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dignews
07-08-2008, 03:54 PM
Anybody have any clues who the stig is?? ive heard a few rumours its Johny Herbert but im not too sure about that one. Anybody else got any suggestions who it could be?
haro
07-08-2008, 04:05 PM
Try to find a interwiev with Stig, and some kind video with Johny Herbert, and try to compare their voice.
nthfinity
07-08-2008, 04:12 PM
Julian Bailey was "leaked" some time ago.... but not much secondary confirmation
xbeakerx
07-08-2008, 04:48 PM
I'm The Stig....
RC45
07-08-2008, 04:52 PM
..no, I am the Stig...
Jona
07-08-2008, 05:23 PM
Ben Collins. See anything familiar in this video?

http://www.collinsautosport.com/film2.php

Carry on :)
lincoln
07-08-2008, 06:45 PM
Perry McCarthy is the Stig.

http://www.tmcentertainment.co.uk/images/speaker-index/SpeakOutPerryMcCarthy.jpg

If you want to read a biography of 'the world's unluckiest racing driver' or read an interview with him go to http://www.f1rejects.com/drivers/mccarthy/biography.html.

This site is great for any F1 fans.

Tifosi should check out http://www.f1rejects.com/centrale/ferrari/index.html to read 'Monza to Suzuka, the Ferrari saga 1979 - 2000'. This is a brilliant insight into Ferrari's wilderness years.
Jona
07-08-2008, 08:00 PM
Perry McCarthy is the Stig.


Perry McCarthy was the Stig, until he was "killed" in the aircraft carrier incident. He told in an interview (or in his book?) that he was The Stig and got fired instantly.

McCarthy = Black Stig
Collins = White Stig
lincoln
07-08-2008, 08:47 PM
Mmmm, seems I'm a bit behind the times, sorry.:crying:
:stupid::stupid::stupid::stupid::stupid::stupid:

Even though i now look like a complete idiot, that shouldn't stop you looking at www.f1rejects.com (http://www.f1rejects.com) if you love F1 but are bored of the usual run of the mill F1 websites.:thumbup:
HeilSvenska
07-09-2008, 12:36 AM
I ate the Stig.
sirstig
07-09-2008, 01:22 AM
I think I am.

But in the future after being knighted for bringing unbeatable driving skills and a wide variety of in-car entertainment to the world.:-D;-)
helteralan
07-09-2008, 03:10 AM
A lot of nice info here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_stig

plus this was in the Norwegian news also "In a Winter Olympics special episode of Top Gear, The Stig was shown doing a ski jump using a snowmobile. According to the Swedish tabloid newspaper Aftonbladet, the driver performing the ski jump stunt was Dan Lang, a Swedish snowmobile cross driver."
Jona
07-09-2008, 07:44 AM
Yeah. And when Renault F1 went around the track in 59 seconds, the driver was Kovalainen. This text was on The Stig's Wikipedia page some time ago:

"In one episode a Renault F1 car was driven around the test track by Heikki Kovalainen the then test driver and current racer for the team."

Kovalainen was second test driver for Renault when the episode aired. He has admitted in driving the F1 for TG.
nthfinity
07-09-2008, 09:26 AM
Yeah. And when Renault F1 went around the track in 59 seconds, the driver was Kovalainen. This text was on The Stig's Wikipedia page some time ago:

"In one episode a Renault F1 car was driven around the test track by Heikki Kovalainen the then test driver and current racer for the team."

Kovalainen was second test driver for Renault when the episode aired. He has admitted in driving the F1 for TG.
I was told it was NOT Kovalainen, or any Renault test driver by a Renault F1 engineer a few months after the timed lap.

Malcom seemed to not have any hints that he was pulling my chain. ... somewhere here, there is a picture of me with him...
Shilder
07-09-2008, 09:36 AM
:-D Then we all are Stig, right ? rofl !
pitfield
07-09-2008, 12:32 PM
My mum is the stig.
Lightbane
07-09-2008, 08:17 PM
No! I am Spartacus!


Wait. What now?
Pokiou
07-22-2008, 12:25 AM
THISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS ISSSSSSSSSSSS SSSPPPPAAAARRRRTTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAA


its ben collins
HeilSvenska
07-22-2008, 12:55 AM
What about the fat American one and the African one?
KJM 212K
07-22-2008, 02:42 AM
can anyone guess from here? http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/car_page_content/top_gears_the_stig_unmasked_at_last.html
HeilSvenska
07-22-2008, 03:13 AM
Now it's become a duplicate of this thread.
http://www.motorworld.net/forum/showthread.php?t=54023
KJM 212K
07-22-2008, 03:27 AM
it really has become one of life's greatest mysteries has it?
HeilSvenska
07-22-2008, 03:29 AM
Not really. I'm fine without knowing who the Stig is. He's so much cooler that way. :mrgreen:
Wonderduck
07-27-2008, 10:21 AM
The Stig Is.

If there was no Stig, we would have to invent him.
ventovr6
07-28-2008, 12:49 PM
A friend of the family works at the BBC and he said The Stig is Damon Hill
jsinaga
07-28-2008, 02:17 PM
I was thinking that a few years ago after I saw the episode where Clarkson compares the DB9 with the Ferrari 575 with Damon Hill as a guest. You can kind of see by the way they both walk its him.
5vz-fe
07-28-2008, 03:03 PM
^That would match Alonso's guess of an Ex-F1 driver.
ventovr6
07-29-2008, 11:09 AM
thats what i think!!! its defo Damon Hill
Pokiou
07-29-2008, 11:15 PM
It's BEN COLLINS.. but they do get other drivers to wear his suite and go out!
nthfinity
09-16-2008, 11:02 PM
It's BEN COLLINS.. but they do get other drivers to wear his suite and go out!

Seems to be confirmed now...

He's driving at the Petit Le Mans
10000rpmlover
09-20-2008, 03:48 AM
for a while there I thought the stig was Tiff Needell... but then I heard this Ben Collins rumor, but there have been many different ones

the african stig is none other than Lewis Hamilton, I think so because he was booked for a trip to Africa at about the same time they filmed that episode, it would make sense