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Queen of Nürburgring, Sabine Schmitz has died after a long battle with cancer. According to German publication LSR Freunde, Schmitz passed away on 16 March 2021 at 51.
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Her team, Frikadelli Racing, has yet to release an official statement on her passing.
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Update: Frikadelli Racing has confirmed the passing of Sabine Schmitz.
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Schmitz is well-known to be the only woman to win a 24-hour race in the Green Hell. To date, no other woman has completed as many laps on the Nordschleife as Schmitz.
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The German herself estimated that she has lapped the track more than 20,000 times, both on racing occasions and on taxi-ing shows.
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A trained hotelier, Schmitz has always had a love for motorsport, having been born in the town of Nurburg itself. She was also known to have owned a bar-restaurant named after a section of the track.
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Although she has already made a name for herself as a force in the motorsport world, it wasn’t until she was invited to host the revamped Top Gear that she became a household name.
Schmitz has been battling breast cancer since 2017. She revealed in a Facebook post in July 2020, she had sought treatment and her condition had been improving, but, unfortunately, she had a relapse during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Rest in peace, Queen of Nürburgring.
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