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, “Top Gear” presenter and race car driver known as the “Queen of the Nürburgring,” has died. She was 51. In 2020, Schmitz revealed that she had been diagnosed with cancer ...

Sabine Schmitz, the former host of U.K. motoring show Top Gear and best known in the car racing world for being the only woman to win the German Nurburgring 24 Hours, a feat that earned her the ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Sabine Schmitz was one of those rare people who seems to have been admired and genuinely liked by nearly everyone she's worked with, as one can see with a quick peek at the reaction to her passing ...

Sport; Formula 1; Sabine Schmitz; Jeremy Clarkson leads Sabine Schmitz tributes after Top Gear star's sad death aged 51 Last year Schmitz revealed she had been secretly battling cancer since 2017 ...

Sabine Schmitz, “Top Gear” presenter and race car driver known as the “Queen of the Nürburgring,” has died. She was 51. In 2020, Schmitz revealed that she had been diagnosed with cancer ...