Sabine Schmitz, the former
Top Gear host and racing driver known as the Queen of the Nürburgring, died Tuesday after battling cancer for more than three years. She was 51.
Top Gear executive producer Clare Pizey penned a tribute to Schmitz in which she wrote, Sabine was a beloved member of the
Top Gear family and presenting team since 2016, having first appeared on the show in 2004, and everyone who had the pleasure of working with her on the team is in shock at this news. The Queen of the Nürburgring, Sabine radiated positivity, always wore her cheeky smile no matter how hard things got and was a force of nature for female drivers in the motoring world.