VLN 5. NÜRBURGRING Sabine Schmitz onboard

"There is no point in taking Sabine on because she will thrash you"...
Jeremy Clarkson.

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+1

However, what she did there was borderline ridiculous! Either the other guys were a bunch of completely useless rookies or she was on different tires IMO. Or both I guess!

If not, I'd say she deserves a serious look from some top teams!.....

Is it possible she gambled on wets & everyone else was on slicks or something? I mean, 'Ring knowledge is one thing, but scything past, what, 40 cars in a single lap is something else, surely?

Cheers,
Ian

 

Looks like it... she carries more speed through the corners that anyone else... Plus she's done something like 1,000,000 laps at the 'Ring??!!??

T

 

Both points are true. But;

- She'd passed about 20 cars (at least two going backwards!) before she even got onto the Nordschleife!
- Once there, and apparently 'mid pack', I would have thought at least some of the guys ahead had done more than a few tourist laps!..... She pretty much made them look like dummies!

Again, & I could be wrong, but seems she started *way* back and maybe gambled on tires contrary to everyone else. The way she went past everyone early on the 'new' track was crazy!

Not taking any thing away from her - she's definitely got balls the size of small planets, as evidenced by what she did on the real track, but surely there must be some kind of 'logical' explanation beyond experience?

Cheers,
Ian

 

Great driving.

 

That was fun! She does have the ability to make other drivers look really really bad.

 

Got the story...

A friend who saw the race says she had to start at the back of the pack after passing cars
under the yellow in qualifying.

He also says her car has 150+HP more than the next highest HP car.

She is still a super talent.

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