Sabine Schmitz's Nurburgring Van Challenge | Top Gear - Part 1
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15 жыл бұрынPart one of two. Richard Hammond introduces Sabine Schmitz's attempt to drive a Ford transit van around the Nurburgring in under ten minutes.
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@GT-oy7ce 3 жыл бұрын
Sadly she just passed away because of cancer. RIP
@georgepeg6167 3 жыл бұрын
😔😔
@user-ry3no8mc6z 3 жыл бұрын
Rest in Peace Queen of Nurburgring
@lordmalvada8212 3 жыл бұрын
A sad loss 😔 . This hateful disease nearly took my wife, I can only imagine what she and her loved one's went through. 😪
@cerealfibre6938 3 жыл бұрын
@@lordmalvada8212 Well I'm glad it didn't take your wife. Sadly it took my uncle.
@cerealfibre6938 3 жыл бұрын
@King Dave Er no, don't be sorry. This happened nearly fifteen years ago and I've moved on now.
@dinoduderocket 3 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace, what an incredible woman, and brilliant role model.
@daveflynn2353 3 жыл бұрын
She was something special for sure
@KaiCheetah 2 жыл бұрын
She was indeed
@pixelnazgul 7 ай бұрын
not a role model. also looks a lot like konan
@kgeaswaran 3 жыл бұрын
Hammond's line "no one alive knew Nurburgring like Sabine" will forever be true.
@applejuice5272 3 жыл бұрын
😭 💔
@jameshancock6745 3 жыл бұрын
Sadly it will😣
@pixelnazgul 7 ай бұрын
never was. there's actually many famous and not ppl who know it well
@Tokyodrift5000 3 жыл бұрын
Just found out the horrible news this morning. May she rest in peace. Can't believe she's gone.
@32a34a 3 жыл бұрын
I'll second your emotion. She was an amazing driver.
@maxb1401 3 жыл бұрын
I strictly learned about and knew who she was from this episode. Really sad when I saw the news.
@stevecollins2182 3 жыл бұрын
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 3 жыл бұрын
Some celebrity deaths hit so hard and you have no idea why.... This was definitely one of those, so sad
@e28forever30 3 жыл бұрын
@@stevecollins2182 My condolences..
@sf89sh 3 жыл бұрын
A very sad day. Sabine passed away yesterday. She was something special. RIP Sabine (1969-2021)
@MrAxl165 3 жыл бұрын
We all came here after hearing the tragic news. She was brilliant. R.I.P Sabine Schmitz! ✨ This is so heartbreaking.
@my64impala1 10 жыл бұрын
2:44 The Stigs 70's cousin!!!!
@DrunkenNinjaGames95 9 жыл бұрын
Stigs dad? If he has a dad that is.
@KAMIKAZE-dk8xd 9 жыл бұрын
Hhhh lmao hoa did u notice that
@i_dostuffwitheverything1645 6 жыл бұрын
my64impala1 i
@Firemarioflower 5 жыл бұрын
Sabine could also be a cousin of the German Stig
@derek-press 5 жыл бұрын
some say "he travels in time"
@Sweaty__Sheep 3 жыл бұрын
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 3 жыл бұрын
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 3 жыл бұрын
Didn’t know this, hope she gets better.😕
@shrayusshirali6894 3 жыл бұрын
@@petercavellini3232 she passed away:(
@Ethan-Entah 3 жыл бұрын
Sadly passed today. May she rest in peace
@Sweaty__Sheep 3 жыл бұрын
@@Ethan-Entah I've never even met the woman and I'm devastated.
@mrgdc7120 3 жыл бұрын
This is a dark day for motorsport. 😔 R.I.P Sabine - the world has lost an icon.
@UTubeSL 3 жыл бұрын
Genuinely shocked and saddened by Sabine Schmitz's passing. What a joyful person she was. RIP.
@MrJuan310194 6 жыл бұрын
"It's not they are slow, but i'm fast" Sabine Schmitz
@Septimus_ii 4 жыл бұрын
She's not wrong
@H0rnet69 3 жыл бұрын
RIP Sabine Schmitz. You will be missed.
