Jochen Mass, 78, has suffered a ‘medical emergency’ (pictured in 2019) (Getty Pictures for IWC)
legend Jochen Mass has suffered a “medical emergency” – along with his household revealing the 78-year-old will probably be “stepping again from all public appearances” whereas he recovers.
The precise nature of the emergency for German icon Mass, who raced 105 occasions in from 1973-1982 and received the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix, has not been revealed by his household.
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A press release on Sunday learn: “The household of Jochen Mass, needs to share that he’s at the moment recovering from a latest medical emergency.
“Whereas Jochen’s situation is steady, he will probably be stepping again from all public appearances and engagements for the foreseeable future as he focuses on his restoration.
“We as a household are deeply grateful for the outpouring of help and kindly request privateness throughout this time. We’re wishing Jochen a speedy restoration.”
Mass has labored as a model ambassador for Mercedes in recent times, after his retirement from motorsport in 1995.
He raced for McLaren for 4 years from 1974-1977, claiming his solely win in F1 in Montjuic in 1975.
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His finest championship end was sixth in 1977, whereas he additionally claimed eight podiums throughout an illustrious profession driving for McLaren, Surtees, ATS, Arrows and March.
The German additionally raced within the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, profitable the distinguished endurance occasion with Sauber in 1989.
Mass raced for McLaren in F1 for 4 years (Getty Pictures)
Mass was additionally a key adviser and mentor for seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, revealing in 2020 he persuaded the German to affix in 1996 as an alternative of .
He advised the Past the Grid podcast: “For Michael, I mentioned ‘Hear, no matter you win now, it’s the automotive, it’s not you, the automotive is simply too good. You want Ferrari, get it out of the trough it’s in, pull it out and make them champions once more, you’ll be King of Italy.’
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“He mentioned ‘I don’t know, I don’t know’ and a month later he known as me up mentioned ‘I’m going to Ferrari’. I mentioned ‘Effectively completed.’
“In fact, I felt sorry in a method for Frank [Williams, team owner], however these championships, you probably have a really superior automotive, after all, have much less weight than when you make Ferrari world champions once more.”
