Jochen Mass obituary: Formula 1 driver and mentor
Jochen Mass could read a room as adroitly as he could a motor racing circuit. If asked to nominate his favourite car, he would begin by detailing the excellence of the Porsche 956 before adding that, of course, the 962 was a faster and more successful machine. The Sauber-Mercedes, in which he had won Le Mans, was a handful, but effective. Then he stopped himself. 'But in the Porsche 917, you'd get wheel spin at 200mph.'
'For a man who had 114 starts in Formula 1 alone, I imagine this was like asking your accountant to talk about his favourite tax return,' said the motor racing journalist Jonny Lieberman. 'Still, he didn't miss a beat. It was exactly what everyone at the table wanted to
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