RACING DRIVER

Stefan Bellof

1957 - 1985

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Stefan Bellof (20 November 1957 – 1 September 1985) was a German racing driver. Bellof was the winner of the Drivers' Championship in the 1984 FIA World Endurance Championship, driving for the factory Rothmans Porsche team. His lap record on the Nordschleife configuration at the Nürburgring, set while qualifying for the 1000 km race in 1983, stood for 35 years, when it was beaten by Timo Bernhard in 2018. He also competed in Formula One with Tyrrell Racing during 1984 and 1985. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stefan Bellof is the 151st most popular racing driver (down from 142nd in 2019), the 2,854th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,751st in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Stefan Bellof ranks 151 out of 1,080Before him are David Coulthard, Thierry Sabine, Ken Block, Jarno Trulli, David Purley, and Willy Mairesse. After him are Juan Pablo Montoya, Trevor Taylor, Johnny Herbert, Dan Gurney, Hans Herrmann, and Nico Rosberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Stefan Bellof ranks 120Before him are Cynthia Rothrock, Stephen Baxter, Carrie Lam, Sanae Mishima, Stephen Dillane, and Anna Vissi. After him are Shirin Neshat, Peter Høeg, Stephen Morris, Haruhisa Hasegawa, Marlon Jackson, and Shane MacGowan. Among people deceased in 1985, Stefan Bellof ranks 95Before him are Heinz Hoffmann, Edmond O'Brien, Vladimir Jankélévitch, David Purley, Princess Eudoxia of Bulgaria, and Mahmoud Mohammed Taha. After him are Élias Sarkis, Johanna Wolf, Renato Castellani, André Hunebelle, Henry Hansen, and Víctor Rodríguez Andrade.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Stefan Bellof ranks 2,855 out of 7,253Before him are Malwida von Meysenbug (1816), Heinz G. Konsalik (1921), Paul Ben-Haim (1897), Angela Winkler (1944), Willigis (940), and Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt (1669). After him are Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1877), Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1659), William, Prince of Wied (1845), Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875), Eric Braeden (1941), and Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1679).

Among RACING DRIVERS In Germany

Among racing drivers born in Germany, Stefan Bellof ranks 12Before him are Rudolf Caracciola (1901), Sebastian Vettel (1987), Ralf Schumacher (1975), Heinz-Harald Frentzen (1967), Rolf Stommelen (1943), and Nico Hülkenberg (1987). After him are Hans Herrmann (1928), Nico Rosberg (1985), Manfred Winkelhock (1951), Karl Kling (1910), Hans-Joachim Stuck (1951), and Hermann Lang (1909).