The “Queen” has died, long live Sabine!
When I first heard that Sabine Schmitz has passed away, I thought it was a prank gone horribly wrong. But after a few hours of frantically searching the interweb, I was finally convinced that the Queen of the Nürburgring has indeed left us.
My reaction to the news was just of disbelief as I was, just a few days back, watched her do the van around the ‘Ring challenge for the nth time on YouTube. It was one of the few clips I watch that inspire me, for some perverse reason. And how I wished to meet her someday and personally tell her that she is one of the people that inspire me to dream, and dream big, although I am already old and miserable.
As I write this, I just finished watching the Top Gear tribute to her. A fitting tribute to the one and only Queen of the Nürburgring.
The Queen is dead, Long live Sabine!