@connorcook5769 3 жыл бұрын
"Well they are slow but I'm fast". What a legend. Rest in peace Sabine Schmitz.
@trainman665 3 жыл бұрын
RIP Sabine. You’ll always be remembered for your part in one of the most memorable moments of Top Gear of all time.
@steviekek 3 жыл бұрын
Watching this classic again after hearing of Sabine Schmitz passing RIP Queen of the ring
@Sim0n98 3 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe someone this full of energy could pass away so young. R.I.P Sabine.
@manusiaklon2164 Жыл бұрын
So young? 😅
@stacyplant9327 6 ай бұрын
@@manusiaklon2164she was 51, way too young
@AbleToCum1 9 жыл бұрын
Some say Sabine is Stig's sister...
@tonweya3615 6 жыл бұрын
She IS Stig...
@jakubkrcma 5 жыл бұрын
Some say Stig is Sabine's sister... :-)))
@ChrisBl33p 5 жыл бұрын
@@FourDollaRacing What!?
@joogiewatkins1519 5 жыл бұрын
Some say she's his German cousin.
@ronaldboers8061 4 жыл бұрын
It is the only reasonable explanation. :-)
@Monocle_GentleSir_ 3 жыл бұрын
Hammond- "we've come to Nurburgring" *Angry james noises*
@denja964 3 жыл бұрын
"If I'd been a bomber in world war two I would have bombed the whole thing"
@SharpAsABricc 3 жыл бұрын
I've found the root of the problem Developed at the Nurburgring
@Matvo 9 жыл бұрын
They should have give her the van they used against the aussies.
@user-mw8ug9xm8e 9 жыл бұрын
The XJ220 testbed.
@benjyfriedman 5 жыл бұрын
That would've DESTROYED Jeremy's 9 minutes and 59 seconds lap time!
@vorbo01 4 жыл бұрын
I doubt that thing has enough fuel on board to do a full lap lol
@igorpidar4494 3 жыл бұрын
@austinrover2005 more like snap oversteer due to the big V12 in the back
@dkmorris713 3 жыл бұрын
@austinrover2005 Why do you say that? It was mid engined
@dkrieger5281 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@Denis-wu4nb 3 жыл бұрын
Now the Ring will have his queen forever.. Race in peace 🌹
@bartigebarner9933 8 жыл бұрын
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 7 жыл бұрын
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 5 жыл бұрын
Any man bothered by her passing them has deeper problems than their lap time.
@chrisbleurgh7425 5 жыл бұрын
@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 4 жыл бұрын
@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 3 жыл бұрын
They should have made her presenter on Top gear
@douglasg8827 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@Fev998 3 жыл бұрын
RIP Sabine, this episode was one of my favourite episodes and I will always remember how well she threw that Transit around
@khas01_earthling 3 жыл бұрын
RIP Sabine. A talent and personality we will miss.
@daniellesharpe7965 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@jaymeister4850 3 жыл бұрын
Rest in Power you lovely, powerful, hilarious, cheerful and amazing woman 😭❤️ I hope she know how beloved she was when she passed
@User-3O3 3 жыл бұрын
RIP Sabine. Just found out and came straight here. Beautiful and talented woman. Can't believe it.
@olivereuro4170 3 жыл бұрын
RIP Sabine, You're just one lap ahead of the rest of us.
@billy5179 3 жыл бұрын
a 10 minute lap that is... :(
@passiondrivingDE 3 жыл бұрын
RIP Sabine. You will never be forgotten. You've been a hero for so many of us!
@AKSHAY-bu4ox 3 жыл бұрын
RIP. She was fighting with cancer for the last 3 years. She was a legend
@moiseiuliancristian 3 жыл бұрын
I'm here for Sabine. May God rest her soul.
@fcb741 3 жыл бұрын
Einfach immer noch Hammer - Ruhe in Frieden! Still a brilliant video - rest in peace! ❤
@HannibalACP82 3 жыл бұрын
"But they are slow and I am fast. Haha." RIP to a true legend!
