Sabine Schmitz's Nurburgring Van Challenge | Top Gear - Part 1

[@dinoduderocket]

Rest in peace, what an incredible woman, and brilliant role model.

[@daveflynn2353]

She was something special for sure

[@KaiCheetah]

She was indeed

[@prosto_potomuwto]

not a role model. also looks a lot like konan

[@kgeaswaran]

Hammond's line "no one alive knew Nurburgring like Sabine" will forever be true.

[@applejuice5272]

😭 💔

[@jameshancock6745]

Sadly it will😣

[@prosto_potomuwto]

never was. there's actually many famous and not ppl who know it well

[@sirbillius]

@@prosto_potomuwto Not as well as her.

[@MrAxl165]

We all came here after hearing the tragic news. She was brilliant. R.I.P Sabine Schmitz! ✨ This is so heartbreaking.

[@Tokyodrift5000]

Just found out the horrible news this morning. May she rest in peace. Can't believe she's gone.

[@32a34a]

I'll second your emotion. She was an amazing driver.

[@maxb1401]

I strictly learned about and knew who she was from this episode. Really sad when I saw the news.

[@stevecollins2182]

Born the same year as my wife, died a year after my wife passed, both victims to that bastard disease called cancer. So sad.

[@seanchris6019]

Some celebrity deaths hit so hard and you have no idea why.... This was definitely one of those, so sad

[@e28forever30]

@@stevecollins2182 My condolences..

[@sf89sh]

A very sad day. Sabine passed away yesterday. She was something special. RIP Sabine (1969-2021)

[@Sweaty__Sheep]

Bless her. She has now come forward with severe cancer that has stopped her racing. She is an absolute pioneer woman that the media never made enough fuss about. I pray that she gets over this and is still strong enough to live a full life. What a wonderful woman.

[@benlittle5436]

To mention another, Michele Mouton is almost never mentioned enough... someone who has WON group B and Pikes Peak is a scary person no matter their gender

[@petercavellini3232]

Didn’t know this, hope she gets better.😕

[@shrayusshirali6894]

@@petercavellini3232 she passed away:(

[@Ethan-Entah]

Sadly passed today. May she rest in peace

[@Sweaty__Sheep]

@@Ethan-Entah I've never even met the woman and I'm devastated.

[@my64impala1]

2:44 The Stigs 70's cousin!!!!

[@DrunkenNinjaGames95]

Stigs dad? If he has a dad that is.

[@KAMIKAZE-dk8xd]

Hhhh lmao hoa did u notice that

[@i_dostuffwitheverything1645]

my64impala1 i

[@Firemarioflower]

Sabine could also be a cousin of the German Stig

[@derek-press]

some say "he travels in time"

[@GT-oy7ce]

Sadly she just passed away because of cancer. RIP

[@georgepeg6167]

😔😔

[@Γιάννης-ξ8μ]

Rest in Peace Queen of Nurburgring

[@lordmalvada8212]

A sad loss 😔 . This hateful disease nearly took my wife, I can only imagine what she and her loved one's went through. 😪

[@cerealfibre6938]

@@lordmalvada8212 Well I'm glad it didn't take your wife. Sadly it took my uncle.

[@cerealfibre6938]

@King Dave Er no, don't be sorry. This happened nearly fifteen years ago and I've moved on now.

[@UTubeSL]

Genuinely shocked and saddened by Sabine Schmitz's passing. What a joyful person she was. RIP.

[@mrgdc7120]

This is a dark day for motorsport. 😔 R.I.P Sabine - the world has lost an icon.

[@trainman665]

RIP Sabine. You’ll always be remembered for your part in one of the most memorable moments of Top Gear of all time.

[@dkrieger5281]

Here again, years later, with a much different feel. Gone but NEVER forgotten. Rest in peace you absolute legend. The Queen of the ring. Sabine Shmitz. Forever in our hearts.

[@Sim0n98]

Hard to believe someone this full of energy could pass away so young. R.I.P Sabine.

[@manusiaklon2164]

So young? 😅

[@stacyplant9327]

@@manusiaklon2164she was 51, way too young

[@steviekek]

Watching this classic again after hearing of Sabine Schmitz passing RIP Queen of the ring

[@Matvo]

They should have give her the van they used against the aussies.

