Our 2026 British GP predictions
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What predictions are made for the British GP?
Hello everybody and welcome back to the P1 Podcast with Matt and Tommy. Predictions, thick and fast. We're not stopping here. We are well and truly into Momentum Millennia. Prediction Paradise. Prediction Paradise. That's really good, that is. It wasn't Prediction Paradise for either of us in Austria. It was so bad. It was absolutely awful. The only point I scored was because I got a P16 prediction better than you. But at least we will always score points, which is at least somewhat of a saving of the blushes. Now, it is currently 30-23 to Tom Bellingham. He is running away with this once more. I need to bounce back. And let's see. Let's see how I'm feeling. I'm not dripped head to toe in Ferrari, so let's see if that will reflect in my predictions.
But it is me to go first. A good surprise. My good surprise is Esteban Ocon. Oh, okay. I'm not taking the Lewis Hamilton easy-peasy good surprise, and if Tommy does it, he is a scumbag, because Hamilton's been on an insane run of form, and he'll have to win by 20 seconds in order for that to be a good surprise. I'll be real.
How did previous predictions perform in Austria?
No, just a win. So I don't think Ferrari will be the quickest car, so therefore I've steered to someone on a rather terrible run of form. If he pops a little P13 in, yeah. Because honestly, the points are locked out. If Ocon even remotely beats Behrman, I think I'm asking for this to come in. Because Behrman has been the better Haas driver pretty much the entirety of this year. And I would love to see Esti Besti bounce back with a great performance, which we've not seen in a while. So I'll go slightly different. Ocon mentioned for good surprise. Nice. Like it. Good surprise. I have gone for Lewis Hamilton. Yeah, I've gone for Lewis Hamilton. You're so boring. You can't do it every British Grand Prix. You're seven points clear.
And I went, you know what? I'm not going to reel out the Lewis Hamilton good surprise cheat code. And that's what you've done. I have. I absolutely have. Lewis Hamilton is unbelievable around here, always brings his A game. And it just feels like I've got to go with it because I'll regret it if I don't. So Lewis Hamilton, of course, even last year had his best result, which I know wasn't a podium because he had a difficult year. But that was in the wet conditions when Ferrari are terrible. 2024, of course, that amazing victory. And yeah, he always seems to deliver around. I know the bar is high for Hamilton, which is, you kind of said it, it kind of needs to be a win or something crazy. So yeah, I'm going for Lewis Hamilton.
Why not? What do you mean, why not? Don't make it sound like this is a left-fields prediction. Like, that is the most obvious thing to go with, and I've gone, you know what, I'm seven points behind. Pops in a Nesty Bestie, who has been on an absolute dire run of form. OK, good.
Who are the top surprise predictions for the race?
Glad to see one of us is having fun, and one of us who isn't competitive, Tom Bellingham, is actually the most competitive man in the world. Let's now go to a big flop, Tommy. Big flop. I've gone for George Russell. Now, George Russell has not had a good time at the British Grand Prix, his home race. He's had quite poor form here, actually. I've got the results. 2025. I've got the receipts. I've got the receipts. I've bought them. Last year finished 10th, year before DNF, year before that 5th, year before that DNF, and year before that 12th. So George has never got a podium here. He's had a, I think he even said, not one of his favourite tracks. But look, in terms of his driving style, I'm sure it is his favourite track in terms of his home crowd and really wants to achieve a podium or a victory.
But I've looked at history and gone for George Russell. Of course, this is more bold, driving the best car on the grid and having just won the last race. But gone for George. Okay, interesting. My big flop, Pierre Gasly. Now, he has scored on five, no, six, sorry, of the eight races so far this year. And I thought I would just throw another name out. Someone different. Because I always tend to go for someone from the top four teams and it never works.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What predictions are made for the British GP?
0:05–1:19
2
How did previous predictions perform in Austria?
1:19–3:15
3
Who are the top surprise predictions for the race?
3:15–11:54
4
What are the predictions for the big flop of the race?
11:54–18:52
5
Who is expected to take the sprint pole position?
18:52–26:51