F1 race win꧋ner and sportscar racing legend Jochen Mass has died at the age of 78.

Mass passed away on Sunday due to complications from a stroke he suffered in February, hi𒅌s family revealed in a heartwarming post on Instagram.

“Today we mourn the loss of a husband, father, grandfat𒀰her and a racing legend,” the post rౠead.

“It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that Jochen Mass has died today due to complications following a str🦂oke he suffered in February, earlier this year.

“Thank you to everyone for the incredible support we have received. Every single message of positivity was relayed to him𒊎, giv🤡ing him peace and comfort in his last days.

“Beyond mourning his death, we also celebrate his inc🐼redible life. A life that he lo🌼ved sharing with all of you. A life that he lived to the absolute fullest.

“He is racing with all his friends again.”

Mass actively raced in F🎐1 for almost a decade after making his grand prix debut with Surtees at the British GP in 1973.

He received a call-up from McLaren at the end of the 1974 season and scored his first and only F1 race win the following year at the truncated Spanish Gra🔜nd Prix.

He secured a career-best sixth-place in the championship in 1977, before moving on to ATS Racꦿing, Arrows and eventually March in the twilight years of his F1 career.

He stepped down from grand🐟 prix racing at the end of 1982 with eight podiums to his nam💧e.

While Mass achieved a fair amount of success in F1, it was in sportscar racing whe♍re Moss established himself as a serious contender.

Already a ra🐬ce winner at the Spa 24 Hours with For🌠d in 1972, Mass finished runner-up at Le Mans in 1982 and won the Sebring 12 Hours outright with Porsche in 1987.

After switching his allegiance to Sauber-Mercedes, he won at Le Mans for♌ the first time with Manꦑuel Reuter and Stanley Dickens in 1989.

He finis😼hed his career with 32 victories in world championship-level sportscar competition with 🅺Alfa Romeo, Porsche and Sauber-Mercedes.

The German remained affiliated with Mercedes long after hangin▨g up his helmet, serving as both an ambassador and a mentor for the brand’s young drivers.