Australian Grand Prix Press release of 6th March

Melbourne, Thursday 6th March 1997 Ferrari will tackle the Australian Grand Prix two months after the launch of the F 310 B on 7th January 1997 at Maranello. During this time, Ferrari has completed over 5500 kilometres with the F 310 B over 19 days of testing. Ferrari won the Australian Grand Prix in 1987 with Berger in a F1-87, a race in which he started from pole position. In last year's event Irvine and Schumacher started from the second row of the grid with times of 1m32.889s and 1m33.125s respectively. Irvine drove a steady race to finish third, while Schumacher was forced to retire on lap 33 because of a loss of brake fluid at the rear of the car. Chassis Numbers 174 Schumacher, No. 5 173 Irvine, No. 6 175 Spare car 172 Spare chassis

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