who is the stig

panza · Joined: 26 Aug 2007 Posts: 169 Location: wigan

a much asked question is who is the stig?

can anyone shed any light on this

i did some reading today and it seems like there could be more than one

which indicates that maybe one stig has commitments possibly in a team at the moment

ben collins is a possible candidate so far but anyone else i dont know

what you guys think

retoon · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:38 pm Post subject:

i think that there is more than one. here what i think,

they have a stig for the racing the main stig but they also have just some normal dude that dresses up for when hes doing things like the standing there in the studio. as to who the stig is i dont know. ym sis says hammilton but i dont think so and after what he did on the track when he was on the show it just ruled him out for me. i have heard damon hill a few times, he is the right shape of the stig and is a good driver. i dont know how they keep it from everyone. with the amount of people they have there each week, and for him not to have been seen. its strange

Moldo · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:40 pm Post subject:

I heard something bout the stig, is he from Top Gear?

Don't watch it very often.. not at all actually

Steve · Joined: 11 Aug 2007 Posts: 852 Location: Sunny Wales

They would definetely get a person, probably in the porduction of the show, to play the Stig when they do things like the race across London.

I think the racing Stig is probably a test driver(s), or a retired racing driver. I dont think current drivers wouldnt have enough time to do it.

And Moldo, yes, the Stig is from Top Gear, and you should watch it more often. The best programme on T.V. atm. But i wouldnt know much about the others as Top Gear is about the only programme i watch Embarassed

retoon · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:22 pm Post subject:

i only watch this on tv and i watch about 10 shows that are shown in america on pc

JawZ · Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 1991 Location: Bedfordshire

ive been thinking its damon hill for a while.

Putsku · Joined: 21 Oct 2007 Posts: 25

it was kovalainen when the renault f1 car was on track.

i think theres several stigs like steve said

tyke65 · Joined: 19 Aug 2007 Posts: 73 Location: South Yorkshire

the first Stig from the early series was a ex racer called
Perry McCarthy......... i think.
Read it somewhere a while ago.

DaCheese · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:12 pm Post subject:

Perry McCarthy was the Black Stig, but got booted off for letting slip that it was him in his autobiography.

Russ Swift has said that there are several Stigs. I think you're all probably right about there being some random guy who does the more acting-based side and one or more drivers (Ben Collins is a popular suggestion). Kovalainen was indeed the Stig who drove the Renault F1 car, and the Stig who drove that snowmobile down the ski jump was apparently some Scandinavian mentalist who races them all the time.

In all honesty though, does it matter? It's much more entertaining having the three presenters treat the Stig like a non-human driver. "Some say that he knows two facts about ducks...and both of them are wrong. And if he was getting divorced from Paul McCartney, he'd keep his stupid, whining mouth shut. All we know is...he's called the Stig."
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retoon · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:23 pm Post subject:

lol. it is better him being unknow. i love it when they talk to him and hes just there looking at something.

JawZ · Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 1991 Location: Bedfordshire

stig is banksy

panza · Joined: 26 Aug 2007 Posts: 169 Location: wigan

discussion closed ive found out who it is

thanks for your input

Team Mclaren · Joined: 28 Sep 2007 Posts: 16 Location: Devon

I heard the Stig's nickname was DaMadMan!!

Spanky_McCoy · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:53 pm Post subject:

panza · Joined: 26 Aug 2007 Posts: 169 Location: wigan

your right were your going but not spot on

the renault f1 test was done by the stig not by someone from renault

the different stigs are used just for filming ie in studios or like the one they did across london but all the driving is done by the one stig

stig is a race driver and has vast amount of experience so they dont need any stand in drivers ie for f1 due to the guy being an actuall race driver

if any1 wants his name let me know and ill only send it you by pm due to not spoiling it for everyone

JawZ · Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 1991 Location: Bedfordshire

pm plx.

Moldo · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:45 pm Post subject:

Yea pm me, funny to let my friends know who do watch it. Laughing

By the way, how are you sure you know who it is?

McInSanE · Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 357 Location: Germany

what is a stig? -_-

DaCheese · Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:08 pm Post subject:

It's one of these:

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Tj · Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Posts: 10

I was thinking about this the other day...

Every week when they have the star in a reasonably priced car in, he/she nearly always says something along the lines of "Well, The Stig did say not to brake too late". Doesn't this indicate that The Stig has had vocal conversations with these people?! If he were somebody very famous, somebody would have worked him out, and somebody would have spilled the beans, even if Top Gear made them all sign some sort of confidentiality agreement...so maybe it's just somebody from the amateur racing circuit with a lot of spare time.