German racer Jochen Mass, a winner in Formulation 1 and on the 24 Hours of Le Mans, has died on the age of 78, his household has revealed. Mass handed away in Cannes, France, from the results of a stroke suffered earlier this 12 months.
The German native competed in 105 F1 races from 1973-82, driving for a lot of elite groups, along with his lone victory coming with McLaren within the Spanish Grand Prix in 1975 that was shortened resulting from a lot of accidents. This was the identical race wherein Lella Lombardi grew to become the primary and nonetheless the one girl to attain a world championship level.
Mass was lively in endurance racing throughout a lot of his profession in F1, however centered on it after opting to depart grand prix racing. The transfer paid off along with his victory at Le Mans in 1989 with the Sauber-Mercedes crew.
After retiring from racing, Mass drove the Mercedes-Benz museums steady of historic race vehicles at charity and classic occasions (he’s pictured above at Goodwood Competition of Pace in 2019) and in addition served as a TV commentator for the German community RTL’s F1 protection. He additionally performed himself in a cameo within the 2013 F1 function movie “Rush,” directed by Ron Howard.
