Jochen Mass
Jochen Mass won a Formula 1 Grand Prix for McLaren in the 1970s before building an exceptionally long and successful parallel career in sports car racing, including an outright win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and a long tenure as a works Mercedes driver — one of the most durable careers of his generation.
Jochen Mass raced in Formula 1 through the 1970s and into the early 1980s, taking his only Grand Prix win at the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix for McLaren, a race remembered as much for serious circuit safety concerns as for the result.
Beyond single-seaters, Mass built a long and highly successful parallel career in sports car racing, becoming a works Mercedes driver and winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans outright in 1989 — a result that places him among a select group of drivers who won at the top level in both disciplines.
After retiring from top-level competition, Mass remained closely involved in the sport through driver mentoring and decades of continued participation in historic motorsport, and has long made his home on the Spanish island of Ibiza.
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Mass took his sole Formula 1 victory at the controversial, shortened 1975 Spanish Grand Prix at Montjuïc, a race marked by serious safety concerns with the circuit barriers that overshadowed the result itself.
Long after his Formula 1 career ended, Mass became a mainstay of the Mercedes sports car programme and won Le Mans outright in 1989 — a result that places him among a relatively small group of drivers to win at the very top level in both single-seater and endurance racing.
After stepping back from top-level racing, Mass took on driver development and mentoring roles, including work with young talents coming through single-seater racing, drawing on a career that spanned several distinct eras of the sport.
Mass has long made his home on Ibiza, a notably different lifestyle choice from the more typical Monaco or Swiss residences favoured by many of his contemporaries from the F1 paddock.
Mass has continued competing in historic and classic racing events for decades after his top-level career ended, remaining a visible and active figure at historic motorsport events far longer than most drivers of his generation.