[TV] RIP Sabine Schmitz (she of Top Gear)
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I was just watching her this morning on an old top gear and telling my young kids that she was a very fast racing driver.
Very sad to lose someone at that age.
Very sad to lose someone at that age.
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HellBilly
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R.I.P young lady
R.I.P young lady
Vary sad news. a character and a good driver.
- Jul 10, 2003
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Very sad news. Great driver and very entertaining.
Mackenzie
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Sad news, she seemed like a very nice lady.
Silverhatch
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Lovely girl and what a great driver, so sad to die that young.
RIP Sabine
RIP Sabine
Very sad news.
RIP Sabine.
RIP Sabine.
Fignon's Ponytail
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I didnt even know she was ill until a friend posted on FB this morning. Such sad news.
Weststander
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I'm not a petrol head, but I loved Top Gear in that era.
Sabine was [horrible typing this in past tense] an immensely talented/accomplished driver and charismatic, with a brilliant sense of humour, she more than held her own with the TG trio.
Such a shame. RIP Sabine.
Sabine was [horrible typing this in past tense] an immensely talented/accomplished driver and charismatic, with a brilliant sense of humour, she more than held her own with the TG trio.
Such a shame. RIP Sabine.
Weststander
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At 0:35 is there a car on the right travelling in the wrong direction?
Amazing .... one by one Sabine hunts them all down.
Badger Boy
Mr Badger
- Jan 28, 2016
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Genuinely one of my favourite segments on Top Gear that was. So entertaining, that clip is essentially 3 minutes of Sabine driving a van around a track but it's so entertaining and good to watch. All the driving talent in the world, 100% respect from everyone watching and everyone routing for her and the van to dip under 10 minutes. Brilliant clip.
Such a loss, RIP Sabine.
Thoughts to [MENTION=409]Herr Tubthumper[/MENTION].
Silverhatch
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Thanks for posting. Seen a lot of Ring clips but that one is right up there with all of them. Superb race craft. Used to have some racing mates that would call car control on a surface like that akin to "Milking a Mouse!"
AIT76
The wisdom of a fool
- Jul 29, 2004
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Managed to find a race report online - excuse the translation:
After qualifying, the team around race director Andreas Thamm (Wuppertal) had a lot to do. “After an accident in the airfield section, there was a double yellow phase to recover the vehicle,” said Thamm. “An unusually large number of drivers did not adhere to the prescribed speed limit of 60 km / h. We dealt with each violation individually and conscientiously.” Eight vehicles were cancelled all training laps due to high speed violations, so that the participants had to start the race from the end of their respective classification group. In numerous other vehicles, the fastest lap time was canceled and the training result corrected accordingly. Affected by the penalties was also the later winning Frikadelli team. "We got the penalty rightly because Sabine simply drove too fast," said team boss Klaus Abbelen. “The race management acted perfectly right.” Sabine Schmitz started the race from the end of the first starting group and came back from lap one in fourth: “That was a lot of fun and I was able to make up for my mistake from qualifying. I opted for slicks in a light drizzle and initially had problems getting my tires up to temperature. But the choice of tires turned out to be spot on and I was able to quickly catch up with the leaders."