Formula One Career
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! Nationality
| German
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! Active years
| 1984 - 1985
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! Team(s)
| Tyrrell
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! Grands Prix
| 22
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! Championships
| 0
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! Wins
| 0
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! Podium finishes
| 0
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! Pole positions
| 0
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! Fastest laps
| 0
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! First Grand Prix
| 1984Brazilian Grand Prix
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! First win
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! Last win
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! Last Grand Prix
| 1985Dutch Grand Prix
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Stefan Bellof (born in Giessen, GermanyNovember 20, 1957 - September 1, 1985,) was a Formula One driver who raced for the Tyrrell team. After taking the German FF1600 title in 1980 and making his debut mid-season in German F3 championship, almost winning the championship. In 1983, with BMW backing, he got a place in Willy Maurer’s, European F2 team, winning the first two races of the season, Maurer would become his future manager.
He also joined the Rothmans backed Porsche factory team for the World Endurance Championship at the same season. Partnering alongside Derek Bell for most of the season, he was noted for setting the fastest lap at the Nürburgring 1000km race and was still leading when he crashed his Porsche 956 on its roof, the lap record for all cars (6m11s) still stands to this day. He joined Tyrrell in 1984 and in the rain-soaked Monaco race, was catching up to race leader Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna when the race was flagged to a halt at half the distance. Unfortunately, he was stripped of all his championship points alongside with team mate Martin Brundle, after their Tyrrell was discovered with illegal lead in their fuel tank at the Detroit Grand Prix. He would win the World Endurance Championship for drivers with and helped Porsche to win the manufacturers title at the same year.
Regarded as a likely future World Champion, he was killed at the 1985 Spa 1000km sports car race, when he tangled his Porsche 956 with Jacky Ickx at Eau Rouge, both cars catching fire and halting the race, only to later die in hospital. Always saddled with uncompetitive cars (the Tyrrell team of 1984-85 were the only team still using the normally aspirated Ford Cosworth engines, giving away in excess of 150 hp to their turbo rivals, though in the final stages of his Grand Prix career Tyrrell did use Renault turbo engines), Bellof never truly had the opportunity to show his true talent in Formula One.
