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Tuesday, August 14
Drivers to Watch
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Check out a short list of drivers to keep an eye on this weekend at Budapest.

Rubens Barrichello
Finished in the points positions the past two years at Hungaroring, fourth last year and fifth in 1999; having another solid year, his second with Ferrari; finished on the podium the last three races including second in the German Grand Prix two weeks ago; overall, he has eight podium finishes and just three DNFs; 40 points accumulated puts him one behind Ralf Schumacher in fourth place.

David Coulthard
The McLaren Mercedes seems to perform well in Hungary for both he and teammate Mika Hakkinen; the 30-year-old Scott was third last year behind Hakkinen and Michael Schumacher on the podium and second the previous two campaigns; after strong performances in the season's first 10 races, he has not finished the past two at the home British Grand Prix and again in Germany; an otherwise good year, but far from being close to challenge Michael Schumacher for the Formula One championship; is 37 points behind in second place and just six ahead of Ralf Schumacher; victories came in Brazil and Austria this year and he also made the podium four other grand prixs.

Mika Hakkinen
In 1999 he led wire-to-wire for his first win at the Hungarian Grand Prix; last year he nearly matched that, but for a brief portion not leading while making a pit stop; the two-time defending champion will like nothing better than to capture his second victory in an otherwise disappointing year and 20th of his Formula One career; other win came two races ago at the British Grand Prix; has not finished six of the 12 races this year; collected a total of just 19 points, good for fifth place.

Juan Montoya
Despite starting from his first career F1 pole at Hockenheim, he did not finish a grand prix for the ninth time this year; his three finishes were a pair of seconds in Spain and the European Grand Prix in Germany and a fourth at Silverstone in the British GP; 15 points scored puts him in sixth behind Mika Hakkinen.

Michael Schumacher
The championship is all but his for the fourth time in his Formula One career; with six victories and 84 points earned, he is 37 points clear of David Coulthard in the championship standings; in addition to the six victories, he finished runner-up four times and failed to complete only the San Marino and German GPs; is one grand prix short of tying Alain Prost for most in Formula One history; won the Hungarian Grand Prix in 1998 and 1994; did not race in 1999 due to broken leg suffered in England.

Ralf Schumacher
So far is having the best season of his Formula One career; captured his first three grand prix victories including the last at his home race the German GP at Hockenheim; although he did not finish six race due to various reasons, he is a solid third in the championship standings with 41 points, only six behind second place David Coulthard; finished fifth in last year's race in Budapest.

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