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Who is The Stig? - Video Shows Him Without Helmet

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  1. modena1_2003

    modena1_2003 F1 Rookie

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    #1 modena1_2003, Jun 12, 2008
    This is a video from TV Limburg, who actually got a shot off The Stig while Top Gear was shooting at the circuit of Zolder without his helmet.

    Does anybody know the driver?


    http://youtube.com/watch?v=PPCeefvXfxI


    _J
     
  2. lookitsme

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  3. ADON

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    #3 ADON, Jun 12, 2008
    That's Clarkson's grandpa.
     
  4. TexasF355F1

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    #4 TexasF355F1, Jun 12, 2008
    The Stig has been an assortment of people.
     
  5. italiafan

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    #5 italiafan, Jun 12, 2008
    Coincidence?:

    S T I rlin G moss....
     
  6. modena1_2003

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    #6 modena1_2003, Jun 12, 2008
    This is what I thought too, but the evidence is compelling. :)

    It's just an interesting video though. How many 'Stigs' have there been???



    _J
     
  7. modena1_2003

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    #7 modena1_2003, Jun 12, 2008
    Ahhhhhhhhh! Wow, they sure do keep that thing under wraps... The Stig is a 'thing' right?


    I didn't know Sabine worked for the show. She's that Ring expert right? Man, she can drive me anytime.



    _J
     
  8. veyron407

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    #8 veyron407, Jun 12, 2008
    i thought it was damon hill, atleast that was the rumour
     
  9. Jedi

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    #9 Jedi, Jun 12, 2008
    Officially? 2 - black Stig (the original) and white Stig (current). Unofficially? Who knows.

    But dang they all know how to drive a car! (Except for the poor 599 that went off the
    track in the first-ever stig-in-the-tire-wall run)

    Jedi
     
  10. waz356

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    #10 waz356, Jun 12, 2008
    Plus the American Stig and Stig's African cousin.
     
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    #11 Owens84QV, Jun 13, 2008
    This is what I had read...
     
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    #12 285ferrari, Jun 13, 2008
    I heard the current Stig is PAP348!!!
     
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    Wasn't there also a Koenigsegg incident?
     
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    #14 DMC308, Jun 13, 2008
    Yeah, he blamed it on the car not having a rear wing when he slid off the track.
    The car ate a tire and had some front end damage.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXjjpQwHDI4
     
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    #15 Jedi, Jun 13, 2008
    Yes, that is the one.

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  16. Far Out

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    She doesn't. Top Gear filmed together with German series D Motor, which is hosted by Sabine and Tim Schrick, who isn't the stig.
    http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/05/23/no-tim-schrick-is-not-one-of-the-stigs/
     
  17. jtremlett

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    #17 jtremlett, Jun 14, 2008
    The Stig was Perry Mccarthy and is now Ben Collins. Damon Hill dressed up as the Stig for one edition.

    Jonathan
     
  18. CornersWell

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    #18 CornersWell, Jun 14, 2008
    Correct. Also, IIRC, Alonso did the Renault F1 drive, the Toyota test driver did their F1 episode, and pretty sure that Kovalainen (sp?) did one F1 ride on the show, too.

    CW
     
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  20. BAKY

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    #20 BAKY, Jun 14, 2008
    Dwiggs says he is the stig.....or at least thats what his signature says :)
     
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    #21 tifosi12, Jun 14, 2008
    And who are these guys?
     
  22. CornersWell

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    #22 CornersWell, Jun 14, 2008
    Perry McCarthy was a promising British driver in the early and mid '90s. He did a few F1 tests. Drove with Audi's R8 program, too. He wrote a book titled Flat Out and Flat Broke. It's a reasonably entertaining read.

    Ben Collins is in British Touring Cars, I believe.

    CW
     
  23. TheCarcierge

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    #23 TheCarcierge, Jun 16, 2008
    Look, if it gets out I will have to hunt down and kill everyone that has read this post - but I am the Stig.

    Scottie
     
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    #25 Bukem, Jun 19, 2008
    Ben Collins races an Ascari in the FIA GT championship, the GT3 class for Team Damax. He's also raced for Ascari factory at Le Mans in LMP675 (I think) a few years back. A point of interest, back in 2000, my colleague met him at a meeting - he was Brand Manager for Scalextric as well as raving at Ascari - the Brits here will agree I'm sure, not a bad day job!
     
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