Who is the new Stig?
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Teppic said:
It's still good ol' Perry McCarthy, just in a white racesuit instead of a black one. He signed a new three year contract just before the start of the latest series.
so what was the point of Killing the old Stig off then?...they cant be that short of features to fill air time...shureley!
At the age of 42, Perry McCarthy is one of Britain's top racing drivers and is already part of motor racing folklore. He is known to millions of motoring enthusisasts as 'The Stig', the mysterious racing driver who races some of the world's most powerful cars for the BBC's flagship motoring show, Top Gear.
McCarthy's rise through the ranks along with close friends Damon Hill, Johnny Herbert and Mark Blundell, has been against all odds and in a sport dominated by finance he recalls how he 'started with nothing and then lost it all!'
Perry's 10-year fight to reach the sport's elite paid off in 1992 when he was chosen to drive for the fledgling Andrea Moda Formula One organisation. The dream however turned into a nightmare as the team stumbled from one disaster to the next and in recent years he has turned his attention away from Grand Prix to Le Mans and the demands of Sports Prototype racing.
McCarthy's rise through the ranks along with close friends Damon Hill, Johnny Herbert and Mark Blundell, has been against all odds and in a sport dominated by finance he recalls how he 'started with nothing and then lost it all!'
Perry's 10-year fight to reach the sport's elite paid off in 1992 when he was chosen to drive for the fledgling Andrea Moda Formula One organisation. The dream however turned into a nightmare as the team stumbled from one disaster to the next and in recent years he has turned his attention away from Grand Prix to Le Mans and the demands of Sports Prototype racing.
minghis said:From what I can see on the internet he entered 7 x F1 GP's in the Andrea Moda car but failed to qualify for the grid in any of them, is that correct? Seems a bit harsh! Rich...
Perry's 10-year fight to reach the sport's elite paid off in 1992 when he was chosen to drive for the fledgling Andrea Moda Formula One organisation. The dream however turned into a nightmare as the team stumbled from one disaster to the next
That's correct. His pre-qualifying runs were always left until the last minute as Andrea Moda didn't have a spare car, so Perry's was effectively the spare for Roberto Moreno. Roberto was allowed to go out and try his hardest, secure in the knowledge that he could jump in to Perry's car if his own developed a problem or if he threw it off the circuit
Things came to a head for the '92 German and Hungarian GP's when he was only allowed out for qualifying with 30 seconds left on the clock, which meant that by the time he had completed his out-lap the chequered flag had been shown, so he was unable to qualify.
Things came to a head for the '92 German and Hungarian GP's when he was only allowed out for qualifying with 30 seconds left on the clock, which meant that by the time he had completed his out-lap the chequered flag had been shown, so he was unable to qualify.
Perry McCarthy's Book
Good read, I'm about halfway through. makes you appreciate what drivers go through (I can't even afford Locost Racing this year....)
Good read, I'm about halfway through. makes you appreciate what drivers go through (I can't even afford Locost Racing this year....)
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