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Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Jochen Mass obituary
The German racing driver Jochen Mass, who has died aged 78, won only one of the 104 grands prix in which he competed between 1974 and 1982, but he was known as a talented and reliable competitor, a useful number two to such champions as Emerson Fittipaldi and James Hunt, as well as being a winner of many endurance races in sports cars, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans. His sole victory in a world championship Formula 1 race came in tragic circumstances. In 1975, after joining the McLaren team for his second season in the top tier, he had taken the lead of the Spanish Grand Prix on the fast and spectacular Montjuïc Park circuit in Barcelona when the race was halted after an accident. Before the race, the drivers, led by Fittipaldi, the reigning champion and Mass's teammate, had pointed out to the organisers that the steel safety barriers surrounding the track had been poorly assembled. Their protest meetings held up the practice sessions, and it was only after hasty remedial work that the meeting could continue. The race itself took place without Fittipaldi, who had flown home in disgust. There had already been several accidents when another German driver, Rolf Stommelen, found himself in an unexpected lead at the wheel of a brand-new car built and entered by the team of Graham Hill. As he started the 26th lap, a rear-wing stay broke as the car approached the brow of a hill at 150mph, sending it smashing into the barriers and then flying over them. Stommelen survived but two photographers, a track marshal and a spectator were killed. It took three more laps for the race to be stopped, by which time Mass had taken the lead from Jacky Ickx's Lotus, and he was declared the winner. But since only 29 of the scheduled 75 laps had been completed, he was awarded only half the customary nine points for a victory. Added to other minor placings during the season, those points helped him to seventh place in the final drivers' championship table, the highest he would ever achieve. 'I took no pleasure in my first F1 victory, believing I'd win many more later,' he remembered. Although that was not to happen, he went on to a distinguished career and after his retirement became a much-loved figure in the paddock and on the track at historic meetings, particularly the Goodwood Revival, to which he travelled from his home in the south of France. Mass was born in the aftermath of the second world war in Dorfen, near Munich, and remembered driving his pedal car through streets still strewn with rubble. After his father died when he was nine, he followed the example of his grandfather, who had been a sailor, and joined the merchant navy, where he spent several years. It was a passion that would stay with him throughout his life; during breaks from the grand prix season he would sail his old schooner across the Atlantic. His first experience of motor sport came in hill-climbs, where he performed so impressively in an Alfa Romeo saloon in 1970 that Ford Cologne offered him a contract. Soon he was racing the powerful works-prepared Capris, winning the important European touring car series in 1972. The move into single-seaters came that year with his first races in Formula 3 and then his first Formula 2 victory in a works March at the Nürburgring, a circuit of 14 miles and 174 corners whose challenge he loved. For 1973 he raced for the works Surtees team in Formula 2 before graduating to Formula 1 with the same team for 1974, enduring a debut season in the top flight blighted by many retirements. But he had shown enough of his talent to be signed by McLaren for 1974, and there he stayed for three seasons, alongside Hunt during the dramatic 1976 season as the Englishman seized the world title from Lauda. He was leading the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring when the race was halted following Niki Lauda's near-fatal crash, finishing third after the restart. A second place in Sweden in 1977 was the closest he came to another victory. A move to the ATS team followed in 1978, but the car was poor and his season ended prematurely when he broke a leg in a testing accident. Signing with Arrows in 1979 proved little more satisfactory, although there was a fourth place at Monaco in his second season with the Milton Keynes-based team, having avoided a four-car pile-up at the first corner. His final year in F1, with the ailing March team, was an unhappy one. Travelling slowly during practice at Zolder, he was trying to give Gilles Villeneuve room to pass when the French-Canadian's Ferrari hit his March and somersaulted. Villeneuve's death in the disintegrating wreckage came as a profound shock to the F1 world, although Mass was absolved of blame. And then, at the Paul Ricard circuit in Provence, he collided with Mauro Baldi's Arrows and flew into a public area, leaving several spectators injured. As the car caught fire, few observers – including Mass's wife, watching on TV – believed he could survive, never mind walk away unharmed, as he did. That was when he decided to retire from grand prix racing and concentrate on sports cars – first with Porsche, with whom he and Vern