F1 predictions: Fans pick British Grand Prix winner

The Formula 1 grid is headed to historic Silverstone circuit this week, the site of the British Grand Prix.

And fans expect a Papaya showdown come Sunday.

According to voting in this week’s SB Nation Reacts Formula 1 question, 41% of those who answered the question “Who will win the British Grand Prix” selected Oscar Piastri, the current leader in the Drivers’ Championship standings, as the driver that will take home the biggest trophy this weekend. A very close second in the vote was his teammate, Lando Norris, who garnered 31% of the vote:

The two McLaren teammates have clashed in recent weeks on the track. First came the Canadian Grand Prix where the two were battling for fourth in the closing laps. As they raced into Turn 1 Norris tried to get by Piastri, making contact with his teammate’s rear and losing his front wing in the process, ending his race.

Then at last week’s Austrian Grand Prix it was Piastri on the attack, putting Norris under tremendous pressure during their opening stints. Norris held off his teammate for the win, as Piastri settled for second.

Last year’s winner Lewis Hamilton, who will start his first British Grand Prix as a Ferrari driver this weekend, finished third in the voting with 14% of the vote. While that might, at first blush, seem a sentimental selection Hamilton has delivered emotional wins at Silverstone before — such as last season — and with forecasts calling for rain there are few better in wet conditions than the veteran driver.

Max Verstappen finished with 6% of the vote, followed by Charles Leclerc with 4%. Verstappen is a flashpoint in the F1 world at the moment, with reports indicating he may be inching closer and closer to a shock move to Mercedes.

We’ll see if the fans got it right this weekend.