Grave of Stefan Bellof in Gießen, Germany

Born on November 20, 1957 in Gießen, German racing driver Stefan Bellof was the idol of the legendary racing driver Michael Schumacher. Stefan Bellof was considered the fastest and most promising racing driver of his generation and was seen by experts as the future Formula 1 world champion. From 1973, Bellof started in various racing classes until he finally got promoted to Formula 1 in 1984. On September 1, 1985, he died in a 1000 km race in Spa, Belgium. Already, his father Georg Bellof started in rallies when he was young. Later, he was an official at the ONS, a forerunner of the "Deutscher

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