Schuppan finished second at Le Mans in 1982, and then with Sauber-Mercedes, winning the race with Stanley Dickens and Manuel Reuter in 1989 and being deprived of a second victory in 1991 after leading comfortably for 17 hours before a minor component failed. That period also saw him acting as a mentor to Mercedes' junior team of three talented young drivers serving their apprenticeship in sports cars: Michael Schumacher, with whom Mass shared the winning car in Mexico City, Karl Wendlinger, with whom he won at Spa, and Heinz-Harald Frentzen. All three followed him into F1. He is survived by his second wife, Bettina, whom he married in 1994, and their two daughters, and by his two sons from a first marriage, to Esti (nee Mellet), which ended in divorce. • Jochen Richard Mass, racing driver, born 30 September 1946; died 4 May 2025
TimesLIVE
15-05-2025
- Automotive
- TimesLIVE
Legendary drivers and riders set to race at 2025 Goodwood Revival
This year's Goodwood Revival is set to take place from September 12-14 and will include 13 races and a broad selection of drivers and riders from different areas of motorsport. In the Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy, several well-known names from the World Superbike Championship and the Isle of Man TT will take part. Carlos Checa, a former WorldSBK champion, returns after debuting at last year's Revival. He'll be joined by Eugene Laverty and Troy Bayliss, alongside a group of TT regulars who, between them, have earned 70 podium finishes. This group includes Conor Cummins, James Hillier, John McGuinness, Josh Brookes, Lee Johnston and Steve Plater. Jenny Tinmouth, who holds the female lap record at the Isle of Man TT and won the 2010 Supersport Cup, is also confirmed. She'll ride alongside Maria Costello, a former TT record holder and one of the early female pioneers in the sport. Touring car racing is also well represented. British Touring Car Championship drivers Gordon Shedden, Jake Hill, Matt Neal and Tom Ingram — who collectively have nearly 200 BTCC wins — will be on the grid. They'll line up with former World Touring Car champions Andy Priaulx and Rob Huff. Ten drivers with Le Mans experience are part of this year's line-up, too. Tom Kristensen — known for his nine overall wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans — will be back at Goodwood, along with Derek Bell and Emanuele Pirro, who each have five wins to their names. Also on the list are André Lotterer, Darren Turner, Dindo Capello, Marcel Fässler and Romain Dumas, all of whom have three Le Mans wins. David Brabham and Neel Jani round out the group, each with one win. From the US racing scene, Scott Dixon (a six-time Indycar champion) and Dario Franchitti (a four-time champion) will take part, as will Jimmie Johnson, a seven-time Nascar Cup Series winner. Jenson Button, 2009 Formula 1 World Champion, currently competing in the World Endurance Championship, will also be in action. He's expected to drive a 1962 Jaguar E-Type in the Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration — a car he recently added to his collection specifically for the event. The Revival's wider programme includes several previously announced features:
Associated Press
14-05-2025
- Automotive
- Associated Press
Porsche Parts Specialist Design911 Publishes Video Highlights of Goodwood Revival 2024
05/13/2025, Brentwood CM13 1TG // PRODIGY: Feature Story // Design911, the long-established leader in specialist Porsche parts, components, and Porsche performance upgrades, shared its experiences at the famous Goodwood Revival event 2024 via its YouTube channel, which has amassed thousands of subscribers and interactions. Anthony Malone, Head of Sales Strategies for the Design911 team, hosts the insider look at the festival, a true Porsche enthusiast with a lifelong link to Design911, having originally been introduced to the business as a teenager during a work experience placement. The Excitement and Buzz of Goodwood Revival for Porsche Professionals and Enthusiasts Goodwood Revival is a unique highlight in the motor racing calendar. It is a celebration of vintage automotive innovation, modern-day engineering, collectable cars, and classic components, with an eclectic blend of exhibitors, sponsors, performances, and, of course, motorsport. The draw for Porsche drivers and professionals is all about the speed and nostalgia of the track, hosted at what many consider the spiritual home of motor racing in the UK. The first Revival was held in 1998 on a track that had been opened 50 years earlier. Today, Goodwood is one of the most celebrated events, attracting enthusiasts, collectors, restorers, and drivers from around the world. It is attended by iconic and modern racing champions, including the much heralded drivers of the day who raced on the Goodwood Motor Circuit between 1948 and 1966. Defined by its classic dress code and with a ban on modern cars on the track, Goodwood is firmly focused on celebrating the tradition of motor racing. However, it also welcomes countless younger audiences who are passionate about future innovation and who love nothing more than immersing themselves in the heritage and history of this legendary track. Highlights of the Goodwood Revival Festival 2024 and 2025 For most