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    Default Sabine Schmitz: Former racing driver and Top Gear presenter dies aged 51

    Sabine Schmitz passed way RIP.

    I totally loved this episode on Top Gear. The one when she took the Ford Transit van on the Nurburgring Ring.
    Fucking brilliant.






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    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.

    Schmitz later gained acclaim for an appearance on Top Gear in 2004 in which she drove a van around the track, and subsequently became a presenter on the show alongside Chris Evans in 2016.

    This Sunday's episode of Top Gear will be dedicated to Schmitz, with Clare Pizey, executive producer, saying: "Sabine was a beloved member of the Top Gear family and presenting team since 2016, having first appeared on the show in 2004, and everyone who had the pleasure of working with her on the team is in shock at this news.

    "Sabine radiated positivity, always wore her cheeky smile no matter how hard things got - and was a force of nature for women drivers in the motoring world.

    "Like everyone else who knew her, we will truly miss her - Sabine really was one of a kind. Our thoughts are with her partner Klaus, who was always by her side and who we welcomed to Dunsfold many times, and her family in Germany."

    Top Gear presenter Chris Harris said Schmitz was a "wonderful, powerful, hilarious person" while the show's former presenter Jeremy Clarkson paid tribute by tweeting she was "such a sunny person and so full of beans".

    Formula 1 said Schmitz was "a force of nature" who inspired "a new generation of motorsport enthusiasts".

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    Wow, that's awful!
    RIP.

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    Woke up this and it definitely hit me hard, had a crush on her when I was a teenager lol. What could be a better life than spending it at the ‘ring.

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    Didn't know she had cancer. That sucks.

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    Definitely disappointing news to wake up to. She was an absolute blast to watch, and one hell of a driver. Big loss to the automotive world. RIP

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    Fitting tribute would be to have one of the corners on the Ring named in her honour. Big loss to the automotive world. RIP

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    Sabine in that ford transit on the ring was the single greatest top gear episode. Legit driving skill, legit real world vehicle review, and hilarious. Not sure they managed to put all three of them together so well in any other episode ever.
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    Thats so sad to hear, she was the best. RIP

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    Fuck I hate cancer. RIP.

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    Fuck cancer.

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    ugh, sad news - the TG van episode where she passed a guy on a sport bike was pretty epic

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    Wow. Saddened to hear this.

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    https://www.topgear.com/car-news/top...30-min-special

    Get your iplayer and vpn ready. Clarkson, Hammond and May invited back for the tribute.
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    Get your iplayer and vpn ready. Clarkson, Hammond and May invited back for the tribute.
    This will be awesome! RIP Sabine, a legend in the automotive industry. Cancer fucking blows.

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    That's nice. Sabines corner.
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