Jochen Mass

Jochen Mass

Nation:	Germany
Automobile / Formula 1 world championship
First start:	1973 British Grand Prix
Last start:	1982 French Grand Prix
Constructors
1973–1974 Surtees  • 1974–1977 McLaren  • 1978 ATS  • 1979–1980 Arrows  • 1982 RAM
statistics
World Cup balance:	World Cup sixth ( 1977 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 105 1 - 2
World Cup points :	71
Podiums :	8th
Leadership laps :	5 over 19.9 km

Jochen Richard Mass (born September 30, 1946 in Dorfen ) is a former German automobile racing driver . His active career led from touring car racing to Formula 1 and endurance racing .

Career

Beginnings in motorsport

The trained seaman Mass began his motorsport career in the late 1960s in the German Circuit Championship , which he was able to finish as overall winner in a Ford Capri in 1971 , and after further successes switched to Ford touring cars in the German racing championship of the early 1970s 1972 in Formula 2 . In 1973 he was runner- up in this category on a Surtees TS15 behind Frenchman Jean-Pierre Jarier . With two wins in Kinnekulle, Sweden, and at the Hockenheimring and three second places, he showed his team boss John Surtees that he had the skills for Formula 1.

formula 1

Debut at Silverstone

In the same year, Mass made his debut at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in a Surtees-Ford in Formula 1. Already on the first lap - like for many of his colleagues - he was killed after a mass collision. In his second race at the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring , Mass finished seventh from position 15 after a solid race. In the USA he finally came to his third Grand Prix, but fell out again.

Jochen Mass in the Surtees TS16 at the Great Britain Grand Prix in 1974

Alan Jones and Jochen Mass's accident at the 1977 Dutch Grand Prix

1974 Mass got a regular place in the Surtees team and formed the driver pairing together with the Brazilian Carlos Pace . However, the season was largely disappointing for the aspiring racer. After Pace switched to the Brabham team in the middle of the season , Mass and team boss John Surtees soon fell apart. The German moved to McLaren , where he contested the last two Grands Prix of the 1974 season. He remained without World Championship points, but was able to convince McLaren team principal Teddy Mayer of his abilities with a remarkable chase at the US Grand Prix , where he was seventh from starting position 20.

Victory on Montjuïc in Barcelona

From 1975 to 1977 , Mass was part of McLaren's permanent staff. However, he was always overshadowed by his teammates, the two world champions Emerson Fittipaldi (1972 and 1974) and James Hunt ( 1976 ). A total of eleven victories by the two exceptional rivals Mass was only able to counter a single triumph. He reached that on April 27, 1975 under adverse safety precautions on the dangerous street circuit of Montjuïc in Barcelona , where the Spanish Grand Prix was held. After 25 laps and many failures, Rolf Stommelen was in the lead in his Hill- Ford when the rear wing of his racing car broke. The inevitable accident cost the lives of four spectators and marshals, and Stommelen himself was seriously injured. Mass' team-mate Fittipaldi, after all the reigning world champion, had only completed the compulsory laps in training in protest against the poor safety precautions such as poorly paved or missing guard rails and dropped out after the first lap. Previously had Franco -Regierung threatened the race cars in the paddock serving Olympic Stadium to seize if the race would strike. As a result, there was never another Grand Prix race on the track. Mass was only awarded half the number of points for his success, which he did not want to understand as such because of the circumstances.

Gilles Villeneuve dies

After Mass failed to use his chance in a top team like McLaren, he had to look for alternatives for 1978 . He started out with the newly founded ATS team of the German rim manufacturer Günter Schmid and then moved to Arrows , where he stayed from 1979 to 1980 . After a year break from Formula 1, Mass returned to the starting line-up for the RAM Racing team in 1982 , which officially started under the name of March Grand Prix . In nine races for the underfunded racing team, seventh place was his best result. Rather, Mass got attention from a collision with the Canadian Gilles Villeneuve during training for the Belgian Grand Prix in Zolder , as a result of which the Ferrari driver lost his life. The accident was triggered by a misunderstanding between the two drivers. Mass was on a lap while Villeneuve was chasing times and wanted to quickly pass the German. He misinterpreted Mass' behavior and drove onto his March, catapulting his Ferrari into the air. Villeneuve and his seat were thrown out of the car into the safety fences and died a little later in the hospital from his injuries.

In total, Mass contested 105 Grand Prix in his Formula 1 career and scored 71 world championship points. Up until the Michael Schumacher era, he was the most successful German Formula 1 driver alongside Wolfgang von Trips .

