The woman best known for racing Jeremy Clarkson around the Nuremberg Ring in a transit van while he was in a Jaguar S-Type has tragically died aged 51 after a four year battle with cancer.
The outgoing German went on to co-host Top Gear with Chris Evans after Clarkson left.
Tributes have been paid all day, including from Jeremy Clarkson, who said sure was a very sunny person and full of beans.
Sabine had recently given this update to her fans on social media:
“Dear friends of professional motor sport, many of you have probably wondered why I was on the list of participants on our Porsche in the NSL and then didn’t drive after all,” she wrote.
“I would like to provide enlightenment here, I think I owe it to my/our fans!
“Since the end of 2017, I have been fighting an extremely persistent cancer that has not been eliminated with the resources so far.
“It got a little better – but now it’s come back with full force.
“Now I have to draw all the strength and nerve to master the next powerful therapies … hoping something [good] will happen. So I say goodbye ‘probably’ for the first time this season.”
RIP
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