Check out a short list of favorites for Sunday's San Marino Grand Prix at Imol

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Rubens Barrichello (Brazil)
Three grand prixs, three non-finishes and obviously no points to show for to start the year; perhaps that will change for the Brazilian driver at Imola where he finished third on the podium last year; another third finish was in 1999, while in 2000 he placed fourth; failed to complete his home race at Sao Paolo for the eighth time; only career victory was recorded at the 2000 German Grand Prix.

Jenson Button (England)
The 22-year-old finished fourth in Brazil for his second consecutive such result for Renault; also placed in the same spot in Malaysia; that puts him fourth in the standings with six points; his performances in the first three races have been considered solid by team boss Flavio Briatore who warned the young racer over his poor showings in 2001 where he struggled to finish and earned just two points in 17th place.

David Coulthard (Scotland)
The third place finish in Brazil was his first points finish of the year and 51st career podium appearance; was runner-up to Ralf Schumacher at San Marino in 2001; winner at Imola in 1998 from the pole; Scotsman finished a distant second to Michael Schumacher in last year's championship (123-65); won races in Brazil and Austria last season.

Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Germany)
His first career Formula One victory was at Imola in 1997; also earned a point last year with a sixth place result; has not been among the notable drivers the past couple of season; drives for Arrows this year; best career year was in 1999 when he finished third in the points standings behind Mika Hakkinen and Michael Schumacher.

Eddie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
Feels the Jaguar package is improved this year and better results will come in the coming races; started year with fourth place finish in Australia and just missed a points place in Brazil (7th); had good results at Imola while with Ferrari, finishing third in 1997 and fourth in 1996.

Juan Montoya (Colombia)
Appeared to be a little upset at the first lap collision with Michael Schumacher at the Brazilian Grand Prix; they raced for the lead position, Schumacher shut the door and Montoya ended up clipping the back of Michael's Ferrari and having his front wing disintegrate; the Colombian was incensed at the tactics and vowed revenge as the two came together for the second straight grand prix; "I thought he was a fair guy to race with but he is not. Now I know what the rules are." he said. "I gave him room at the first two corners, then he cuts across me. Next time I will just do the same as him." Eventually he made his way from 20th to a fifth place finish; he and Michael Schumacher are the only two racers to earn points in all three grand prixs this year; the 14 points earned puts him third behind Michael (24) and Williams teammate Ralf Schumacher (16); did not finish his first race in San Marino last season.

Kimi Raikkonen (Finland)
His first start at Imola last year was not what he desired; finished 20th; started 2002 strong with a third place in Australia, but then followed that with non-finishes in Malaysia and Brazil; replaced countryman Mika Hakkinen at McLaren Mercedes for the 2002 season; scored points in four grand prixs in his debut season last year with Sauber.

Michael Schumacher (Germany)
Made an aggressive maneuver to block Juan Montoya from taking the lead in Brazil that incensed the Colombian driver; the German champion stated he felt the block was within Formula One rules; "I moved over to the left to avoid him taking the inside, I left the outside open for him and that's it," Schumacher said. "I don't know what happened and I don't know what makes him unhappy. I didn't even feel a touch."; with two wins already and a third place in three races, he tops the championship with 24 points, eight more than younger brother Ralf and 10 ahead of Montoya; won in San Marino in 1999 and 2000, was second the previous two years, and also had another victory at Imola in 1994 whule with Italian team Benetton; the San Marino event was one of only two grand prixs he did not finish last year in his fourth world championship.

Ralf Schumacher (Germany)
Recorded his first career Formula One victory at the San Marino Grand Prix last year; it was a good year with other wins in Canada and the German Grand Prix; although he started this year with a no finish in Australia due to an accident, he followed that with a victory in Malaysia and second to brother Michael in Brazil two weeks ago; earned 49 points last year for a fourth place finish in the final championship standings.

Jarno Trulli (Italy)
One of two Italian drivers in Formula One (Giancarlo Fisichella is the other); last year he captured his first points finish at Imola (5th) after four previous results were no better than 10th; best career finish was second at the 1999 European Grand Prix in Nurburgring, Germany when driving for Prost.