Successes after Formula 1 times

Jochen Mass at the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz SSKL during the Solitude Revival 2019

In the 1980s, Mass drove sports cars from Porsche and Sauber - Mercedes . In April 1983, while under contract with John Fitzpatrick's team, he was scheduled to drive an IMSA-GTP (International Motor Sports Association-Grand Touring Prototype) race at the Riverside International Raceway in California, but canceled. His compatriot Rolf Stommelen took his place . As in the Formula 1 race in Spain in 1975, the rear wing of his car broke, causing it to overturn several times. Shortly afterwards, Stommelen succumbed to his serious injuries.

In 1985 , Mass drove one of the three Porsche 959s in the Dakar Rally for the Porsche works team . However, together with his co-driver Ekkehard Kiefer , he retired early due to an accident.

In 1989 , Jochen Mass won the legendary Le Mans 24-hour race together with Manuel Reuter and Stanley Dickens in a Sauber Mercedes . In 1999 he competed in the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring in an Audi TT with road tires.

Further engagements

From 1993 to 1997, Mass was a co-commentator on TV broadcasts of Formula 1 at RTL , before he was replaced by Christian Danner in this role. He also commented on the racing scenes for the official computer game for the 1995 season of Psygnosis . In public appearance Mass occurs also as a driver of old racing cars, such as the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR , with the new editions of the legendary Mille Miglia or the International Hill Climb Arosa ClassicCar . In March 2007 he hosted the outdoor bet on the television program “ Wetten, dass ..? ". As part of the 16th Ennstal Classic , a racing event for vintage racing cars, the "Club of Former Formula 1 Grand Prix Drivers" elected Mass as its president.

statistics

• 1973 runner-up in the Formula 2 European Championship

Statistics in the automobile / Formula 1 world championship

These statistics include all participations of the driver in the Formula 1 World Championship , which until 1980 was known as the Automobile World Championship.

Grand Prix victories

• 1975 Spanish Grand Prix ( Barcelona ) 

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Round	Points	WM-Pos.
1973	Team Surtees	Surtees TS14A	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	24.
1974	Team Surtees	Surtees TS16	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	23.
	Yardley Team McLaren	McLaren M23	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
1975	Marlboro Team Texaco	McLaren M23	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	14th	1	-	3	-	1	20th	8th.
1976	Marlboro Team Texaco	McLaren M23 /  M26	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	16	-	-	2	-	1	19th	9.
1977	Marlboro Team Texaco	McLaren M23 / M26	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	17th	-	1	1	-	-	25th	6th
1978	ATS Racing Team	ATS HS1	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	24.
1979	Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team	Arrows A1  /  A2	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	13	-	-	-	-	-	3	18th
1980	Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team	Arrows A3	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	11	-	-	-	-	-	4th	17th
1982	March Grand Prix Team	March 821	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	28.
total				105	1	1	6th	-	2	71

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th
1973
									DNF		7th				DNF
1974
	DNF	17th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNF	DNF	14th	DNF			16	7th
1975
	14th	3	6th	1	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	3	*7 *	DNF	4th	DNF	3
1976
	6th	3	5	DNF	6th	5	11	15th	DNF	3	7th	9	DNF	5	4th	DNF
1977
	DNF	DNF	5	DNF	4th	4th	DNF	2	9	4th	DNF	6th	DNF	4th	DNF	3	DNF
1978
	11	7th	DNF	DNF	DNQ	11	9	13	13	NC	DNF	DNQ	DNQ
1979
	8th	7th	12	9	8th	DNF	6th	15th	DNF	6th	DNF	6th	DNF	DNQ	DNQ
1980
	DNF	10	6th	7th	DNF	4th	10	13	8th	DNQ	DNS		11	DNF
1982
	12	8th	8th		DNF	DNQ	7th	11	DNF	10	DNF

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1972	Ford Germany	Ford Capri 2600 RS	Hans-Joachim Stuck		failure	Oil pump
1978	Martini Racing Porsche System	Porsche 936	Jacky Ickx	Henri Pescarolo	failure	accident
1981	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche 936/81	Vern Schuppan	Hurley Haywood	Rank 12
1982	Rothmans Porsche	Porsche 956	Vern Schuppan		Rank 2
1983	Rothmans Porsche	Porsche 956	Stefan Bellof		failure	Engine failure
1985	Rothmans Porsche	Porsche 962C	Jacky Ickx		Rank 10
1986	Rothmans Porsche	Porsche 962C	Vern Schuppan	Bob Wollek	failure	accident
1987	Rothmans Porsche	Porsche 962C	Vern Schuppan	Bob Wollek	failure	Engine failure
1989	Team Sauber Mercedes	Clean C9	Manuel Reuter	Stanley Dickens	Overall victory
1991	Team Sauber Mercedes	Mercedes-Benz C11	Jean-Louis Schlesser	Alain Ferté	failure	Engine failure
1995	West Competition	McLaren F1 GTR	John Nielsen	Thomas Bscher	failure	accident

