Jochen Mass is a racing driver from Germany who last raced in Formula 1 for March. Mass has recorded 1 win and 8 podiums from 107 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,075 ranks Mass 297th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1982-07-25 | Circuit Paul Ricard | DNF | −105 |
| 1982-07-18 | Brands Hatch | P10 | +29 |
| 1982-07-03 | Circuit Park Zandvoort | DNF | −46 |
| 1982-06-13 | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | P11 | +16 |
| 1982-06-06 | Detroit Street Circuit | P7 | +64 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | ▸Formula 1 | March | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P27 | +104 | 5,351 |
| 1980 | ▸Formula 1 | Arrows | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | P17 | +9 | 5,247 |
| 1979 | ▸Formula 1 | Arrows | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | P15 | −80 | 5,238 |
| 1978 | ▸Formula 1 | ATS | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −207 | 5,318 |
| 1977 | ▸Formula 1 | McLaren | 17 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 25 | P6 | +94 | 5,525 |
| 1976 | ▸Formula 1 | McLaren | 16 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 19 | P9 | +570 | 5,431 |
| 1975 | ▸Formula 1 | McLaren | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 20 | P7 | +531 | 4,861 |
| 1974 | ▸Formula 1 | McLaren | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | P21 | −463 | 4,329 |
| 1973 | ▸Formula 1 | Surtees | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −8 | 4,792 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 John Watson | 5,367 | 39 | 19 | 20 | 49% |
| 🇦🇷 Carlos Reutemann | 5,765 | 38 | 10 | 28 | 26% |
| 🇿🇦 Jody Scheckter | 5,599 | 38 | 7 | 31 | 18% |
| 🇧🇷 Emerson Fittipaldi | 3,999 | 35 | 19 | 16 | 54% |
| 🇨🇭 Clay Regazzoni | 5,253 | 33 | 18 | 15 | 55% |
| 🇫🇷 Jacques Laffite | 5,186 | 32 | 9 | 23 | 28% |
| 🇦🇹 Niki Lauda | 5,364 | 30 | 4 | 26 | 13% |
| 🇺🇸 Mario Andretti | 4,978 | 30 | 12 | 18 | 40% |
| 🇦🇺 Alan Jones | 4,943 | 28 | 12 | 16 | 43% |
| 🇫🇷 Jean-Pierre Jarier | 4,248 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 75% |
Jochen Mass was a German racing driver who competed in Formula 1 from 1973 to 1982, completing 107 starts across ten seasons of professional racing. His career highlights included a single Grand Prix victory in the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix for McLaren and eight podium finishes, placing him among the midfield competence of the era. Mass averaged a finishing position of 7.7 across classified starts, demonstrating consistent performance at a professional standard; his Racer Rating of 5,075 reflects a capable driver who operated at the mid-range level of the contemporary grid.[1]
Mass spent the majority of his Formula 1 career with McLaren, completing 49 of his 107 starts with the team. His head-to-head record against his most frequent rivals was mixed; he finished ahead of John Watson and Clay Regazzoni almost evenly, sustained a broadly level record against two-time champion Emerson Fittipaldi, but was consistently outscored by stronger drivers including Carlos Reutemann and world champion Jody Scheckter, finishing ahead of the latter only seven times across 38 shared races. Against the grid's elite, Mass proved capable of occasional standout performances; he finished ahead of five-time champion Alain Prost once, and ahead of Scheckter and Riccardo Patrese multiple times, though these represented isolated results rather than sustained competitive patterns.[2]
Mass's final season in 1982 marked the end of his Formula 1 career; he completed nine rounds without points finishes and departed with a final grid position of 27th. His post-Formula 1 work in endurance racing, particularly winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1989, established a second chapter to his professional racing career. Mass passed away in May 2025 at the age of 78.