Stefan Bellof

Stefan Bellof is one of those names that gives any serious motorsport fan a pang of what-could-have-been. The young German from Giessen had everything — raw speed, ice-cold nerves, and a style that made grown men's jaws drop. His qualifying lap at the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 1983 was genuinely other-worldly; that 6:11.13 stood as the outright record for thirty-five years, which tells you everything you need to know. He won the 1984 FIA World Endurance Championship with Rothmans Porsche, but Formula One was clearly where he was headed next. Then Spa 1985 happened, and the sport lost one of its true generational talents at just twenty-seven. His legacy is that lap record and the haunting feeling that the 1980s grand prix era never quite got to see what he could really do.

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Name (English)

Stefan Bellof

Name (Japanese)

ステファン・ベロフ

Reading

すてふぁん・べろふ

Born

November 20, 1957 – September 1, 1985

Origin

Giessen, Giessen Government Region, Germany

Occupation

Formula One driver

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rooster

• Official sitehttp://www.stefanbellof.de/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan%20Bellof
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%AD%E3%83%95
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57435

Tags

• Giessen Government Region
• Formula One driver

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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