Is this The STIG? Warning SPOILER

[gozza]

Originally Posted by irlewy86

Whats wrong with a Flanno?

Nothing behind closed doors :P

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by nitrane

A work collegue from the UK is heavily involved in motorsport says a friend of his who races BTCC has been the Stig, tells me it's not just ONE person.

There have been all sorts of rumours including it was Damon Hill.

Makes sense considering the stig drove the toyota F1 car last year, i don't think Toyota would have let Shrick hop straight in the car and thrash it within a warehouse.

I thought Ben Collins was an ex F1 test driver? So no problem for him to drive the F1 car?

[KenLee]

Ben Collins is the Stig.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeQwi-8bCEA

But yes there are more than 1 stig. The stig that drove the Renault F1 car around the top gear test track was Heikki Kovalainen (F1 driver for Renault at that time).
The stig that did the jump on a snow-mobile wasnt Ben Collins.

BTW in that video... listen to that Gallardo's engine note... hot diggity damn!

[Ghiadude]

The original black stig was none other than Colin Mcrae among others.
For those that want info on the latest Top Gear news reviews and fora go here..
www.finalgear.com

PS only us really old school fans can remember the black stig and i still mourn the day he drove off the aircraft carrier LOL

[KenLee]

Originally Posted by tx3dude

The original black stig was none other than Colin Mcrae among others.

The black stig was Perry McCarthy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEjwotgS45w

[Ghiadude]

Originally Posted by KenLee

The black stig was Perry McCarthy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEjwotgS45w

Thats what he claimed after he left the show and had fallen out with the producers there is various references around the place that state he was only one of the originals
he himself has said there was more than one.

[Ives]

Yeh, we'll never know.

[CAMS290]

Originally Posted by Mont5.0

yep i am the stig.

WRONG!!!

Laminge is the Stig !

[futura888]

Yeah i read the other day that it was Macarthy,i read it in a 2003 wheels mag when they interviewed bavid brabham(who raced with him in the bentley at the 24hr)...they came second by the way.

[Ives]

http://www.topgear.com/content/news/stories/2918/

[LukeyST]

I reckon, like many have said, its been a few different people ...

And how good was his intro the other night:
"Some say his scrotum actually has it own gravitational field .... all we know is he's called THE STIG"

[jasjul]

Originally Posted by Martyvan

In a Transit Van??


The Stig, is just an awesome driver, whom everyone all over the world goes ga ga over, trying to figure it out....
I personally just wish Top gear would do more than 2 seasons of shows a year!!! 20 episodes, just isnt enough!!!

Will be interesting to see if the Aussie version has a 'STIG' Character, and i wonder who it would be.......

I think he means in the back of the Transit van!!

[jasjul]

Originally Posted by Ringo
But as brilliant as The Stig is I'll prefer to do a lap or two with Sabine any day of the week....

Originally Posted by Martyvan

In a Transit Van??


The Stig, is just an awesome driver, whom everyone all over the world goes ga ga over, trying to figure it out....
I personally just wish Top gear would do more than 2 seasons of shows a year!!! 20 episodes, just isnt enough!!!

Will be interesting to see if the Aussie version has a 'STIG' Character, and i wonder who it would be.......

I think he means in the back of the Transit van!!

[ltd]

Originally Posted by jasjul

Originally Posted by Ringo
But as brilliant as The Stig is I'll prefer to do a lap or two with Sabine any day of the week....




I think he means in the back of the Transit van!!

Ha ha ha, if you arrive too early she can take it as she loves fast things.

As for The Stig, he is an enigma wrapped in a riddle, his first name is actually "The", and he has a superfluous third nipple the shape of the Nurburgring.

[Jayden]

maybe get an artist to do a profile sketch of him from Jeremy's descriptions. Might look just like someone we know. or a bizarre mutant freak.

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by Sgt.Sweetchuck

I heard that it was Damon Hill,being a retired F1 driver and all.

NAH, couldn't be Hill. The Stig seems to know what he's doing and doesn't crash often enough!

[TIKFD6]

Originally Posted by CAMS290

WRONG!!!

Laminge is the Stig !

Cam, Garry wouldnt even come near fitting into some of them bloody tiny cars.

They'd have to cut head holes.
ROFLMFAO

WHoever it is, the Stig is a Legend. Wish it was me.
:P :

[XM-221]

Originally Posted by Spazzsfocus

I remember reading or hearing somewhere that he would be known as 'Down-under Stig'... which I hope isn't the case as it sounds a bit corny IMO!

Sounds a bit corny??? This is the one and only "Top Gear" we are talking about. They take corny to new levels every season.

And we eat it all up, and want more ..... and MORE and MORE, MORE, MORE, GIMME, GIMME, GIMME!!!!

[ingall9]

i have heard Nigel Mansell's name floated around but Damon Hill would make sense he has done a bit on the show. But when old Nige did a lap around the track in the reasonably priced car he was 2 tenths slower than the stigs lap, the only driver to come close, Hill was a couple of second off.

[F6 R-Spec]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

Ben Collins is the Stig, with possibly a few replacements for special purposes or when he isn't available.

Aussie Top Gear should have Bogan Stig, with mocco's as race boots, patch on the race suits shoulder for a pack of ciggies and VB sponsorship on his helmet. Maybe a flannelet race suit?

I hear that the STIG is flat out in the uk, so there sending out his wife "THE STIGET" .

[DoreSlamR]

Originally Posted by ingall9

i have heard Nigel Mansell's name floated around but Damon Hill would make sense he has done a bit on the show. But when old Nige did a lap around the track in the reasonably priced car he was 2 tenths slower than the stigs lap, the only driver to come close, Hill was a couple of second off.

The problem though, is F1 drivers race that track completely different to the Stig, its been mentioned a couple of times on the show

[burnz]

when damon hill done a lap in the phuss box, clarkson said that the stig takes a different line throu their (hammer head reference).
damon response was then the stig is not a f1 driver then??
clarkson then changed subject.

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by burnz

when damon hill done a lap in the phuss box, clarkson said that the stig takes a different line throu their (hammer head reference).
damon response was then the stig is not a f1 driver then??
clarkson then changed subject.

Watching Hill race I'd believe it. His favoite line was usually sideways!! He never could drive like his dad Graham, and is still the only driver I know who can crash entering pit lane

[nb_351]

they also mentioned this on the episode last night, with jenson button driving...
he takes a different line, they mentioned it and clarkson changed the subject...

[AC]

Originally Posted by Mont5.0

yep i am the stig.

Bull dust...

I AM

[gcg2503]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

Watching Hill race I'd believe it. His favoite line was usually sideways!! He never could drive like his dad Graham, and is still the only driver I know who can crash entering pit lane

Lewis Hamilton can crash EXITING pit lane though

[cupic]

Originally Posted by AUXRVIII

sorry to burst your bubble but Tim Schrick is not the Stig.

I concur

cheers

[CFOUR]

the stig can bee seen in the episode where they raced a f1 car indoors. he is in the background with his helmet infront of him.

[Ives]

Originally Posted by gcg2503

Lewis Hamilton can crash EXITING pit lane though

LOL that actually earned me $75. Thanks Hamilton, thanks BMW & Kubica.

[MR.BA.GT.332]

i just wanna know if there will be an aussie mr "the STIG"

just wondering tho.... wonder what will happen if someone beats stig's time... wonder what subject clarkeson would change to then haha