Thursday June 3rd, 2004

Austrian Gerhard Berger will drive Michael Schumacher's F2003-GA title-winning Ferrari at the official opening of Shanghai's new Formula One circuit on Sunday.

The Italian team said that Berger, who raced for Ferrari for six years in a career spanning 210 Grands Prix, would join team boss Jean Todt and Italian test driver Luca Badoer at the ceremony.

Shanghai is scheduled to host China's first Grand Prix on September 26.

Berger, who retired in 1997, was until last year BMW's motorsport director working with Williams.

The 44-year-old last drove a Formula One car in April, lapping the Imola circuit in Ayrton Senna's 1985 Lotus to mark the 10th anniversary of the deaths of his former McLaren teammate and Austrian Roland Ratzenberger.

Published at 17:04:33 GMT

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