talkSPORT betting tips – Best F1 bets and expert advice for the British Grand Prix
The competition for world champion Max Verstappen has been fierce over the last three races and another tight battle is expected as the action moves quickly on to the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Red Bull’s Verstappen managed to extend his championship lead to 81 points despite finishing only fifth in Austria on Sunday after he collided with rival Lando Norris when they were fighting for the lead.
Norris will be determined to get the better of the champion this week after being unable to finish that race as McLaren look for their first victory in their home event since Lewis Hamilton's epic rain-soaked success in 2008.
British Grand Prix Tips
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Oscar Piastri (each-way) - 14/1
McLaren have gone 16 years without winning their home race at Silverstone, but three different teams have won in Britain over the last three years - Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull - and the Woking-based outfit could add their name to the list on Sunday.
Norris has been leading the McLaren challenge this season with his victory in May's Miami Grand Prix and three runners-up finishes in the five races since, while he would surely have finished either first or second without his incident with Verstappen in Austria.
His Australian team-mate Oscar Piastri has finished second in two of the last four rounds and again demonstrated in Spielberg that he is capable of delivering strong results.
Piastri finished second in the sprint race in Austria, taking the opportunity to overtake Norris when he tussled for the lead with Verstappen in a precursor of what was to come 24 hours later, and filled the same position in the race.
The Aussie would likely have been the race winner had it nor been for the marginal violation of track limits which saw his best qualifying lap deleted and dropped him from third to seventh on the Spielberg grid.
Having worked his way past both Ferraris and Lewis Hamilton, Piastri just ran out of laps to catch George Russell, finishing only 1.9 seconds behind the Mercedes.
His first race win may not be far away as Piastri won the sprint race in Qatar last year and now has four career podium finishes. At 14/1 each-way for the race he looks worth an investment.
Sergio Perez top-six finish - 2/1
Sergio Perez is having a miserable time in the second Red Bull car at the moment, but that has caused the Mexican's odds for a top-six finish to drift to a price that would have been outrageously generous earlier in the season.
Perez is now a bigger price just to reach the top six than he was to make the top three in the early races and he may be able to put in an improved performance at a track that plays to Red Bull's strength of strong aerodynamic performance.
Perez finished in the top six at the first six races of the season, including four podium placings, but seventh in Austria was his best effort in the last five rounds.
Getting pipped to sixth by the Haas of Nico Hulkenberg in Spielberg was embarrassing for Perez, but there were excuses as he picked up damage to his car early in the race and lacked pace afterwards.
Esteban Ocon points finish - 2/1
Alpine have burst into life over the last four races, picking up six points finishes between Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon having registered only one point in the campaign previously.
Gasly has had the edge on his fellow Frenchman with two ninth places and two 10ths, but Ocon has a good chance to add to his tally at Silverstone and is an attractive price for the top 10 at 2/1.
Ocon has scored points at Silverstone for Force India, Renault and Alpine and will have a better preparation for the race than Gasly this week too as reserve driver Jack Doohan is taking Gasly's car for the first practice session.
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