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RIP Sabine Schmitz
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 10:40 pm
by Big Kev
Still remember seeing the episode of TG where she was ragging that transit van round to try and beat 10 minutes. Superb driving by a superb driver.
Former Top Gear presenter Sabine Schmitz - famous for being the only woman to win the Nurburgring 24 Hours - has died aged 51.
Schmitz said last year that she had been diagnosed with cancer in 2017.
Schmitz had become synonymous with the Nurburgring Nordschleife, the 14-mile circuit in Germany that is renowned as the toughest in the world.
She won the 24-hour touring car race at the track twice, in 1996 and 1997, driving a BMW M3.
She became known as the "Queen of the Nurburgring" and estimated she had driven around the track more than 20,000 times.
Re: RIP Sabine Schmitz
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 1:08 am
by durbster
Absolutely. That Transit piece was one of my favourite bits of TV.
She's popped up on TG a few times since her diagnosis so I actually thought things were ok for her.
Re: RIP Sabine Schmitz
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 7:40 am
by KNAPPO
Way too young.
Re: RIP Sabine Schmitz
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 7:40 am
by CLP
Re: RIP Sabine Schmitz
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 10:27 am
by Duke
Saw this last night & it actually made me stop breathing
Maybe I had more of a thing for her than I thought or that given her age it is a bit too close to home with how short & brief life can be.
R.I.P. Queen of the Nürburgring / Nordschleife
Re: RIP Sabine Schmitz
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 10:47 am
by Santaria
Was genuinely bummed to hear the news. RIP Sabine.
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Re: RIP Sabine Schmitz
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:43 am
by w00dsy
This is cool.
Re: RIP Sabine Schmitz
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 4:49 pm
by Jamo
Incredibly sad news, she was a special Lady who changed my entire world view. Pretty much always thought women can't drive, period.
Now I admit that it's more most women can't drive, cause fuck me Sabine sure could! Specifically she was in pretty rarefied air in her ability to pedal a 911.
