And The Stig Is...

[Captain Slow]

BEN COLLINS

http://jalopnik.com/5619135/who-is-the- ... e=true&s=i

Some say Top Gear's elusive masked driver is former Formula Three driver Ben Collins. Some say the Sunday Times unmasked Collins today based on the financial reports of his company. All we know is... they're apparently right. Told ya so.

For years the identity of BBC TV's Top Gear test driver, the Stig, has been the subject of frenzied speculation. Now his identity appears to have been revealed and shattered by his plan to publish his memoirs.

R.I.P. Stiggy.

[Mr1der]

eh...he's probably one of several....and shows up on the show as himself anyway.

[Loki]

Old news is old. The Stig ain't going anywhere.

[Mr1der]

I wanna know who stig's communist cousin was...

[Captain Slow]

If Collins' publisher wins the court battle to publish his book ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11058504 )
we could have a repeat of Black Stig/ Perry McCarthy. Jaguar off The HMS Invincible.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eiJkQzpzRc[/youtube]

Edit* Plus, there is a clause in the Stig's contract (According to Andy Wilman) that if the identity of the Stig is ever leaked or revealed, by anyone, that he must be fired.

[TBrack]

The Stig is a TV personality, not a specific person. Therefore, The Stig can never be truly unmasked.

[MellowZ32]

rEpOsT!

[Captain Slow]

rEpOsT!

YOU'RE A REPOST.

J/K
I'm thinking though that they will probably keep white stig. Hopefully nothing comes of this and they just make it one big joke on the show, like they do every time. Although, I'm thinking that a pink stig would work. Preferably one that has a german accent, and that drives around a certain track......

[sentrastace]

what? i thought it was schumacher at one point or something like that?

[Mr1der]

nah. Ferrari would only let him take the FXX around the track.

[Poyzinous]

he doesn't look so tough... now give him his suit, and I wouldn't mess with him if he was in a wheelchair on a mountain top.

[Skyline_BNR34]

nah. Ferrari would only let him take the FXX around the track.

It was his personal FXX that he owns.

All other Fxx's have to be kept at the track to race them, Schumacher is allowed to have his at his house.

It's multiple people, and I'm sure Schumacher appears a lot of the times too. He is the right size and one hell of a driver.

[ADDirishboy]

All other Fxx's have to be kept at the track to race them, Schumacher is allowed to have his at his house.

Big surprise.

[Mr1der]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-storie ... -22521367/

I'm gonna miss white stig.

[alms24sebring]

what? i thought it was schumacher at one point or something like that?

Yeah, corrct me if Im wrong but I sware they unmasked him as Michael Schumacher on the show at 1 point. It can only be him lol. hes the best driver on Earth.

[Joe]

you guys are naive if you think it was schumacher (who the stig is on a regular basis). that was a a joke.

its colins. he does not drive like a f1 driver and around the test track he takes a far different line than the F1/top level open wheel drivers.

[Loki]

It was definitely Schumacher when they tested the FXX, cause he's the only one allowed to drive that one. I'm sure he's filled in sometimes as well, but Collins was the Stig the majority of the time.

[USMCgetsome]

f'n jerks they just ruined the WHITE STIG! ugh. Whats the next replacement color? Pink Stig?

[Bubba1]

[quote="Mr1der"]I wanna know who stig's communist cousin was...


Boris Said.

[Mr1der]

ooooo oooooo, I hope the new Stig is Gold Stig or Silver Stig.

[Skyline_BNR34]

you guys are naive if you think it was schumacher (who the stig is on a regular basis). that was a a joke.

its colins. he does not drive like a f1 driver and around the test track he takes a far different line than the F1/top level open wheel drivers.

Actually it would be perfect to have him because since he's been revealed he would be the perfect choice to be the Stig, plus I'm sure he's filled in a few times.

I don't care who it is, just that I wish I could drive like him.

[Bubba1]

you guys are naive if you think it was schumacher (who the stig is on a regular basis). that was a a joke.

its colins. he does not drive like a f1 driver and around the test track he takes a far different line than the F1/top level open wheel drivers.

Actually it would be perfect to have him because since he's been revealed he would be the perfect choice to be the Stig, plus I'm sure he's filled in a few times.

I don't care who it is, just that I wish I could drive like him.

I'm not sure Schumi would be a perfect choice. One of the stig's main jobs is to teach celeb guests the track they use on the show. Schumi is a tremendous driving talent, but who knows if he has the patience to teach car control 101 to a celeb whose never been on a race track.