attendees, Goodwood's festival spirit sets it apart. The classic, vintage theme runs throughout, from the banners and flags to the cars themselves. Numerous parades are held around the track, including a celebration of the 60th anniversary of Meyers Max and the 75th anniversary of the Jaguar XK engine in 2024. Those more interested in off-track action and entertainment can enter a best-dressed competition, enjoy a huge range of dining options, with bars, restaurants, and specialist eateries dotting the grounds, browse the Revival Car Show, with a diverse selection of pre-1966 cars, or sit back and soak in the spectacle of the displays, including the 100 military vehicles that attended in 2024 to mark the anniversary of the D-Day landings. Amid this packed itinerary, Design911 is a regular attendee, providing clients, guests, and those with an interest in Porsche with the opportunity to chat with the specialists, share their enthusiasm, and perhaps gain some advice and guidance about vintage Porsche restoration and maintenance projects. Due to attend the 2025 event, which is scheduled from Friday, September 12th, to Sunday, September 14th, the team will be at the heart of the action. There will be a Sunday lunchtime street party to commemorate the VE Day anniversary, 15 races over the course of the weekend, and the classic car auction for those keen to add to their collections. Design911's Guided Tour of Goodwood Revival Anthony Malone, Head of Sales Strategies at Design911 said, ' Curating a snapshot of Goodwood was a brilliant way to showcase the energy and atmosphere of the festival, and why it's such a great opportunity for Porsche fans of all ages to come together at an event that is full of stories, performances and some breath-taking circuits of the track. It's always a staple in the calendar here at Design911, and we got to touch base with some of the amazing brands we partner with and stock, including Motul UK, PowerLite and Rennsport, companies at the top of their fields in creating engine oils and lubricants, starter motors and alternators, and Porsche 911 Restomods. During the day, we popped in to see Rennsport's 150thcar, the new STR, and captured a glimpse of their latest creation on camera for anyone who would love to have a quick look at what a handcrafted Porsche 911 looks like up close. All in all, Goodwood Revival 2024 was a brilliant event, the rain notwithstanding, and we're pleased to have uploaded our short highlights video to our ever-busy YouTube channel to give you a flavour of what to expect if you're planning on attending this year.' Design911's video capturing some of the moments of Goodwood Revival 2024 is available now via the company's YouTube channel. Read more about Design911 - Design911 Launches Box-Frame Retro Art Pieces Hand-Crafted From Genuine Porsche Components About Design911 Design911 has established itself as the market leader, offering trade and retail customers a full range of OEM and aftermarket Porsche parts for general servicing and rebuild as well as restoration and tuning for the UK, European and world-wide markets. The website now sports a Porsche parts finder to help you get the exact aftermarket Porsche part your need. The company's impressive 34,000 sq. ft Essex headquarters comprise sales department, warehouse, workshop and body shop, as well as a showroom of classic Porsches for sale. We pride ourselves that we will be the company that can supply 'every part for every Porsche'. Media Contact: Anthony Malone +44 (0)208 500 8811 Source published by Submit Press Release >> Porsche Parts Specialist Design911 Publishes Video Highlights of Goodwood Revival 2024
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Jochen Mass obituary
The German racing driver Jochen Mass, who has died aged 78, won only one of the 104 grands prix in which he competed between 1974 and 1982, but he was known as a talented and reliable competitor, a useful number two to such champions as Emerson Fittipaldi and James Hunt, as well as being a winner of many endurance races in sports cars, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans. His sole victory in a world championship Formula 1 race came in tragic circumstances. In 1975, after joining the McLaren team for his second season in the top tier, he had taken the lead of the Spanish Grand Prix on the fast and spectacular Montjuïc Park circuit in Barcelona when the race was halted after an accident. Advertisement Before the race, the drivers, led by Fittipaldi, the reigning champion and Mass's teammate, had pointed out to the organisers that the steel safety barriers surrounding the track had been poorly assembled. Their protest meetings held up the practice sessions, and it was only after hasty remedial work that the meeting could continue. The race itself took place without Fittipaldi, who had flown home in disgust. There had already been several accidents when another German driver, Rolf Stommelen, found himself in an unexpected lead at the wheel of a brand-new car built and entered by the team of Graham Hill. As he started the 26th lap, a rear-wing stay broke as the car approached the brow of a hill at 150mph, sending it smashing into the barriers and then flying over them. Stommelen survived but two photographers, a track marshal and a spectator were killed. It took three more laps for the race to be stopped, by which time Mass had taken the lead from Jacky Ickx's Lotus, and he was declared the winner. But since only 29 of the scheduled 75 laps had been completed, he was awarded only half the customary nine points for a victory. Added to other minor placings during the season, those points helped him to seventh place in the final drivers' championship table, the highest he would ever achieve. 