Who is Top Gear's STIG!!!!
Who is Top Gear's STIG!!!!
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supaspark

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2,105 posts

267 months

Monday 7th February 2005
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Does anybody know who the STIG is, his history...etc...
Post your thoughts...

Ahonen

5,032 posts

308 months

Monday 7th February 2005
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Jesus H...

No, not risen from the dead, just an expression of exasperation.

PS: Ben Collins.

v8tvr

792 posts

282 months

Monday 7th February 2005
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Ahonen said:
Jesus H...

No, not risen from the dead, just an expression of exasperation.

PS: Ben Collins.


was Damon hill

TimW

3,848 posts

276 months

Monday 7th February 2005
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its jenson button he told me on the sly

>> Edited by TimW on Monday 7th February 19:04

Guillotine

5,516 posts

293 months

Monday 7th February 2005
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stig 1 = perry mcCathy.

Top driver in just about anything. Don't think he quite made it to F1 but he will have tested.

Not sure about the new guy, but whoever it is he got straight into the F1 Renault and gave it some in the wet!

...and Renault let him! MUST have F1 experience!

beano500

20,854 posts

304 months

Monday 7th February 2005
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[Spartacus]


I am Stig

[/Spartacus]

docevi1

10,430 posts

277 months

Monday 7th February 2005
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The first (black) Stig was Perry McCarthy who was let go either because of contractal issues (he asked for too much money) or because of the re-issue of his autobiography with his picture as him as the stig on the front.

The new Stig (white) is Ben Collins, who can been seen in the episode where they race cars down a hill against the national off-road boarding champion - the one where he crashes the Lancer Evo VII or VIII and then climbs on board a Bowler Wildcat.

ginner

442 posts

264 months

Monday 7th February 2005
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Yep, was Perry McCarthy, there was an article on him in a recent mag, think it was Autocar or Autosport. Article said he has an autobiography out?

DJC

23,563 posts

265 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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Interesting answer, esp with regards to Ben Collins. Suffice to say yes and no.

The last Stig has been Stigs. Damon has been Stig on a few occasions and there have been at least 2 others that Ive noticed, but Ive not known who they were. So that makes it Damon, Ben and I wonder who else?

Ahonen

5,032 posts

308 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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Guillotine said:

Not sure about the new guy, but whoever it is he got straight into the F1 Renault and gave it some in the wet!

...and Renault let him! MUST have F1 experience!


That wasn't the Stig in the Renault. T'was someone else...

FourWheelDrift

92,242 posts

313 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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docevi1 said:
The new Stig (white) is Ben Collins, who can been seen in the episode where they race cars down a hill against the national off-road boarding champion - the one where he crashes the Lancer Evo VII or VIII and then climbs on board a Bowler Wildcat.


Also driving the Mercedes SL for the parachute jump into the car stunt on an earlier program.

vitesse39

731 posts

277 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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beano500 said:
[Spartacus]


I am Stig

[/Spartacus]


(Life of Brian)

I'm Stig and so's my wife !


dickymint

29,046 posts

287 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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I heard that Clarkson wanted to call him "The Gimp" but he refused.

emley

352 posts

275 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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Black Stig definately Perry McCarthy

White Stig (at least two Stigs, probably four)
Ben Collins
Damon
etc etc (Was it Damon in the Renault? couldn't have been Ben Collins)

I remember (photographed), Perry McCarthy rolling his VanDieman FF1600 RF84? into oblivion at Oulton Park after messing with Sheffield's John Booth (now Manor Motorsport). He should have put the pictures in his autobiography,
daft sod let go of the steering wheel!! he was very lucky.
If I knew how I would post the pics.

Regards

DJC

23,563 posts

265 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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emley said:
Black Stig definately Perry McCarthy

White Stig (at least two Stigs, probably four)
Ben Collins
Damon
etc etc (Was it Damon in the Renault? couldn't have been Ben Collins)

Regards


Yes I think it was Damon in the Renault.

groucho

12,134 posts

275 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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parrot of doom

23,075 posts

263 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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Jockey Wilson

Grant Tuscan

161 posts

300 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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DJC, Where do you get your info from that Damon Hill has been the Stig?

docevi1

10,430 posts

277 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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Grant Tuscan said:
DJC, Where do you get your info from that Damon Hill has been the Stig?
It would certainly make a lot of sense as to how the Stig could put in fast laps in the uber cars (the Enzo, Carrera GT...), the later might even have come from Damons company with him attached?

There are certainly different driving styles involved along the way - you can see how some laps the cars seem to drift, brake late, while others are very clinical and well driven.

supaspark

Original Poster:

2,105 posts

267 months

Tuesday 8th February 2005
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groucho said:


Stig of the dump...I think he's living at the bottom of our garden now.........