German car racer and Top Gear host Sabine Schmitz died of cancer at the age of 51. She became famous for winning twice on the German Nürburgring circuit, where one of the most demanding races in the world takes place, writes BBC News.
Nicknamed the “Queen of the Nürburgring” thanks to her winnings in 1996 and 1997 in a BMW, she was also the only woman in history to win the 24-hour endurance race. In total, she completed the circuit more than 20,000 times during her career.
She first appeared on a Top Gear car show in 2004 when she was driving a van around the race track. From 2016 to 2019, she co-moderated the show with Chris Evans.
Sunday’s episode of Top Gear will be dedicated to Sabine Schmitz. Longtime Top Gear moderator Jeremy Clarkson was among the first to express his sincere condolences to the family.
Schmitz listened to the cancer diagnosis in 2017, she admitted to the public only a year ago.
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