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'Without me, Schumacher would have gone to Williams instead of Ferrari'

"Without me, Michael Schumacher would have signed with Williams instead of Ferrari in the 1990s," says former F1 driver Jochen Mass. The now 74-year-old former driver of McLaren, among others, says he played an important role in the transition from Schumacher to the famous Italian team. Mass was Schumacher's teammate in 1991 when they battled together for Sauber-Mercedes in the World SportsCar Championship. He built up a good relationship with Schumi at that time. After four seasons at Bennetton and two world titles, Schumacher finally decided to sign with Ferrari in 1996, on the advice of his mentor Mass. But Schumacher didn't intend to do that at all, Mass told in the...
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