In a diesel Volkswagen van. As you can imagine, Silvester's Volkswagen Caddy is a far cry from the stock Ford Transit that Sabine Schmitz set a time of 10:12 on "Top Gear" back in 2005.

Sabine Schmitz, who has died from cancer aged 51, was a vivacious and highly successful racing driver with a fearless natural talent that saw her popularly dubbed, “The Queen of the Nurburgring.” ...

If you watch Top Gear, you may remember the late Sabine Schmitz drove a standard Ford Transit on the show and nearly got it under the 10-minute mark - Ford may want to bring her an homage by ...

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.

Nürburgring Honors Sabine Schmitz’s Memory, Names Corner After Her With just 136-horsepower and a 0-60 time of 21 seconds, it seemed like it would be impossible for the van to even come close to the ...

While Clarkson set a time of 10 minutes in a Jaguar Type-S, Sabine and Richard decided to attack the ring with an almost-stock Ford Transit Van. For reference, a BMW M2 Competition sets a time of ...

It is true, but the transit van isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind when you think about doing a lap on the Nürburgring, but who cares. The 40-year-old van prototype is the perfect vessel ...

That Ford Transit van may be Schmitz’s most famous lap, but it certainly wasn’t her first. Schmitz was born in Germany and grew up inside the perimeter of the Nürburgring, the fearsome track ...

Instead of strapping the late, great Sabine Schmitz into a Ford Transit, Porsche has gone even further this time by strapping the brand's most powerful V-8 into the 2022 Cayenne Turbo GT, and the ...

Today, 14th May, would have been Sabine Schmitz ’s birthday, so we’re going to remember her at her best. Here the Queen of the Nürburgring demonstrates exactly why she was deemed worthy of her crown.

One person said: 'The Sabine Schmitz tribute is lovely, well put together and great to get the old band back for it. The van scenes, iconic. Amazing lady. #topgear.' ...

You're not going to be driving some off-the-lot diesel van; rather, you'll be behind the wheel of a Ford Transit SuperSportVan, a souped-up vehicle with 198 bhp under the hood and 346 lb-ft of torque.