Umfazi wokuqala ukuphumelela iNürburgring Iiyure ezingama-24 (ixesha lokuqala kwi-1996), Sabine Schmitz kuye kwafuneka afikelele kumboniso odumileyo “ngesandla” weTop Gear kamabonakude odumileyo.
Ukubonakala kwakhe kokuqala kwenzeka kwisiqendu sesihlanu sexesha lesine, kunye nomqhubi waseJamani "uqeqesho" uJeremy Clarkson ukwenzela ukuba akwazi ukugubungela isiphaluka saseJamani ngaphantsi kwemizuzu eyi-10 eqhuba i-Jaguar S-Type enenjini ye-diesel.
Kweli candelo, uSabine Schmitz wathi unokuhamba isiphaluka ngaphantsi kwemizuzu eyi-10 ngokulawulwa kweveni yorhwebo, ngelo xesha “wagwebela” iipatheni awayeza kubuyela kuzo kwinkqubo kunye nesiqendu esiya kumkhokela. kwinkanyezi.
IFord Transit "ngumceli mngeni"
Kwisizini kamva, iJamani yabuyela kwiTop Gear inenjongo enye: ukubonisa ukuba iyakwazi ukugubungela iNürburgring ngaphantsi kwemizuzu eli-10 evenini.
"Isixhobo" esanikwa yena yayiyiFord Transit ene-injini ye-Diesel kwaye nangona iinzame ezininzi kunye nokuqhuba ngobuchule okwenziwa yiJamani, kwakungenakwenzeka ukufikelela kwixesha elinqwenelekayo. Kwimeko nayiphi na into, inyaniso kukuba loo mzuzu wawugxininiswe kwinkumbulo yabalandeli bomboniso (kwaye kungekhona kuphela) kwaye wanceda "i-catapult" umqhubi ophumeleleyo ukuba abe neenkwenkwezi.
Emva kwelo candelo, elineminyaka eli-16 ngoku, uSabine Schmitz wade wajoyina iqela lenkqubo kamabonwakude eyaziwayo yaseBritani, enceda "ukuqinisa" ukuthandwa kwayo ngakumbi phakathi koluntu lonke lwepetroli.