Top Gear's The Stig - unmasked at last?
 

Top Gear's The Stig - unmasked at last?




http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIA...g_unmasked.jpg http://www.autotrader.co.uk/CARS/com.../images/66.gifThis is the first glimpse of the man behind The Stig's trademark white crash helmethttp://www.autotrader.co.uk/CARS/com.../images/99.gif



22 February 2008

by Stuart Milne This is the first glimpse of the man behind The Stig's trademark white crash helmet.
View the face behind the mask now
The Stig's identity has been a closely guarded secret, and only a few Top Gear insiders know the 'tame racing driver's' real identity.
This sensational photograph was taken in London yesterday and gives a clear view of his eyes through his crash helmet's black visor, but has left experts mystified as to his true identity.
Many skilled racing drivers, past and present, have been mentioned in connection to The Stig, including current F1 star Lewis Hamilton.
Ex-F1 driver Perry McCarthy exposed himself as the original Stig after two seasons on the hit BBC2 show, and revealed to Auto Trader in 2006 that “There’s a few of them [Stigs], I think…”
A spokeswoman for the BBC refused to comment on the new photos.
any ideas ??????

it's me :woot::thumbsup::p

We've all seen you drive, your not fooling anyone.










:woot:

I thought it could be Damon Hill????

very interesting as to who it really is????

yeah i always thought it could be damon hill as many others did, i cant think who it is looking at that pic but i am sure someone will :thumbsup:

I thought damon hill too but look at eyebrows his are too thick stig has narrow ones
http://www.damonhill.de/d25.jpghttp://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/fivelivebreakfast/vill.jpghttp://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIA...g_unmasked.jpg



but could it be jacques villeneuve

Think
 

Did the stig ever look like he was 5ft 11 ??aka hill ------------------- stig looks more like 5 ft 6 ish ??

martin brundel?

nah it doesnt look like him

I'd love to know who the stig is from curiosity, but at the same time i REALLY don't want to find out. That's what makes it so interesting and funny to never know who it is.

Keep him a secret!


no it isnt me.. honest... ;)

It maybe isnt anybody who is very well known by most people anyway but it keeps us all guessing and your right not knowing makes it more fun :thumbsup:

Looks like the red stig will be out next year if the cat is out the bag.

Thats who i think it is!

Noooooooo, i want multi coloured stig :woot::thumbsup:

looks like john cleland to me http://www.johncleland.net/

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIA...g_unmasked.jpg



http://www.johncleland.net/images/index3.jpg

how about this Guy ?
Ben Collins
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...ncollins-1.png

yeh :p

stig wearing gay pride colours :thumbsup::woot:

Thats who I've thought it was for quite a while now, he has been on the show a few times in "non Stig" form as well.

There are a few different people that take the role of the stig, pritty sure that Ben collins and Phil Keen have both been doing it at points.

it makes the powerboard ineffective really, different drivers in different cars.. you cant 100% say that car is definately the fastest, or faster than another car.

Yeh i think most speculators think its ben collins too, i remember reading that his name was included as one of the 'professional drivers' present when hamster had his crash...

I remember that too, have though it was Ben for ages though.

I have it on very good authority (from someone that knows him personally!!) that it is (or was 12-18 months ago) indeed Mr Ben collins. The first one was Perry Mcarthey - until they "killed him off".

Who ever it is, they're gonna be an ex or current GT or BTCC driver I think.

Deffo not Hill, eyebrows not bushy enough, deffo not villenueve, to tall. Clelend just looks to old through the visor for it to be him. Deffo not brundle...hes' not fast enough!!:p

I think Wraggy is right though, if you look at the eyes hard and close enough, they pretty much, match.

Looks like his eyes but ben collins is 6ft 1"

http://www.findsmileys.com/smileylet...php?s=SOME+SAY
In the history of Top Gear there have been two Stigs. The first (black-suited Stig) was ‘killed off’ and later unmasked as Perry McCarthy – a little-known F1 driver.
Another rapid but little-known F1 driver who could be the new Stig is Julian Bailey.
Bailey made 20 Grand Prix starts but, like McCarthy, didn’t qualify for most of them because his cars were too slow. He stopped racing in F1 when he ran out of money, but he is definitely quick enough.
Cons: There are no obvious reasons why it couldn’t be him…
Williams Hill odds: 4/1

You cant realy go off how tall he is as everybody looks tall next to Hamster and everybody looks small next to Clarkson.:lol:

it is ben collins:p

Which is exactly why it's kept secret, makes it far more simple to film the show if you don't have to wait around for one specific person, also doesn't make it awkward if a car company refuses to let their driver drive a prototype or something and sends their own driver down.

Yeah, thats who i thought it was anyway.

i think it's fat bastard from Austin Powers...

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:...t_bastard.jpeg

Its Ben Collins.

I was speaking to a delivery driver who works on the same industrial park as Topgear and he said it was certainly him. Then more recently, last year I went to the MPH show and the programme had a profile of the presenters - Jeremy Clarkson, James May, Richard Hammond & Ben Collins..... but there was only 3 presenters....

Those eyes just confirm it, its him without doubt.

i say its mark stiles:p
no its ben colins really

If it was Villeneuve then it would be easy as he has his romper suit baggy unlike others..

when they took the old cars across Africa wasn't the stigs cousin lewis Hamilton??? just look the next time it repeated.hes got the right frame and build.on youtube theres a vid of lewis aged 13 racing a kart at buckmore park going from last to first in 8 laps!!!! HES MY HERO

Current Stig doesn't look to be mush taller than hamster, more James May height. As when they did the "Across London" and Stig was on the tube etc.

yes but in the africa one he was deafo a blackman!

Maybe they did a Robert Downey Jr to confuse the public... (Tropical Thunder movie) :lol:

I dont think he weighs 'a metric tonne.......'

hear the stigs voice in a german interview on you tube anyone reconise the voice its about 2mins 45 secs into the clip
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzZVEH377BA

if you watch the whole clip it also shows footage of the death of the old stig as he drove his jag off an aircraft carrier never to be seen again

The stig was created so when high value prototype cars go around the test track, then its actually the manufacturers test driver doing the driving. It isn't always the same person, although in the studio I suspect it is always the same one so any changes in height, frame, number of limbs can;t be detected. :lol: