According to his family, the former Formula 1 racing driver Jochen Mass suffered a “medical emergency”.
The 78-year-old “from a medical emergency” recovers the 105-time Formula 1 driver Jochen Mass: As his family announced in an Instagram post, the 78-year-old recovers. Measure ‘condition is “currently stable”, it continues: “In the near future, he will do without all public appearances and concentrate on his complete recovery.”
The family did not reveal any further details. “We as a family are extremely grateful for the wave of support and at the same time ask politely to protect the privacy. We wish Jochen a quick recovery.”
Jochen Mass joined the premier class of motorsport in 1973, where he was sitting in the Renner for the Surtees team. He celebrated his debut in Silverstone at the Great Britain’s Grand Prix. Towards the end of the following season, he switched to McLaren, where he established himself as a regular pilot in the next few years.
In 1975, at the Grand Prix of Spain, at the time on the city course in Barcelona, he was able to ran his ultimately only racing victory in Formula 1. The race had been overshadowed by an accident by Rolf Stommelen, who cost five spectators. Stommelen himself suffered several broken bones. Despite the serious accident, the Grand Prix had not been canceled immediately, only three rounds later the race management stepped in.
In 1978 Jochen Mass switched to the ATS team, which was then founded at the time, and in the two following years he started for Arrows Racing Team. After a one -year break, he competed in Formula 1 for the March Grand Prix Team. In total, he started 105 times in the premier class, his best World Cup placement was a sixth rank in 1977.
After his Formula 1 career, mass sat in the sports cars of Porsche and Sauber-Mercedes, in 1989 he was able to win with his teammates Manuel Reuter and Stanley Dickens in Le Mans.