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Sign up with GoogleTop gear's Sabine Schmitz passes after 3 year cancer battle
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Sabine Schmitz dead: Top Gear star and German racing legend dies at 51 after cancer battle
German racing legend and Top Gear star Sabine Schmitz has died aged 51, it was announced today. Schmitz, widely known as Queen of the Nurburgring, revealed last year that she had been battling cancer since 2017. She was known for appearing on BBC’s Top Gear over the years. Nurburgring, the...
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What a **** cancer is. RIP, always enjoyed the segments with her.
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She was entertaining. RIP
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Nürburgring corner to be named after Sabine Schmitz
The Nürburgring has heeded to the widespread calls to name a Nordschleife corner after late German racing driver and TV personality Sabine Schmitz, who sadly passed away from cancer at age 51 in March this year. The legendary German circuit announced this week that the first corner of the Nordschleife – a left-hand curve – would now be named the “Sabine-Schmitz-Kurve”. The official inauguration is set to take place on September 11 at the 6-hour Nürburgring Endurance Series.
Widely known as the “Queen of the Nordschleife”, Schmitz grew up near the legendary 20,8 km-long circuit in Nürburg, Germany, and she spent a large chunk of her life pushing vehicles to the limit there. She also became the first woman to win the famous 24h Race there as one of her many notable motorsport achievements.
However, many will remember Sabine Schmitz for her appearance in the sixth season of BBC Top Gear, where she successfully embarrassed Jeremy Clarkson by almost beating the time he’d posted in a Jaguar S-Type – in a standard Ford Transit van. It goes without saying that she was deeply familiar with the hilly German circuit and its 73 corners. The owners of the Nürburgring say that she has lapped the Nordschleife over 33 000 times.
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The Nürburgring has heeded to the widespread calls to name a Nordschleife corner after late German racing driver and TV personality Sabine Schmitz, who sadly passed away from cancer at age 51 in March this year. The legendary German circuit announced this week that the first corner of the Nordschleife – a left-hand curve – would now be named the “Sabine-Schmitz-Kurve”. The official inauguration is set to take place on September 11 at the 6-hour Nürburgring Endurance Series.
Widely known as the “Queen of the Nordschleife”, Schmitz grew up near the legendary 20,8 km-long circuit in Nürburg, Germany, and she spent a large chunk of her life pushing vehicles to the limit there. She also became the first woman to win the famous 24h Race there as one of her many notable motorsport achievements.
However, many will remember Sabine Schmitz for her appearance in the sixth season of BBC Top Gear, where she successfully embarrassed Jeremy Clarkson by almost beating the time he’d posted in a Jaguar S-Type – in a standard Ford Transit van. It goes without saying that she was deeply familiar with the hilly German circuit and its 73 corners. The owners of the Nürburgring say that she has lapped the Nordschleife over 33 000 times.
Nürburgring corner to be named after Sabine Schmitz
The Nürburgring has heeded to the widespread calls to name a Nordschleife corner after late German racing driver and TV personality Sabine Schmitz, who sadly... Read more →
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