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 ...

The first and only woman to win the Nurburgring 24 Hours race, Schmitz was a hugely competitive spirit and endlessly fascinated by speed and adventure ...

Sabine was best known for her appearance on Top Gear when she and Richard Hammond attempted to beat a lap time set by Jeremy Clarkson around the infamous Nurburgring racetrack in Nurburg, Germany.

Sabine Schmitz was known as the Queen of the Nordschleife before her untimely passing last year. Thankfully for everyone, her memory will always live on.

Nürburgring officials have named a corner after the late Sabine Schmitz, the racing driver known as the 'Ring Queen, who died earlier this year at age 51 following a battle with cancer ...

The very first curve at the Nordschleife has now been named the Sabine-Schmitz-Kurve. Sabine-Schmitz-Kurve on the Nordschleife! Highest honour for "the ambassador of the Nürburgring".

Turn 1 of the Nordschleife has been renamed, becoming Sabine Schmitz Kurve, to honor her at the start of every lap taken at a circuit that is, without doubt, hers.

The newly-anointed Sabine-Schmitz-Kurve is the very first corner of the famous Nordschleife.

Three months after her passing, racing legend Sabine Schmitz has been honored with a Nurburgring Nordschleife corner named after her and the title of ambassador ...

The corner is named in honor of Sabine Schmitz, the “Queen of the Nordschleife” who, by some estimates, had driven more than 33,000 laps of the 12.9-mile (20 km) track. Those laps were ...

Officials at the Nürburgring have announced that a corner will be renamed in honour of Sabine Schmitz, who lost her battle with cancer earlier this year. The first corner on the Nordschleife ...