Kimi Antonelli bolstered his lead in the F1 World Drivers' Championship with his sixth victory of the season in the Belgian Grand Prix last Sunday and the teams are back in action this weekend with the Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring.
Antonelli now leads Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton by 45 points having ended a three-race winless run and the Italian teenager is 50 points ahead of his Mercedes teammate George Russell, who was forced out of the race after clashing with Hamilton at Spa.
Charles Leclerc followed up his victory in the British Grand Prix with second place in Belgium and the markets are expecting Ferrari to provide a stern challenge to Mercedes at one of the tightest circuits on the F1 schedule.
McLaren have finished first and second in Hungary over the last two seasons, with Oscar Piastri successful in 2024 and Lando Norris triumphing on his way to the world title last season, but Antonelli is favorite for Sunday's race.
Hungarian Grand Prix betting picks and predictions
Charles Leclerc to win (+450)
Kimi Antonelli is available at plus-money for a seventh win of the season this weekend, but this really looks a race in which Mercedes can be faded and backing Charles Leclerc to take his second win in three races is preferred.
Mercedes were not quite as dominant as they have been at other tracks in Belgium, and while Antonelli got the job done there, the characteristics of the Hungaroring should suit the Ferrari and its smaller turbo far more than Spa did.
It's a high-downforce track with few long straights or fast corners, and that means Ferrari should take heart from their performance at Monaco, where they qualified third and fourth and Hamilton finished second to Antonelli.
The scarlet cars have taken a step forward since then with the wins by Hamilton in Barcelona and Leclerc in Great Britain and the Monegasque driver appears to have more confidence in the car than he did at the start of the season.
Leclerc took pole for this race last season and has a much more competitive car this time. He looks a value bet to win in Hungary.
Lando Norris to finish 3rd (+350)
Lando Norris's 10-place grid penalty in Belgium proved particularly costly as he showed the pace in the race to suggest he could have challenged for victory without it after qualifying third.
Norris had the edge over his teammate Oscar Piastri all weekend and the team should benefit from another upgrade package to their car this time.
McLaren perform well enough in slow corners and should know all about how to set up their car for the circuit, having finished first and second there over the last two seasons.
Norris has had three successive podium finishes in Hungary and could be capable of another, despite being joint-fifth in the market this time.
The British driver was only seventh at Spa but had a troubled run after having to start in the middle of the pack.
He missed a chance to pit under safety-car conditions that helped some of his rivals, as he was running a long first stint on hard tires, then had a problem in his pit stop, which cost him valuable time.
Even so, Norris was setting strong lap times whenever he was in clean air and recorded the fastest lap of the race in his final stint.
He is only +125 for a top-three finish, though, so target a better payout by backing the world champion to finish exactly third.
Gabriel Bortoleto points finish (+100)
Audi performed better than they had expected in Belgium, where Gabriel Bortoleto was eighth for the second successive race.
The team lost ground on the long straightaways at Spa, but that will not be an issue at the much tighter track in Hungary and Bortoleto merits support for another points finish.
He recorded the best result of his rookie season in 2025 when finishing sixth in Hungary after qualifying seventh and can target the top 10 again for his improving team.
Hungarian Grand Prix odds
Kimi Antonelli | +162 |
Lewis Hamilton | +375 |
Charles Leclerc | +450 |
George Russell | +600 |
Max Verstappen | +900 |
Lando Norris | +900 |
Oscar Piastri | +2000 |
Isack Hadjar | +10000 |
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