The church of speed, who are your "saints" of motorsports

[Vitorio]

A remark about a religious-like dogma in the 919 Ring discussion made me think this would be an interesting topic. If motorsports were a religion, who would you nominate for sainthood, and why?

A few simple rules, nominee must be deceased (AFAIK the catholic church doesnt saint living people either), and have performed one or more "miracles" to the benefit/greater glory of motorsports.


Ill get the obvious one out of the way:

Stefan Bellof, for his absolutely mind numbingly quick, balls out lap of the Ring, setting a record that stood untill just a few days ago.

[Vitorio]

Agent XXX said:

MS

Not officially dead AFAIK, so im a bit torn on him, although on merit im 100% in agreement, the man transformed F1

Also, if i may ask, could you guys post a small bit of text about the driver is question? I doubt there will be many on here not familiar with the exploits of Schumacher, but some lesser known drivers would be much more interesting with a small summary of why they deserve sainthood rather then just a namedrop