'I took no pleasure in my first F1 victory, believing I'd win many more later,' he remembered. Although that was not to happen, he went on to a distinguished career and after his retirement became a much-loved figure in the paddock and on the track at historic meetings, particularly the Goodwood Revival, to which he travelled from his home in the south of France. Advertisement Mass was born in the aftermath of the second world war in Dorfen, near Munich, and remembered driving his pedal car through streets still strewn with rubble. After his father died when he was nine, he followed the example of his grandfather, who had been a sailor, and joined the merchant navy, where he spent several years. It was a passion that would stay with him throughout his life; during breaks from the grand prix season he would sail his old schooner across the Atlantic. His first experience of motor sport came in hill-climbs, where he performed so impressively in an Alfa Romeo saloon in 1970 that Ford Cologne offered him a contract. Soon he was racing the powerful works-prepared Capris, winning the important European touring car series in 1972. The move into single-seaters came that year with his first races in Formula 3 and then his first Formula 2 victory in a works March at the Nürburgring, a circuit of 14 miles and 174 corners whose challenge he loved. For 1973 he raced for the works Surtees team in Formula 2 before graduating to Formula 1 with the same team for 1974, enduring a debut season in the top flight blighted by many retirements. But he had shown enough of his talent to be signed by McLaren for 1974, and there he stayed for three seasons, alongside Hunt during the dramatic 1976 season as the Englishman seized the world title from Lauda. He was leading the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring when the race was halted following Niki Lauda's near-fatal crash, finishing third after the restart. A second place in Sweden in 1977 was the closest he came to another victory. Advertisement A move to the ATS team followed in 1978, but the car was poor and his season ended prematurely when he broke a leg in a testing accident. Signing with Arrows in 1979 proved little more satisfactory, although there was a fourth place at Monaco in his second season with the Milton Keynes-based team, having avoided a four-car pile-up at the first corner. His final year in F1, with the ailing March team, was an unhappy one. Travelling slowly during practice at Zolder, he was trying to give Gilles Villeneuve room to pass when the French-Canadian's Ferrari hit his March and somersaulted. Villeneuve's death in the disintegrating wreckage came as a profound shock to the F1 world, although Mass was absolved of blame. And then, at the Paul Ricard circuit in Provence, he collided with Mauro Baldi's Arrows and flew into a public area, leaving several spectators injured. As the car caught fire, few observers – including Mass's wife, watching on TV – believed he could survive, never mind walk away unharmed, as he did. That was when he decided to retire from grand prix racing and concentrate on sports cars – first with Porsche, with whom he and Vern Schuppan finished second at Le Mans in 1982, and then with Sauber-Mercedes, winning the race with Stanley Dickens and Manuel Reuter in 1989 and being deprived of a second victory in 1991 after leading comfortably for 17 hours before a minor component failed. Advertisement That period also saw him acting as a mentor to Mercedes' junior team of three talented young drivers serving their apprenticeship in sports cars: Michael Schumacher, with whom Mass shared the winning car in Mexico City, Karl Wendlinger, with whom he won at Spa, and Heinz-Harald Frentzen. All three followed him into F1. He is survived by his second wife, Bettina, whom he married in 1994, and their two daughters, and by his two sons from a first marriage, to Esti (nee Mellet), which ended in divorce. • Jochen Richard Mass, racing driver, born 30 September 1946; died 4 May 2025
The Guardian
05-05-2025
- Automotive
- The Guardian
Jochen Mass obituary
