Check out a short list of favorites for Sunday's British Grand Prix at Silverstone Circuits Limited in Northamptonshire, England.

	Alonso

Fernando Alonso (Spain):
The talented 21-year-old Spaniard has scored points in eight of 10 grand prixs this year; finished a career-best second in Barcelona; also was third in Brazil and Malaysia, fourth in Canada and European GP, fifth in Monaco, seventh in Australia and sixth in San Marino; 39 points places his sixth in the championship behind Michael Schumacher; highly sought-after driver in Formula One was pursued by teams like Ferrari and Benetton; progressed from test driver at Renault last year to a full-time ride; sat out last season instead of driving for Minardi, for which he made his debut in 2001.

Rubens Barrichello (Brazil):
Scored points in last seven straight grand prixs including third-place finishes in San Marino, Spain, Austria and the European GP; best finish of the year was second in Malaysia; top finish at Silverstone was second last year behind Ferrari teammate Michael Schumacher; also was third in 2001.

David Coulthard (Scotland):
One of six winners on the circuit after nine grand prixs; recorded 13th career victory at season opener in Australia; seventh in the standings after finishing out of the points at Montreal and Nurburgring; comes off a fifth place finish in France; the McLaren driver won home race in 1999 and 2000.

Juan Montoya (Colombia):
After winning at Monaco on June 1 for his second F1 grand prix, he was third in Canada and second at Nurburgring and last race in France; up to fourth in the standings with 47 points; another quality finish this year was second in Australia; was third on podium in last year's British Grand Prix and fourth the previous year.

Kimi Raikkonen (Finland):
Winner in Malaysia earlier this year; also solid finishes of second in Brazil, San Marino, Austria and Monaco; only non-finishes this year were in Spain and the European GP; has 56 points, eight behind leader Michael Schumacher; did not complete race in England last season.

	Schumi

Michael Schumacher (Germany):
Defending champion of the British GP, race won from third starting position; started second four times in England, also winning in 1998; suffered broken right leg in two places in 1999 crash at Silverstone which sidelined him until Malaysia that year; leads championship race by eight points after 10 grand prixs; feels title race will go to the final stop in Japan; owns record 68 grand prix wins; won four races this season, failing to finish just once in Brazil.

Ralf Schumacher (Germany):
A tremendous season by anyone's standards as the only driver to finish in the points all 10 grand prixs this year; won the last two straight races at the European and French GPs; owns six career victories to go with four poles; best showings in England was third in 2000 and also had a sixth in 1998; 53 points earned puts him third in the standings, three behind Raikkonen and 11 back of older brother Michael.