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Sabine Schmitz: tributes pour in after racing driver and Top Gear star dies aged 51

Published 17 March 2021
By Kieran Ahuja
Sabine Schmitz, the so-called "Queen of the Nürburgring", has died after a three-year battle with cancer.
W Series reveals the full driver roster for its first female-only racing series

All-female racing series reveals its 18 drivers

The first women-only single-seater racing series has revealed the full grid of drivers who'll be competing later this year.
Published 29 March 2019
The Grand Tour special: Abbie Eaton on why she’s the show’s ideal test driver

The Grand Tour’s perfect test driver: Abbie Eaton

We can't call Abbie Eaton the first female Stig for legal reasons (although that’s what she is).
Published 17 January 2019

Women-only series to find female F1 driver

The women-exclusive W Series aims to find F1's first female champion — and address motorsport's male-skewed gender imbalance in the process
Published 10 October 2018
Me and My Motor: Tatiana Calderon, Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 test driver

Me and My Motor: Tatiana Calderon, F1 driver

It's more than 40 years since a woman competed in a Formula One championship but Tatiana Calderon is determined to make the starting grid.
Published 20 March 2018
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The heroes and harebrained: men and women who shaped...

Behind the 20th century surge in car ownership were a legion of men and women who pushed the boundaries of creativity, bravery and, often, stupidity.
Published 03 April 2015
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News: Nürburgring ace Sabine Schmitz overtakes, er...

Want to know why they call her the Queen of the Ring? Watch this film
Published 09 July 2014
Top 10 female racing and rally drivers

Ten pioneering female race and rally drivers

The greatest women to have graced a race seat
Published 22 February 2013