The German racing driver Jochen Mass, who has died aged 78, won only one of the 104 grands prix in which he competed between 1974 and 1982, but he was known as a talented and reliable competitor, a useful number two to such champions as Emerson Fittipaldi and James Hunt, as well as being a winner of many endurance races in sports cars, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans. His sole victory in a world championship Formula 1 race came in tragic circumstances. In 1975, after joining the McLaren team for his second season in the top tier, he had taken the lead of the Spanish Grand Prix on the fast and spectacular Montjuïc Park circuit in Barcelona when the race was halted after an accident. Before the race, the drivers, led by Fittipaldi, the reigning champion and Mass's teammate, had pointed out to the organisers that the steel safety barriers surrounding the track had been poorly assembled. Their protest meetings held up the practice sessions, and it was only after hasty remedial work that the meeting could continue. The race itself took place without Fittipaldi, who had flown home in disgust. There had already been several accidents when another German driver, Rolf Stommelen, found himself in an unexpected lead at the wheel of a brand-new car built and entered by the team of Graham Hill. As he started the 26th lap, a rear-wing stay broke as the car approached the brow of a hill at 150mph, sending it smashing into the barriers and then flying over them. Stommelen survived but two photographers, a track marshal and a spectator were killed. It took three more laps for the race to be stopped, by which time Mass had taken the lead from Jacky Ickx's Lotus, and he was declared the winner. But since only 29 of the scheduled 75 laps had been completed, he was awarded only half the customary nine points for a victory. Added to other minor placings during the season, those points helped him to seventh place in the final drivers' championship table, the highest he would ever achieve. 'I took no pleasure in my first F1 victory, believing I'd win many more later,' he remembered. Although that was not to happen, he went on to a distinguished career and after his retirement became a much-loved figure in the paddock and on the track at historic meetings, particularly the Goodwood Revival, to which he travelled from his home in the south of France. Mass was born in the aftermath of the second world war in Dorfen, near Munich, and remembered driving his pedal car through streets still strewn with rubble. After his father died when he was nine, he followed the example of his grandfather, who had been a sailor, and joined the merchant navy, where he spent several years. It was a passion that would stay with him throughout his life; during breaks from the grand prix season he would sail his old schooner across the Atlantic. His first experience of motor sport came in hill-climbs, where he performed so impressively in an Alfa Romeo saloon in 1970 that Ford Cologne offered him a contract. Soon he was racing the powerful works-prepared Capris, winning the important European touring car series in 1972. The move into single-seaters came that year with his first races in Formula 3 and then his first Formula 2 victory in a works March at the Nürburgring, a circuit of 14 miles and 174 corners whose challenge he loved. For 1973 he raced for the works Surtees team in Formula 2 before graduating to Formula 1 with the same team for 1974, enduring a debut season in the top flight blighted by many retirements. But he had shown enough of his talent to be signed by McLaren for 1974, and there he stayed for three seasons, alongside Hunt during the dramatic 1976 season as the Englishman seized the world title from Lauda. He was leading the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring when the race was halted following Niki Lauda's near-fatal crash, finishing third after the restart. A second place in Sweden in 1977 was the closest he came to another victory. A move to the ATS team followed in 1978, but the car was poor and his season ended prematurely when he broke a leg in a testing accident. Signing with Arrows in 1979 proved little more satisfactory, although there was a fourth place at Monaco in his second season with the Milton Keynes-based team, having avoided a four-car pile-up at the first corner. His final year in F1, with the ailing March team, was an unhappy one. Travelling slowly during practice at Zolder, he was trying to give Gilles Villeneuve room to pass when the French-Canadian's Ferrari hit his March and somersaulted. Villeneuve's death in the disintegrating wreckage came as a profound shock to the F1 world, although Mass was absolved of blame. And then, at the Paul Ricard circuit in Provence, he collided with Mauro Baldi's Arrows and flew into a public area, leaving several spectators injured. As the car caught fire, few observers – including Mass's wife, watching on TV – believed he could survive, never mind walk away unharmed, as he did. That was when he decided to retire from grand prix racing and concentrate on sports cars – first with Porsche, with whom he and Vern Schuppan finished second at Le Mans in 1982, and then with Sauber-Mercedes, winning the race with Stanley Dickens and Manuel Reuter in 1989 and being deprived of a second victory in 1991 after leading comfortably for 17 hours before a minor component failed. That period also saw him acting as a mentor to Mercedes' junior team of three talented young drivers serving their apprenticeship in sports cars: Michael Schumacher, with whom Mass shared the winning car in Mexico City, Karl Wendlinger, with whom he won at Spa, and Heinz-Harald Frentzen. All three followed him into F1. He is survived by his second wife, Bettina, whom he married in 1994, and their two daughters, and by his two sons from a first marriage, to Esti (nee Mellet), which ended in divorce. Jochen Richard Mass, racing driver, born 30 September 1946; died 4 May 2025
