On March 16, 2021, Sabine Schmitz tragically died of cancer at the age of just 51, after being diagnosed in 2017. Sabine was best known for her appearance on Top Gear when she and Richard Hammond ...

Born in 1969 under the Taurus sign, the Queen of the Nurburgring left us on March 16th, 2021 at the age of 51 years. Mere days after her death, Sabine Schimtz’s fans called for the 'Ring to name ...

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.

Sabine Schmitz was born on May 14, 1969 in Adenau, in Western Germany. The daughter of a wholesaler and a hotel manager in the village of Nurburg, near the border with Belgium, ...

Sabine Schmitz was affectionately known as the Queen of the Nurburgring (Picture: Getty, PA) Sabine Schmitz, who has died at the age of 51, was widely known as the Queen of the Nurburgring as well ...

Schmitz was only 17 years old – and without either a driving licence or her parents’ permission – when she did her first lap of the Nurburgring in her mother’s BMW.

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.