[@羅漢果-b4c]

The XJ220 testbed.

[@benjyfriedman]

That would've DESTROYED Jeremy's 9 minutes and 59 seconds lap time!

[@vorbo01]

I doubt that thing has enough fuel on board to do a full lap lol

[@igorpidar4494]

@austinrover2005 more like snap oversteer due to the big V12 in the back

[@dkmorris713]

@austinrover2005 Why do you say that? It was mid engined

[@bartigebarner9933]

imagine the faces of the guys who get overtaken by sabine in a van. i mean theyre driving Porsches and who knows what and then there Comes a van and destroys their lap time XD

[@Nicko6180]

You actually saw in this video a guy racing a ford transit against a few mini's one of the best handling cars ever built, and holding his own.

[@infidel6728]

Any man bothered by her passing them has deeper problems than their lap time.

[@chrisbleurgh7425]

@Syndrome of a Down There will be a sore excess for insurance purposes, but you don't have to pay for the whole car if you run it into the barrier.

[@noneofyourbusiness4294]

@Syndrome of a Down some of them rent them, others don't. Even the locals, who spend a huge amount of time on the Ring, and are capable of putting down solid laptimes tend to drive carefully and rather slow, when a lot of tourists are there. Those guys know, when to drive slowly, and just have a nice day on a beautiful track. Meanwhile, tourists often underestimate the track, overshoot a corner, or do stupid stuff in general, like drifting at Brünnchen for example. Which often leads to accidents, which then results in the very reason why natural selection is important: getting out of the car, standing directly in the apex of a rather fast paced corner, to check the damage on the car. Seriously, any car that comes after them could make the same mistake, hitting them, now we have a fatal accident. You don't see such dumbassery with the locals.

[@freakybaby1012]

They should have made her presenter on Top gear

[@MrJuan310194]

"It's not they are slow, but i'm fast" Sabine Schmitz

[@Septimus_ii]

She's not wrong

[@connorcook5769]

"Well they are slow but I'm fast". What a legend. Rest in peace Sabine Schmitz.

[@douglasg8827]

RIP Sabine, live forever on Dave..... A funny female german racedriver who didn't have her sat nav set on Poland, she showed anything is possible.

[@TFNv0197]

RIP Sabine, this episode was one of my favourite episodes and I will always remember how well she threw that Transit around

[@daniellesharpe7965]

This was the first time I ever saw this amazing lady. She left such a good impression. Talented, a fabulous driver, a beautiful, bubbly personality. RIP Sabine, a true legend.

[@Monocle_GentleSir_]

Hammond- "we've come to Nurburgring" *Angry james noises*

[@denja964]

"If I'd been a bomber in world war two I would have bombed the whole thing"

[@SharpAsABricc]

I've found the root of the problem Developed at the Nurburgring

[@H0rnet69]

RIP Sabine Schmitz. You will be missed.

[@passiondrivingDE]

RIP Sabine. You will never be forgotten. You've been a hero for so many of us!

[@User-3O3]

RIP Sabine. Just found out and came straight here. Beautiful and talented woman. Can't believe it.

[@fcb741]

Einfach immer noch Hammer - Ruhe in Frieden! Still a brilliant video - rest in peace! ❤

[@Denis-wu4nb]

Now the Ring will have his queen forever.. Race in peace 🌹

[@jaymeister4850]

Rest in Power you lovely, powerful, hilarious, cheerful and amazing woman 😭❤️ I hope she know how beloved she was when she passed

[@onee]

2:29 Was The Stig driving that van when he was young?

[@Chino56751]

+onee I bet it was.

[@platenoise256]

thats the stig's boomer dad

[@Zak-ob5ze]

Stigs dad

[@Evaunit98]

The stig doesn’t age so it probably was

[@dub_dub1504]

Out of 20 years of Top Gear, this is without a doubt my favourite clip and mostly down to the Queen of the Nuremberg ring. Rest easy Sabine❤️

[@khas01_earthling]

RIP Sabine. A talent and personality we will miss.

