Top Gear's The Stig - unmasked at last?

[James]

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...

[josh_smaxx]

Originally Posted by smOkin

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.

[MattW]

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".

[telboy]

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!!

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

[bodgit]

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


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

[Spencer Mulcahy]

Originally Posted by bodgit

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

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

[bert digler]

it is ben collins

[MK999]

Originally Posted by PaulRotheram

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.

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.

[Southwell]

Originally Posted by Wraggy

how about this Guy ?
Ben Collins

Yeah, thats who i thought it was anyway.

[Kopite]

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

[Chrislong]

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.

[Ashley]

i say its mark stiles
no its ben colins really

[burton]

Originally Posted by bodgit

but could it be jacques villeneuve

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

[Garry Spice]

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

[burton]

Originally Posted by Spencer Mulcahy

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

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.

[Garry Spice]

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

[SHY]

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

[James]

Originally Posted by Kopite

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

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

[bodgit]

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

[Chrislong]

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.