@MalaysiaExoticCarSpotter 3 жыл бұрын
RIP Sabine Schmitz , Thanks you for giving us all those memories🙏
@EmeraldCityRiz 3 жыл бұрын
RIP Sabine. Way too young. What a terrible loss for her family and the world of motor sports.
@alricdark 3 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace Sabine. You brought a smile to the face of millions of Top Gear views.
@dub_dub1504 2 жыл бұрын
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❤️
@JunkMan13013 3 жыл бұрын
"They are slow, but I am fast" We will miss you Sabine.
@raja0011987 3 жыл бұрын
RIP legend!!! and one of my favourite segments was this one
@moonshine3333 4 жыл бұрын
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 3 жыл бұрын
Oh no what happened
@moonshine3333 3 жыл бұрын
@@DP-qm6qe Scroll further. Cancer 😳
@DP-qm6qe 3 жыл бұрын
@@moonshine3333 ah mate wtf that's so shit
@UnitSe7en 3 жыл бұрын
Why are you talking to her here? Gotta be one of the most idiotic things ever.
@SpearmintSerpent 3 жыл бұрын
@@moonshine3333 Uhh, about that...
@the_Kiwi666 3 жыл бұрын
Just heard of her passing yesterday, and now the KZfaq algorithm hits me whith this
@stephenphillip5656 3 жыл бұрын
"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.
@anonomous8719 3 жыл бұрын
Rip Sabine! One of the Fastest Nurburgring drivers! 🪦
@iPickBadUsrnames 3 жыл бұрын
RIP SABINE YOU ABSOLUTE LEGEND.
@onee 8 жыл бұрын
2:29 Was The Stig driving that van when he was young?
@Chino56751 8 жыл бұрын
+onee I bet it was.
@platenoise256 5 жыл бұрын
thats the stig's boomer dad
@Zak-ob5ze 4 жыл бұрын
Stigs dad
@Evaunit98 3 жыл бұрын
The stig doesn’t age so it probably was
@gymusen 2 ай бұрын
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.❤
@errateksines9103 3 жыл бұрын
RIP Sabine you brought a lot of entertainment to us all with your driving skill and personality!!🖤💖 💛
@Jezza819 3 жыл бұрын
R.I.P The Queen of The Ring. She had such a great personality and she was one hell of a driver.
@ronwatson1918 2 жыл бұрын
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.
@Harry._.Thompson 3 жыл бұрын
RIP Sabine Schmitz's 🙏Legend of the Nurburgring and Top Gear
@RhysD298 3 жыл бұрын
Watching this in memory of Sabine, an amazing woman, RIP
@WigsyDoesSimRacing 3 жыл бұрын
She will always be the queen of the ring. RIP angel.
@CulturePopChannel 3 жыл бұрын
Came as soon as I heard the news. What a legend. Forever the Queen of the Nurburgring. R.I.P
@Alexander_l322 3 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Sabine. Taken way too soon after a long battle with cancer. I guess they needed the best racing driver up there.
@statesidesupercars 3 жыл бұрын
RIP Queen of the Nurburgring :(
@calvinteh3297 3 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace, Queen of Nürburgring 🙏
@KenCrash 3 жыл бұрын
My condoleances to her family, friends and her racing community. I will never forget this van challenge, it is epic.
@KNJGSY 11 жыл бұрын
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.
@gleedameister 7 жыл бұрын
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
@hybridAbsol 6 жыл бұрын
funny you should say that
@Jan_Iedema 5 жыл бұрын
He went trough a lot
@JonatasAdoM 5 жыл бұрын
He was britished
@jamesgaskin7757 4 жыл бұрын
He said the jet car crash changed his personality
@user-de4cq6uk6l 3 жыл бұрын
I think that’s because the script writers changed his character a bit for the show
@dhilboy231 3 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace Queen of the Ring♥️♥️♥️
@ad13all 3 жыл бұрын
Loved this episode! Such an awesome personality and driver!
