[Headracer]

Bellof was a legend for the exact same reason he got into this crash; he just went flat out. Jacky Ickx was acknowledged as one of the best sportscar racers of the era, and Bellof just tried to go around the outside as if Ickx wasn't there. To put it in perspective, when Bellof set the (then) lap record at the Nurburgring in that same Porsche, he got out and was completely calm about what he had done despite several lurid slides. One of the last real racing drivers in my opinion.

Just to back up what Nortad said, Eau Rouge is easy flat in cars that produce any decent amount of downforce. The key bit to understand is that the transition from a slight dip to a steep uphill section gives the car a lot more grip as the suspension gets loaded by the change in elevation. Even in non-aero cars like some of the older touring cars, that corner is very nearly flat. Granted, that's only on the line that allows you to take advantage of the elevation change (which is incidentally only wide enough for one car).