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Once a race winner and title contender, Heinz-Harald Frentzen today drives a hearse and is recovering from knee surgery.
Driving a Jordan, the German was a standout of the 1999 season, winning races against the odds and remaining a championship dark horse until the final stages.
Now 47, the former Williams driver Frentzen has most recently been racing a Mercedes in Germany's GT Masters series.
But Kolner Express newspaper reports that he might be forced to sit out the 2015 season as he is recovering from a serious knee operation.
The publication said the long-term injury dates all the way back to 1999, when he crashed his Jordan at high speed in Canada.
"My knee is still swollen and tender and I have to be careful," said Frentzen. "It's my braking leg and in GT Masters you need to brake very hard."
[TD="class: caption"]Heinz-Harald Frentzen. (Photo: WRi2)[/TD]
While he recovers, it is reported that Frentzen has returned to his native Moenchengladbach to help with the running of the family business -- a funeral home.
"It's true," he confirmed. "Even in my formula one career from time to time I helped my father with the business and now I'm helping my sister Nadine-Nicole."
Their father, Harald, died in 2014.
Express said one of Frentzen's new roles is to drive the hearse -- a converted E-Class Mercedes.
Heinz-Harald Frentzen said: "I'm actually retired and at the moment I don't mind not racing in 2015. But one should never say never."
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Once a race winner and title contender, Heinz-Harald Frentzen today drives a hearse and is recovering from knee surgery.
Driving a Jordan, the German was a standout of the 1999 season, winning races against the odds and remaining a championship dark horse until the final stages.
Now 47, the former Williams driver Frentzen has most recently been racing a Mercedes in Germany's GT Masters series.
But Kolner Express newspaper reports that he might be forced to sit out the 2015 season as he is recovering from a serious knee operation.
The publication said the long-term injury dates all the way back to 1999, when he crashed his Jordan at high speed in Canada.
"My knee is still swollen and tender and I have to be careful," said Frentzen. "It's my braking leg and in GT Masters you need to brake very hard."
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[TD="class: caption"]Heinz-Harald Frentzen. (Photo: WRi2)[/TD]
While he recovers, it is reported that Frentzen has returned to his native Moenchengladbach to help with the running of the family business -- a funeral home.
"It's true," he confirmed. "Even in my formula one career from time to time I helped my father with the business and now I'm helping my sister Nadine-Nicole."
Their father, Harald, died in 2014.
Express said one of Frentzen's new roles is to drive the hearse -- a converted E-Class Mercedes.
Heinz-Harald Frentzen said: "I'm actually retired and at the moment I don't mind not racing in 2015. But one should never say never."
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