictions

One surprise: The model is fading George Russell, predicting that he barely cracks the top five despite going off as one of the top favorites. After the victory in Austria, Russell won the pole at Silverstone last week and looked poised to become the first back-to-back winner besides Verstappen and Hamilton since Charles Leclerc in 2019.

However, Russell slipped back in the field because of pit strategy when the rain began to fall and was eventually retired on Lap 34 because of a suspected water system issue. Russell only has one podium finish outside of his victory this season and, even with Mercedes' renewed optimism, it's hard to back him as one of the favorites with only one podium finish in five career Hungarian Grand Prix starts. See more 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix picks right here .

How to make 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix picks

Instead, the model is targeting a driver going off with double-digit odds to make a surprising surge up the 2024 Hungarian GP leaderboard. Anyone who backs him could hit it big. You can find out who he is, and see all of the model's F1 picks and predictions, at SportsLine .

So who wins the Hungarian Grand Prix 2024, and which stunning longshot charges toward the front? Check out the latest 2024 F1 odds below, then visit SportsLine now to see the full projected 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix leaderboard, all from the model that nailed all 19 of Verstappen's wins last season and all seven of his wins in 2024 , and find out.

2024 Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix odds, grid, contenders

See F1 Hungarian Grand Prix picks at SportsLine .

Max Verstappen -110
Lando Norris +320
George Russell +800
Lewis Hamilton +800
Oscar Piastri +1400
Charles Leclerc +2000
Carlos Sainz Jr. +2200
Sergio Perez +6600
Nico Hulkenberg +25000
Fernando Alonso +25000
Pierre Gasly +40000
Lance Stroll +40000
Esteban Ocon +40000
Yuki Tsunoda +50000
Alexander Albon +50000
Daniel Ricciardo +50000
Kevin Magnussen +75000
Valtteri Bottas +100000
Guanyu Zhou +100000
Logan Sargeant +100000