Who is the new Stig really?

[Toronto]

with this weeks episode I must say it is an F1 or indy drive that was ok but let go and still wants to pe in the media eye, and always doning TV shows

Eddie Irvine is my best guess.

nobody just gets into and f1 car and drives it full out.
and I have seen thoses gloves b4 just can't put my thumb on it.

[crayzayjay]

I also felt the same, but i dont think its Eddie. He's rarely in the UK anyway.. Damon Hill and Johnny Herbert are my two guesses.

[Wutputt]

I don't think it will be a famous driver. It would be quite impossible for them to hide the fact they are the STig. They wouldn't get unnoticed to the TopGear studio. They would be spotted too soon.

It will be someone not well known, like Perry McCarthy was before he let the world know he was the old black Stig. He also had some F1 pedigree. I think the Stig will be someone who has driven an F1 or F3000 once, but isn't really famous.

[OVERLORD_CHRIS]

What if it's Tiff?? He was, and still is a damn good driver.

[saadie]

the black stig was perry mc cathy .....
the new stig is either still perry mc cathy or tiff ....

[Evo]

I don't think it's Tiff.. coz he is part of another program..

[saadie]

^^ yeah ... so he drives the car there .. to get to know how it handels and all .... and back at TG he runs the lap ... :P

[OVERLORD_CHRIS]

After all he is covered up all the time, and they used to work together

[Anonymous]

After all he is covered up all the time, and they used to work together

Sorry but the with the shows directly competing against each other on different channels the chances it's Tiff are are slimmer than an anorexic girl whos just gone on a diet :wink: ..... My best guess is its still Perry McCarthy..... anyway he's ex F1... of sorts :P..... also a guy called Julian Bailey drove a couple of times when it was supposed to be Perry so maybe him too :-) Anyway doesn't really matter to me a bit of mystery is good in life :wink:

[tekwar]

If i had to put my money on it, i would say its still perry too...but you never know. I doubt it is eddie irvine, cause he doesnt seem to be a person would like to "hide" his identity, and he definitely doesnt need the money.

[possessed_beaver]

ok thats rely freaky that you also thought it was eddie ervine!

because thats who i thought, but he would be to cocky imo to go on a TV show, and race around a track.

i must say amazing lap in that F1 car, and exelent clutch contol at the start when he launched it!

[SlickDizzy]

Maybe it's David Coulthard (ha ha)

[possessed_beaver]

Maybe it's David Coulthard (ha ha)

LOL, i thought they where wanting FAST lap times!

[XTwinTurboVR4X]

Ben Collins (http://www.bencollinsracing.com/)

[No.1]

Is it really Ben Collins, Dan? How do you know :?

[OVERLORD_CHRIS]

OK I GOT IT! Its that short guy from TG, i can't rember his name but he drove the Zonda Drop Top.That guy

[No.1]

^^^^

Hammond??? I don't think so.


The guy is deffo ex-F1... he was so confident in the Renault :shock:
Eddie Irvine is a nice guess, but he really wouldn't do something like this IMO.

As soon as he is uncovered, they will probaly kill him off anyway, lol... bit like a soap really :P

[OVERLORD_CHRIS]

Well i can't think of any one except the driver that were already said.

[1zippo1]

I don't know who he is but I'm pretty sure who he's not.

Not Tiff. He's not trained fysically enough anymore I think and the fact that he's on 5th gear rules him out.

Not Hammond... you must be joking! Then you can allmost say James May :lol:

And not Perry because the new Stig is definitly better then the old Stig. I think this is a class driver, probably didn't abandon racing too long ago, or is still racing now... You can joke about Coulthart, but I don't think you'll survive as long as he did in F1 if you're really bad.

[SlickDizzy]

You can joke about Coulthart, but I don't think you'll survive as long as he did in F1 if you're really bad.

http://www.sniffpetrol.com/AdCoulthard.jpg
http://www.sniffpetrol.com/AdCoulthard02.jpg

[BADMIHAI]

I wish I could be 10th in the F1 Drivers' Championship. 8) Just imagine how much better of a driver than any of you I would be. Not to mention how much richer I would be. And it's not all down to the drivers. A good driver with a shitty car can't really compete against a good driver with a good car. :wink:

[ikon2003]

Was there even a reason for the change from black stig to white stig?

[possessed_beaver]

who is to say it was even stig in the renult F1 car, my guess is renult woulden't let just anyone drive it, so it would have to be a world class driver, or alternitivley the renult test driver dressed as the stigg..

[SlickDizzy]

I wish I could be 10th in the F1 Drivers' Championship. 8) Just imagine how much better of a driver than any of you I would be. Not to mention how much richer I would be. And it's not all down to the drivers. A good driver with a shitty car can't really compete against a good driver with a good car. :wink:

Kimi Raikkonen does pretty good, in the same car, when his wing stays on that is. :wink:

[ikon2003]

First Stig spoke "with a french accent"
New Stig apparently English
I've also heard it's just a TV stunt and it's actually the same driver - I don't know what to think.

[Wutputt]

Was there even a reason for the change from black stig to white stig?
Probably because the black Stig (Perry) identified himself as the Stig in his book and later on in an interview with BBC Radio regarding his book.


First Stig spoke "with a french accent"
New Stig apparently English
I've never heard any of the two Stig's speak....

[TransAm]

Alors, c'etait moi... :lol:

[Mers]

Hmm, I really am not sure if Renault would let anyone drive their car...I think it was just a renault test driver in Stig's helmet...

But what rules out the possibility of Stig being a TOCA or DTM driver?