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Nonfictionguy
15 years, 10 months ago at Jul 3 18:47 - The Stig is Michael Schumacher, who guessed that?!
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GemLil
15 years, 10 months ago at Jul 4 11:07 - I'm still not sure I believe it. Its gotta be a hoax of some kind.
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15 years, 10 months ago at Jul 4 11:44 - He's not the stig. That particular week he was their guest as part of an agreement with ferrari that only he or one of their men could drive the super car they had on the show that day too. They even said the very next episode that it was an impostor and not the stig, it was all just a joke to get people talking about it. Seems it worked too!
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15 years, 10 months ago at Jul 4 11:45 - Also if a stig gets his identity revealed he gets the sack, its part of the contract. So even if Schumacher had been the stig the identity would now have changed and we would be clueless again, there have been about 3 stigs since the show began, the first one revealed himself as an ex stig in one of his books.
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Tom
15 years, 10 months ago at Jul 4 14:31 - I read that Michael Schumacher came as the stig for one week only to drive that new £1,000,000 Ferrari as they wouldn't let anyone else drive it.
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15 years, 10 months ago at Jul 4 19:21 - That is the right answer (Y) they said so in the next episode too.
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15 years, 10 months ago at Jul 4 20:10 - Ah... still haven't watched the 2nd episode yet. Just noticed you said the same thing before my post, I guess I wasn't reading through this thread very carefully!
Moderator Nonfictionguy
15 years, 10 months ago at Jul 7 8:20 - The identity of The Stig is a very well kept secret, but for a time The Stig was Perry McCarthy. In 2002, he released his autobiography entitled Flat Out, Flat Broke, in which he spoke candidly about his time in Formula One and his work for the BBC's Top Gear motoring show as The Stig (which RB6K points out earlier). McCarthy was the original, black-suited Stig of the first two series, who was "killed off" at the start of the 3rd series for revealing his identity.
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Prelude
15 years, 10 months ago at Jul 7 11:08 - In the 2nd episode, didn't they say 'Michael Schumacher was an imposter, he's not the stig. Or is he?'
They're toying with audience. They're not flat-out denying nor confirming he's the Stig.
They're toying with audience. They're not flat-out denying nor confirming he's the Stig.
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15 years, 10 months ago at Jul 7 11:11 - And according to the Times Online:
The real identity of The Stig is widely believed to be Ben Collins, a stunt driver who acted as a double for Daniel Craig in the driving scenes in Quantum of Solace, the most recent Bond film. He lives in Bristol.
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Uber
14 years, 1 month ago at Mar 22 8:53 - Turned out The Stig was Ben Collins.
What is everyone's impression on the USA version?
What is everyone's impression on the USA version?
Moderator Nonfictionguy
14 years, 1 month ago at Mar 22 22:30 - There's an american version of Ben Collins?! Cool