[@moonshine3333]

Sabine, I've just heard the bad news. You always seem so full of life so I know you'll keep fighting. One of the best Top Gears ever👍

[@DP-qm6qe]

Oh no what happened

[@moonshine3333]

@@DP-qm6qe Scroll further. Cancer 😳

[@DP-qm6qe]

@@moonshine3333 ah mate wtf that's so shit

[@UnitSe7en]

Why are you talking to her here? Gotta be one of the most idiotic things ever.

[@SpearmintSerpent]

@@moonshine3333 Uhh, about that...

[@alricdark]

Rest in peace Sabine. You brought a smile to the face of millions of Top Gear views.

[@olivereuro4170]

RIP Sabine, You're just one lap ahead of the rest of us.

[@billy5179]

a 10 minute lap that is... :(

[@MalaysiaExoticCarSpotter]

RIP Sabine Schmitz , Thanks you for giving us all those memories🙏

[@AKSHAY-bu4ox]

RIP. She was fighting with cancer for the last 3 years. She was a legend

[@EmeraldCityRiz]

RIP Sabine. Way too young. What a terrible loss for her family and the world of motor sports.

[@stephenphillip5656]

"I know, it's slow,...but I'm fast!". So much truth in 7 words. Sabine, you've been taken from your family (world-wide) far, far too soon. Such a shock to us all when we heard of your passing. My sincere condolences to your family, I can't begin to imagine their grief. You lit up our lives and we are richer for that.

[@moiseiuliancristian]

I'm here for Sabine. May God rest her soul.

[@HannibalACP82]

"But they are slow and I am fast. Haha." RIP to a true legend!

[@RounderRounder]

"They are slow, but I am fast" We will miss you Sabine.

[@ronwatson1918]

My God, What an amazing legacy she left. Everyone on here remembers her incredible talent, her ferocious will to win and her incredible positivity. Much as everyone is devastated by her tragic loss they are also comforted that her inspirational and uplifting drive and spirit lives on here forever.

[@raja0011987]

RIP legend!!! and one of my favourite segments was this one

[@gymusen]

Everytime I see something van related, I remember this video and Sabine, and everytime I come here to watch this video over again, Rest in Peace Sabine.❤

[@anonomous8719]

Rip Sabine! One of the Fastest Nurburgring drivers! 🪦

[@ThePirouliette]

1:17 : because of that excerpt of Vilderness from Nils Petter Molvaer I just spent roughly 1h long to listen back to "Solid Ether" album. I would bet that Jeremy was implied in musical illustration of their documentaries as he's one of a kind amongst music lovers

[@gleedameister]

Does anybody else think that Richard was a much better host back in the day? Like he was so much more peppy and upbeat and in newer top gear he was a lot more sarcastic and miserable

[@AnthroGearhead]

funny you should say that

[@Jan_Iedema]

He went trough a lot

[@JonatasAdoM]

He was britished

[@jamesgaskin7757]

He said the jet car crash changed his personality

[@user-de4cq6uk6l]

I think that’s because the script writers changed his character a bit for the show

[@the_Kiwi666]

Just heard of her passing yesterday, and now the KZbin algorithm hits me whith this

[@errateksines9103]

RIP Sabine you brought a lot of entertainment to us all with your driving skill and personality!!🖤💖 💛

[@Jezza819]

R.I.P The Queen of The Ring. She had such a great personality and she was one hell of a driver.

[@codypettigrew9972]

RIP Sabine. The ring along with all of your fans will sorely miss you.

[@CulturePopChannel]

Came as soon as I heard the news. What a legend. Forever the Queen of the Nurburgring. R.I.P

[@Harry._.Thompson]

RIP Sabine Schmitz's 🙏Legend of the Nurburgring and Top Gear

[@achintyaaatreya]

"They're slow but I'm fast". Couldn't help but smile. What a wonderful personality.

[@dallassukerkin6878]

The piece of TV history where most of we petrol-heads fell in love with this woman. So heartbreaking that she was taken from us in such a cruel way.

[@KenCrash]

My condoleances to her family, friends and her racing community. I will never forget this van challenge, it is epic.

[@Masterjay2210]

The last line just made Germany a proud nation and I can't deny such truth.. Germany is always fast at almost everything.. economy and technology... Such a brilliant nation. Gesundheit Deutschland!

