an offer from Ferrari for the season, with a meeting scheduled with Enzo Ferrari before his death. Bellof is often mentioned as Michael Schumacher's childhood racing idol. During an interview for the January 2007 issue of the 911 and Porsche World magazine, teammate Derek Bell felt Bellof's death was caused by lack of discipline in his driving style, and that the blame for his death lay with those around Bellof, including team personnel, who should have allowed him to mature. In 2010 Bellof's family donated his racing mementos to the local Sammler und Hobbywelt museum for public display. The donated items included his go-kart from his early racing days, his racing overalls and helmets from his works Porsche and Tyrrell days and trophies. There is a karting circuit named in his honour known as Motorsportarena Stefan Bellof, located in Oppenrod. In 2009, a poll of 217 Formula One drivers chose Bellof as their 35th greatest Formula One driver, in a survey conducted by British magazine Autosport. In August 2013, Bellof was honoured after management of the Nürburgring renamed the section of the Nordschleife previously known as Pflanzgarten III as the Stefan-Bellof-S. In the 2015 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, German driver Timo Bernhard wore a helmet with Bellof's helmet livery to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Bellof's death. Racing record Career summary Complete European Formula Two Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Complete Formula One results (key) – Tyrrell was stripped of all championship points for 1984 in a dispute over lead ballast in their fuel tanks at the . Complete World Sportscar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results References External links Motorsportarena Stefan Bellof official website Stefan-Bellof-Memorial Short clip of Bellof's Nürburgring qualifying record 1957 births 1985 deaths Sportspeople from Giessen Racing drivers from Hesse German racing drivers German Formula One drivers Tyrrell Formula One drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers Racing drivers who died while racing European Formula Two Championship drivers Sport deaths in Belgium Formula Ford drivers German Formula Three Championship drivers World Sportscar Championship drivers Filmed deaths in motorsport Japanese Sportscar Championship drivers Porsche Motorsports drivers