Formula 1 odds, picks, race time: Surprising 2022 Belgian Grand Prix prediction, F1 best bets by top model

The 2022 Belgian Grand Prix takes place at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium on Sunday. Formula One has been off for nearly a month since the Hungarian Grand prix on July 31. Max Verstappen won the last two races. Lewis Hamilton and George Russell finished first and second. SportsLine's proprietary Formula 1 prediction model simulates every race 10,000 times. It has a strong history of success in motorsports, correctly predicting seven winners during the 2021 NASCAR season and its projected leaderboards have forecasted winners across multiple racing formats.

Carlos Sainz won his first Formula 1 race last month at Silverstone. Ferrari's mechanical failures have been problematic for Sainsen in the past. He has never finished better than 10th at Spa and has three DNFs and a DNS in seven career starts.

The model is also targeting a triple-digit longshot to make a surprising surge up the leaderboard and a driver outside the top five on the Belgian GP odds board to earn a podium finish.

Carlos Sainz is 13-5, Lewis Hamilton 11-4, Max Verstappen 7-2, George Russell 11, Sergio Perez 13, Charles Leclerc 15, Fernando Alonso 65, Daniel Ricciardo 200, Lando Norris 250, Lance Stroll 300, Pierre Gasly 500, Sebastian Vettel 500-1, Alexander Albon 1000-1000, Esteban Ocon 1000, Guanyu Zhou 1500-1500, Valtteri Bottas 1500, Mick Schumacher 2000-2000.