[@Superphilipp]

Gesundheit to you too.

[@streettacohunter3706]

Her smile and laughter are contagious, even after she's gone. RIP Queen...

[@iPickBadUsrnames]

RIP SABINE YOU ABSOLUTE LEGEND.

[@RhysD298]

Watching this in memory of Sabine, an amazing woman, RIP

[@Alexander_l322]

R.I.P Sabine. Taken way too soon after a long battle with cancer. I guess they needed the best racing driver up there.

[@BRETTmicRo]

4:11 Heisenberg?

[@ottokern1001]

He is alive!!!

[@johnfairfield6938]

if all her fans are heartbroken with this news imagine how her family are feeling,a truely bright light has just gone out,rip sabine.

[@AC-SlaUkr]

You’ll be remembered long after your passing. Thank-you for the joy you gave and for your irrepressible spirit. Rest in peace.

[@statesidesupercars]

RIP Queen of the Nurburgring :(

[@AndrewCheshire]

Fifteenish years ago, this review alone sold me the 2016 Transit I eventually bought, and it is HANDS DOWN the best car I've ever driven.

[@andyparkinson509]

Rip Sabine, you’re the queen of the ring always

[@Relax0kay]

These top gear series makes me so happy. So sad to realize this will never get back.

[@blablamannetje]

At 04:42 "They [vans] are slow, but I'm fast" hahahaha!

[@tobytoxd]

*They [some people] are slow (...), thats what she said according to what Richard is saying :)

[@AB-C1]

Brilliant, loved Sabine Schmitz ever since I first saw her on Top Gear in 2004! Infectiously funny, UTTERLY Brilliant and Skillful behind the wheel and 100% entertaining!! Her passing is a UTTER TRAGEDY! But they say the best often die young, she was and is THE BEST! And I'm sure she has lots of drivers to teach in heaven. She may be gone but she will NEVER be forgotten she WAS the Nurburg Ring summed up in a nutshell Exciting, FUNNY, Skillful, and made people SMILE, Laugh and HAPPY!! HER legacy will live on as long as the Track does in ALL our memories!! R.I.P. Sabine Schmitz thank you for your Genius and Loveable, kind and fun personality with the BIGGEST SMILE to match!! God Bless! ❤️😎💔

[@Raez_XL]

"because they're slow and I'm fast" I just feel in love.

[@timoakley277]

Just unforgettable. Quite possibly the best thing top gear and sabine schmitz ever did.

[@kevsairsoft]

Song at 1:20 'man with the movie camera- the cinematic orchestra'

[@KNJGSY]

That orange Mk.1 van racing at Lydden Hill form 2:23 to 2:50 is the Ford Apprentice Training School 7 litre V8 Ford powered conversion. I've been looking for clips & pics of that for years - yes I was there & even cut metal for it!! Yay!! Later on it grew a pair of chrome plated side-pipe exhausts. I saw it live at Walthamstow Stadium - racing stock cars. We helped push it off the trailer on to the circuit. It was the precursor of Supervan.

[@David-ki6jq]

Yes she was a great racing driver, and was savagely fast at the nurburgring, but I'll remember her most for her quirky personality and her infectious laugh. You couldn't help but laugh with her. RIP Sabine

[@ad13all]

Loved this episode! Such an awesome personality and driver!

[@AliKazi]

Really sad news 🥺❤️ May You Rest In Peace Legend of The ‘Ring’. 🏁🏎 “I tell you something, I do that lap time in a van” we were all shocked when she done it 😧👌Talented, skilled, funny, fearless, amazing and loved by so many #ripsabineschmitz

[@WigsyDoesSimRacing]

She will always be the queen of the ring. RIP angel.

[@MrGlennJohnsen]

She'll drive forever in heaven's version of the Nurburgring, putting all the wanna be racers to shame in her Transit Van. RIP you absolute legend!

[@roadie3124]

She was so much fun, so alive, so full of bounce, that it's very hard to try to understand that she's no longer with us. She was only a year older than my son. Far too young to die. Thanks for the memories, Sabine.

