BBC to broadcast Top Gear special to pay tribute to Sabine Schmitz

Current presenters Freddie Flintoff, Chris Harris and Paddy McGuinness will be joined by former hosts including Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May, Rory Reid and Matt LeBlanc for the tribute

Sabine Schmitz (Andrew Matthews/PA)

The BBC is to broadcast a special Top Gear tribute to Sabine Schmitz, who died last month aged 51.

The German driver, known as the Queen of the Nurburgring, had previously revealed she had been battling cancer since 2017.