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1985	Busby Racing	Porsche 962	John Morton	Jim Busby	failure	accident
1987	Bayside Disposal Racing	Porsche 962	Bobby Rahal		Overall victory

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th
1972	Ford Germany	Ford Capri	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
										7th	DNF
1973	Ford Germany	Ford Capri	DAY	VAL	DIJ	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
									DNF
1974	Ford Germany	Ford Capri	MON	SPA	ONLY	IMO	LEM	ZEL	WAT	LEC	BRH	KYA
					DNF							5
1975	Gelo Racing Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	Gulf GR7 Alfa Romeo T33	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SPA	BY	ONLY	ZEL	WAT
				DNF		20th		1	6th
1976	Porsche	Porsche 935 Porsche 936	MUG	VAL	ONLY	MON	SIL	IMO	ONLY	ZEL	BY	WAT	MOS	DIJ	DIJ	SAL
			1	1		1	10	1				3		1	1	1
1977	Porsche	Porsche 935	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SIL	ONLY	VAL	BY	WAT	EST	LEC	MOS	IMO	SAL	BRH	HOK	VAL
			DNF	DNF			1	DNF			1						1
1978	Porsche	Porsche 935 Porsche 936	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	SIL	ONLY	LEM	MIS	DAY	WAT	VAL	ROD
								1		DNF
1979	Porsche	Porsche 936	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	BRH	ROA	VAL	ELS
									DNF
1980	Zakspeed Kredietbank Racing	Ford Capri Audi 80	DAY	BRH	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	VAL	DIJ
										DNF				DNF
1981	Joest Racing Momo Reinhold Joest Porsche	Porsche 935 Porsche 908 Porsche 936	DAY	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	BRH
			DNF				14th	DNF	2	12
1982	Porsche	Porsche 956	MON	SIL	ONLY	LEM	SPA	MUG	FUJ	BRH
						2	1		1
1983	Porsche	Porsche 956	MON	SIL	ONLY	LEM	SPA	FUJ	KYA
			2	DNF	1	DNF	1	2	3
1984	Porsche Joest Racing	Porsche 956	MON	SIL	LEM	ONLY	BRH	MOS	SPA	IMO	FUJ	KYA	SAN
			2	1		7th	2	1	2	3	2		2
1985	Porsche	Porsche 962	MUG	MON	SIL	LEM	HOK	MOS	SPA	BRH	FUJ	SEL
			1	4th	1	10	DNF	2	DNF	2	DNF	1
1986	Porsche	Porsche 962	MON	SIL	LEM	NOW	BRH	JER	ONLY	SPA	FUJ
			6th	DNF	DNF			DNF	7th
1987	Porsche Brun Motorsport	Porsche 962	JAR	JER	MON	SIL	LEM	NOW	BRH	ONLY	SPA	FUJ
				DNF	6th	4th	DNF	2	5	3	3	4th
1988	Clean	Clean C9	JER	JAR	MON	SIL	LEM	BRÜ	BRH	ONLY	SPA	FUJ	SAN
			1		2	2		1	DNF	1	3	4th	1
1989	Clean	Clean C9	SUZ	DIJ	JAR	BRH	ONLY	DON	SPA	MEX
				2	1	3	1	1	DNF	1
1990	Clean	Sauber C9 Mercedes-Benz C11	SUZ	MON	SIL	SPA	DIJ	ONLY	DON	MOT	MEX
			2	2		1	2	2	2	9	1
1991	Clean	Mercedes-Benz C11 Mercedes-Benz C291	SUZ	MON	SIL	LEM	ONLY	LIKE	MEX	AUT
			2	3	4th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	5

Web links

Commons : Jochen Mass  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Jochen Mass
• Statistical data on Jochen Mass' F1 career
• Successes of Jochen Mass for Ford Motorsport

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Porsche 959 Part 2: 959 Paris-Dakar. ( Memento from July 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ "President Mass - Honor for 'Zwicklstone'" ( Memento from September 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (Ennstal-classic.at on July 23, 2008)