Sabine Schmitz Died.

[Trav]

Very sad! RIP

Top Gear's Sabine Schmitz, 51, dies after three-year cancer battle

The German, dubbed the 'Queen of the Nurburgring', revealed last July that she had been suffering from 'an extremely persistent cancer' since 2017.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[simple_gifts]

Wow, had no idea she was ill; I always enjoyed her ride in some Ford cargo van around the track. She had no issues openly expressing the enjoyment and/or terror of the situation. RIP.

 

[demarpaint]

RIP

 

[Falcon_LS]

Ouch! Didn't know she was battling cancer.

 

[DriveHard]

Sad day, RIP Queen of the Ring!!!

 

[Ignatius]

Her namesake, the Holy Martyr Saint Sabine of Egypt, is commemorated in Orthodox Christianity on March 16 so if there was a good day for Sabine Schmitz to depart from us yesterday was the day.

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

RIP Queen of The Ring. This is just awful news.

 

[wings&wheels]

Sad, RIP

 

[AutoMechanic]

RIP.

 

[Bud_One]

She was an awesome person and a heck of a driver ... loved her enthusiasm and personality .
Sad day indeed .

 

[330indy]

sad to hear this. hope she went without too much pain. RIP

 

[Patman]

I have been rewatching old episodes of Top Gear on Prime and I just saw the one where she drove the van around the Ring a few days ago. I didn't even know she was sick

 

[wemay]

Oh my goodness. I didn't even know she was sick. Oh dear...RIP Sabine.

 

[555]

Rest In Peace Sabine

 

[OVERKILL]

I too was unaware she'd been fighting cancer. A friend of mine who was able to meet her and her family several years back shared the news this AM on Instagram and I was completely shocked. She was an incredible driver and her E39 M5 Ring Taxi video stands out in my mind as one of the delightful pursuits that she enjoyed, thoroughly terrifying the uninitiated with her skill and calm.

 

[sloinker]

RIP

 

[dervdave]

Lovely woman RIP

 

[double vanos]

My heart is broken. I’ve loved her for the longest time and what a gal! Being a girl racer is one thing but taming the ring is a whole ‘nother ball game and she’s done it

since her teens. The world of racing and car enthusiasts has lost one of their own. RIP my lovely Queen, the line of broken hearts is a mile long; I ought to know; I’m in that line.

 

[bdcardinal]

R.I.P.

 

[ctechbob]

Sad day for the world of motorsports indeed.