Sabine Schmitz
Sabine Schmitz (formerly married Reck, born May 14, 1969 in Adenau ) is a German auto racing driver and television presenter.
Life
The daughter of a hotelier family of Nürburg, she grew up within the Nürburgring and sailed early the open for the public Nordschleife with the car of their mother. In parallel with the motor sport she learned the trade of hotel management and Sommelier. When Sabine Reck she was married to an owner and resident in Pulheim. After the divorce, the early 2000s, it operated the restaurant Fuchsröhre in Nürburg.
Sabine Schmitz has since 2004 a pilot's license for helicopters; another hobby she maintains as a rider on their own horse.
Motorsport
She won in 1990 and 1991 with three races of the discharged on the Nordschleife Circuit Challenge Nürburgring (until 2005: Castrol HAUGG Cup) is, in the run against the clock. Then she went in the BFGoodrich Endurance Championship. Like her sisters, she worked for the Ford Fiesta Mixed Cup actively, where they could win the 1992 championship. Outside Germany, Schmitz was in 1995 in Super Tourenwagen Cup South Africa 1999 sports car race in Brazil active.
When Sabine Reck she wore in 1996 as the first woman in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring in the list of winners of a major all-day endurance race one. Was achieved the success in the team of John Scheid from neighboring Kottenborn, in a Group N BMW M3 E36 3.2 liter. Again with Hannes Scheid, but now with Peter Zakowski and Hans -Jürgen Tiemann, they repeated this victory in 1997. During 1998, continued with and with Hannes Scheid, she was champion in the VLN, the first woman. According to her, this still managed Claudia Hurtgen.
After several years of low activity, it is, together with the life partner, meat producer and team sponsor Klaus Abbelen, becomes active at the Nürburgring with a competitive car. Well Schmitz drives 997 GT3 Cup, but it is used without the limitations of the Cup class in the SP7 class in a Porsche. In 2008 she was with Klaus Abbelen, Edgar Althoff and Kenneth Heyer on the Frikadelli Porsche 911 GT3 third in the overall standings in the 24 -hour race at the Nürburgring- Nordschleife, behind the winning vehicles from 2007 and 2006.
After precipitation of a VLN race in September 2008, Schmitz / Abbelen occurred on weekends it in the Circuit Challenge Nürburgring, where they won their fourth overall victory total. This Schmitz scored with 7:09 the fastest lap time ever achieved in the competition with a naturally aspirated vehicle. This time they even improved in another race of this series on 7:07 minutes.
2013 she launched at the 41st ADAC Zurich 24h race at the Nürburgring for the Frikadelli Racing team in a Porsche 997 GT3 R and ended with her team the race in 16th place
Ring taxi
Own estimates, it has come at the Nordschleife by 2010 about 20,000 rounds, with an estimated growth rate of about 1200 per year.
This large number of rounds is not least also due to the ring taxi used by BMW, which she headed for many years on the Nürburgring until 2010. Customers can book a round here; as passengers in a BMW M5. Other well-known driver of the Ring Taxis are Claudia Hurtgen and Hans- Joachim Stuck. Since 2010 piloted their own " Speedbee Race Taxi", a Porsche GT3 RS.
In the media
- 2004 attracted Sabine Schmitz in the motorsport scene stir when they undercut the mission Top Gear the requirement imposed by the famous BBC presenter Jeremy Clarkson in a Jaguar S-Type Diesel Nordschleife lap time of 9:59 with the same vehicle far and this on a Ford transit diesel with 10:08 minutes just wide.
- Since September 2006, she hosted along with Carsten van Ryssen and Tim Schrick the car magazine D Motor on the DMAX TV channel where they (eg car at a helicopter or against Roller Skater ) occurs mainly in spectacular racing duels.
- Another guest appearance on Top Gear had Sabine Schmitz along with their two colleagues of D engine in Season 11, Episode 06 Showdown in the Challenge: The British vs.. The Germans
- Since the beginning of 2011, she hosted along with Tim Schrick Turbo on the car magazine Sport 1.