Mathias Lauda accomplished an indication run within the Ferrari 312T that his late father, Niki Lauda, drove to the 1975 System 1 championship. The run came about on the Pink Bull Ring forward of the Austrian Grand Prix.
Participating within the annual Legends Parade on the Spielberg circuit, Lauda returned the long-lasting quantity 12 chassis to an Austrian race monitor.
The 45-year-old, an skilled GT and endurance racer who beforehand competed as a manufacturing unit Aston Martin driver within the World Endurance Championship and within the DTM, drove the historic automotive across the 4.319km monitor to commemorate his father’s maiden F1 title marketing campaign.
The Ferrari 312T was designed by Ferrari’s legendary technical director Mauro Forghieri. It was launched on the third spherical of the 1975 season in South Africa. Powered by a 3-litre naturally aspirated flat-12 engine producing roughly 500 horsepower, the 312T ended a decade-long championship drought for the Maranello outfit.
Becoming a member of the Ferrari 312T within the Legends Parade have been the 1976 Lotus 77, the 1976 Tyrrell P34, the 1977 Tyrrell P34B, the 1978 Brabham BT46B, the 1981 Lotus 88, the 1983 Brabham BT52, the 1983 Brabham BT52B, the 2002 Ferrari F2002, and the 2010 Pink Bull RB6.
Different drivers included within the Legends Parade have been Jan Lammers, Pier Luigi Martini, Paolo Barilla, Jean Alesi, Karl Wendlinger, Christian Danner, Mark Webber, Rubens Barrichello and David Coulthard.
Following the Legends Parade, Mercedes driver George Russell went on to efficiently convert pole place into his second race win of the season. The Briton was joined on the rostrum by four-time champion Max Verstappen and Russell’s team-mate and present championship chief Kimi Antonelli, who completed third.
Lauda had already been seen through the Austrian Grand Prix weekend as a visitor of the Mercedes F1 workforce.
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