Izwe lezimoto lilahlekelwe ngomunye wezithombe zalo kuleli sonto ngesikhathi uSabine Schmitz, owaziwa ngele-"queen of the Nürburgring", ebulawa impi yokulwa nomdlavuza eneminyaka engu-51. Manje, njengokuhlonipha owesifazane wokuqala ukunqoba i-24 Hours of the Nürburgring (okokuqala ngo-1996), kukhona isicelo esizungezayo sokuthi igama lakho linikezwe ijika kwisekhethi eyakwenza ungafi.
Ngesikhathi sokushicilelwa kwalesi sihloko, cishe abalandeli be-32 000 sebevele basayine lo mbhalo, okuholele ekutheni abadali besinyathelo bashicilele umyalezo wokubonga ezinkundleni zokuxhumana futhi bathi ukunyakaza sekufinyelele "ku-radar ye-Nürburgring HQ. ”.
“Ubuntu bukaSabine, ukusebenza kanzima kanye nethalente kufanele ukuba yingxenye yomlando weNürburgring weminyaka ezayo. Wayengumshayeli wendiza, engeyena umsunguli noma umdwebi wezakhiwo. Umnsalo onegama lakhe wawuyoba udumo olukhulu; hhayi nje uphawu ekhoneni lesakhiwo”, ingafundwa encwadini efanayo.
Akukaziwa ukuthi ngabe leli kuzoba yifomu elikhethwe yilabo ababhekele ithrekhi yaseJalimane ukuhlonipha uSabine Schmitz, kodwa into eyodwa eqinisekile: bambalwa abantu abaye baba nomthelela omkhulu "esihogweni esiluhlaza" - njengoba saziwa - njengoba yena. .
Bangaphezu kuka-20,000 imijikelezo ye-The Ring
USabine Schmitz ukhule esondelene nesekethe elamenza waziwa emhlabeni wonke, iNürburgring, futhi waqala ukuqashelwa ngokushayela enye yeBMW M5 “Ring Taxi”.
Kulinganiselwa ukuthi wanikeza ama-laps angaphezu kuka-20,000 esifundeni saseJalimane esingokomlando, ngakho-ke akumangalisi ukuthi wayekwazi "njengentende yezandla zakhe" futhi ewazi igama lawo wonke amakhona.
Kodwa kwakukuthelevishini, “ngesandla” sohlelo lwe-Top Gear, lapho uSabine ethatha khona ngempela igxathu eliya enkanyezini: okokuqala, “ukuqeqesha” uJeremy Clarkson ukuze akwazi ukuhlanganisa i-20 km yesifunda saseJalimane ngaphansi kwe-10. amaminithi kuzilawuli ezivela ku-Jaguar S-Type Diesel; bese, ngesikhathi esifanayo engqondweni, ezilawulweni ze-Ford Transit, embukisweni wokushayela oyingqopha-mlando.