@AC-SlaUkr 3 жыл бұрын
You’ll be remembered long after your passing. Thank-you for the joy you gave and for your irrepressible spirit. Rest in peace.
@andyparkinson509 3 жыл бұрын
Rip Sabine, you’re the queen of the ring always
@johnfairfield6938 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@achintyaaatreya 2 жыл бұрын
"They're slow but I'm fast". Couldn't help but smile. What a wonderful personality.
@macthemec 15 жыл бұрын
this is going to be good, i can't wait for part 2!
@dallassukerkin6878 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@AliKazi 3 жыл бұрын
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
@barryotoole6990 3 жыл бұрын
Sabine RIP , was a great driver had a lovely bubbly personality. Gone but not forgotten..
@AB-C1 3 жыл бұрын
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 5 жыл бұрын
"because they're slow and I'm fast" I just feel in love.
@williamharris2855 3 жыл бұрын
RIP Sabine, what a legend, she will be missed
@timoakley277 3 жыл бұрын
Just unforgettable. Quite possibly the best thing top gear and sabine schmitz ever did.
@benjaminhornshaw8394 3 жыл бұрын
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
@Masterjay2210 10 жыл бұрын
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 7 жыл бұрын
Gesundheit to you too.
@Chris_Drifts 3 жыл бұрын
Rip Sabine Schmitz 😭😢💔
@Niinsa62 3 жыл бұрын
Sabine will live forever in our hearts. Wonderful. Wonderful. Unforgettable.
@NISARQC 3 жыл бұрын
RIP Sabine thank you for the memories.
@David-ki6jq 3 жыл бұрын
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
@BRETTmicRo 9 жыл бұрын
4:11 Heisenberg?
@ottokern1001 9 жыл бұрын
He is alive!!!
@streettacohunter3706 3 жыл бұрын
Her smile and laughter are contagious, even after she's gone. RIP Queen...
@lowridr2 15 жыл бұрын
cant wait till next half
@kevsairsoft 8 жыл бұрын
Song at 1:20 'man with the movie camera- the cinematic orchestra'
@topdavid 9 жыл бұрын
A french guy did the ring in a diesel citroen AX with almost 700.000kms in 9:55...
@YesIAmThatCoolBitch 9 жыл бұрын
how long did it take him? years!
@topdavid 9 жыл бұрын
9:55 as written in my comment...
@YesIAmThatCoolBitch 9 жыл бұрын
topdavid I know, but he tried it over several years as written in my comment...
@topdavid 9 жыл бұрын
:)
@LazlowRave 6 жыл бұрын
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.
@jonathantatler 15 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!!! We've got to know the rest!
@sushh1 15 жыл бұрын
gotta see part 2!
@TimesInfinity101 4 жыл бұрын
2:38 he's not The Stig, but he is The Stig's van driving grandad
@roadie3124 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@gracie2298 Жыл бұрын
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.
@fuller9box 3 жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace Queen Sabine. You were awesome. thanks for the memories!
@MrGlennJohnsen 3 жыл бұрын
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!
@blablamannetje 7 жыл бұрын
At 04:42 "They [vans] are slow, but I'm fast" hahahaha!
@tobytoxd 7 жыл бұрын
*They [some people] are slow (...), thats what she said according to what Richard is saying :)
@ZeldaFan-vr9jy 7 ай бұрын
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
@beano9343 6 жыл бұрын
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
@oms6661 8 жыл бұрын
2:47. ITS DA STIG. XD
@alexpaumen3937 5 жыл бұрын
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 4 жыл бұрын
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 4 жыл бұрын
@@souvikrc4499 Yes but... Ford is American, how are they going to get chicken taxed an American company making vehicles in America?
@abodymody7641 3 жыл бұрын
They are not comparable to the dependable and reliable GMC savana/Chevy express american vans with powerful v8 engines
@agelee315 3 жыл бұрын
Rewatching this to pay respects to the Queen. RIP
@jackghawaii 15 жыл бұрын
we want PART 2!!!
@michaelramsey82 3 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace, Sabine. You were a legend.
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