[@calvinteh3297]

Rest in peace, Queen of Nürburgring 🙏

[@ZeldaFan-vr9jy]

Such amazing woman I never forget watching the top gear and the way she drove that van Rest In Peace such a sad loss my heart goes out

[@williamharris2855]

RIP Sabine, what a legend, she will be missed

[@beano9343]

0:38 take it for granted if you will. It is an excellent vehicle when it works. Ever tried working on one when you get that lovely orange glow from the engine light When it's working, it works well

[@anzaca1]

4:07 Sabine, at least personality-wise, is basically a female version of Jeremy.

[@MrSniperfox29]

She does have an incredible ego on her. She's good, no question, but she mocks someone for a "bad time" on a track he barely knows when she's driven it thousands of times.

[@lolotaeja3911]

Yeah.... no. Sabine was a genuinely kind and honest person with a wicked sense of humor and a deeply competitive drive. Clarkson's sort of a grade a ass-hat. Do not miss him at all.

[@goldenfrog2]

I can't believe she's gone,she was an absolute inspiration,51 is not an age to die.

[@topdavid]

A french guy did the ring in a diesel citroen AX with almost 700.000kms in 9:55...

[@YesIAmThatCoolBitch]

how long did it take him? years!

[@topdavid]

9:55 as written in my comment...

[@YesIAmThatCoolBitch]

topdavid I know, but he tried it over several years as written in my comment...

[@topdavid]

:)

[@LazlowRave]

So. That car is what, 1.1 meters tall? The Transit is 1.8 meters tall! That's 6ft (for you Americans) Also the AX had Advan A048 racing rubber! The Transit had all-weathers! This is a useless comment. Like comparing Sabine Schmitz and something useless, like to a French guy who doesn't show his face.

[@RWL2012]

This is a special order Transit. The 135bhp engine isn't normally available in the smallest T260 of this generation

[@RWL2012]

timwins31 I stand corrected :-)

[@RWL2012]

UK by the way

[@RWL2012]

timwins31 Are your company's ones 6-speed?

[@AlexTrain5249]

It’s a shame the US didn’t see the greatness of the Transit until recently. I’ve seen a lot of new Transits recently. Yes the Transits today still can go pretty well.

[@souvikrc4499]

Blame the "chicken tax", for closing off competition in the light truck/van category for decades. www.thoughtco.com/chicken-tax-4159747 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax

[@brunoraoni]

@@souvikrc4499 Yes but... Ford is American, how are they going to get chicken taxed an American company making vehicles in America?

[@abodymody7641]

They are not comparable to the dependable and reliable GMC savana/Chevy express american vans with powerful v8 engines

[@janik039666]

So shocked... This week I my brain accidentally recalled M5 ring taxi videos and I started to rewatch them every evening. Today I was curious whether is there some video of Sabine with Schumi and what I see is this((( RIP, Sabine

[@TimesInfinity101]

2:38 he's not The Stig, but he is The Stig's van driving grandad

[@ianjohnston8871]

Heartbroken to hear about Sabines death. Fabulous person and even more fabulous pilot. Rest in peace and thank you for the hours of thrills and fun.💔

[@dhilboy231]

Rest in peace Queen of the Ring♥️♥️♥️

[@benjaminhornshaw8394]

An absolute legend! At the ring they should name a corner after her..... & its a right down into Sabine ..... would be the right thing to do.... Rip, the ring queen

[@vsbaratinho]

Sabine, welcome to the TOP GEAR as a presenter!!!

[@vsbaratinho]

We miss you :(

[@gracie2298]

Just learned of this fabulous woman. Have watched her race & she loved what she was doing! Will never understand why great people are taken from us too soon & the vile live on.

[@Chris_Drifts]

Rip Sabine Schmitz 😭😢💔

[@syedsalalilyas5465]

That transit at 0:37 is used in Pakistan as a passenger van. Peshawar city is full of them. Crammed with passengers & driven like they're on a race circuit.

[@stephencox5302]

Will Amazon sign her as their Head of delivery driver instruction and training. ?!

[@enderan647]

4:42 Yes, we're slow and you're fast. Too fast actually. You're so fast that you already left us behind. RIP Sabine.