RIP Sabine Schmitz

Stuff reports:

Sabine Schmitz, the first and only female race car driver to win the annual 24-hour race on the famed Nürburgring circuit and a renowned TV personality, has died. She was 51.

Schmitz had been ill with cancer since 2017 and continued racing until 2019. The 24-hour race’s organizers said she died Tuesday following “a years-long battle with her disease.”

That’s very sad. So young. I loved her on Top Gear. An amazing driver, but also such an engaging personality.