[davyboy]

Stefan Bellof was a driver of prodigious talent. Ken Tyrrell rated him as one of the greatest pilots that he'd seen, however as John T. said, Bellof only knew one way to drive and that was totally flat out. In the 'economy run' days of Group C, Bellof often ignored fuel strategies thereby making his team-mates look far inferior as they tried to keep the gas in check through the length of a 1000Km endurance race. Sadly, many people agreed that it would have only been a matter of time before he would have killed himself and tragically that's what happened as he clashed with Jacky Ickx at Eau Rouge behind the wheel of the Schiesser Porsche. A few years before that he had a monster off in an F2 car at the same place. I think it was a Maurer or something. Its often said that Bellof could have been the great rival to Senna in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Though it makes for a wonderful ideal, I really don't think he would have ever adjusted his all or nothing style to match the consistency of the Brazilian... but as a raw driving talent goes... he was one of the greatest.