Racing driver and 'Top Gear' presenter Sabine Schmitz has died of cancer at the age of 51. Schmitz, a renowned racing driver, presented the BBC series from 2016 to 2020.

Sabine Schmitz was diagnosed with cancer in 2017, but continued racing until several years later in 2019. By. Lindsay Kimble. Lindsay Kimble. Lindsay Kimble is the Executive Editor, News at PEOPLE.

Sabine Schmitz (14.5.1969 – 16.3.2021) passed away yesterday (Tuesday) after her brave fight against cancer. She was 51 years old. Klaus Abbelen and all relatives and friends are deeply saddened ...

“Top Gear” presenter and famed racing driver Sabine Schmitz has died following a battle with cancer. She was 51. Schmitz is best known for winning Germany’s Nurburgring Nordschleife, one of ...

Sabine Schmitz in 2011 during the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring track in Germany. She won the race in 1996 and 1997. Credit... Thomas Frey/EPA, via Shutterstock ...

NURBURG, Germany -- Sabine Schmitz, the first and only female race car driver to win the annual 24-hour race on the famed Nurburgring circuit and a renowned TV personality, has died. She was 51.

Schmitz had been driving the track ever since she’d taken the family BMW around for an underage lap, and cared for it and the people who went there like no other. Sabine’s race-winning team at ...

Former racing driver Sabine Schmitz, the "Queen of the Nürburgring" who was also a presenter of the popular Top Gear TV show, dies at the age of 51.

“Top Gear” presenter and famed racing driver Sabine Schmitz has died following a battle with cancer. She was 51. Schmitz is best known for winning Germany’s Nurburgring Nordschleife, one of ...

Sabine Schmitz, the first and only female race car driver to win the annual 24-hour race on the famed Nürburgring circuit and a renowned TV personality, has died. She was 51.