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The Stig's identity revealed?
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:34 am
by Eraser
Some say.... oh whatever.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/drivin ... 548705.ece
Re: The Stig's identity revealed?
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:48 am
by axbaby
bummer but i admit i was pretty curious.
i love that show and see it everyday in re-runs
Re: The Stig's identity revealed?
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:12 am
by Angel of Death
I don't think it's Collins, he has appeared in the show as himself before, although it could all be a cunning ruse.
Re: The Stig's identity revealed?
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:28 am
by Chupacabra
as eraser says...whatever
Re: The Stig's identity revealed?
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:59 am
by Massive Quasars
The Stig is an amateur taxidermist, just saying.
Re: The Stig's identity revealed?
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:01 pm
by DRuM
'Top Gear presenter James May claimed that the Stig's identity has not been outed and there has been speculation that there may be more than one person to be the Stig'
Re: The Stig's identity revealed?
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:01 pm
by Dr_Watson
it doesn't matter who the stig is, as long as its the same dude in the suit for every car on the board.
Re: The Stig's identity revealed?
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:12 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
lol @ those who thought it was hamilton.
Re: The Stig's identity revealed?
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:57 pm
by Don Carlos
The cars would be 2secs a lap quicker if it was Hamilton :P
Re: The Stig's identity revealed?
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:15 pm
by werldhed
Hamilton's lap was slower than the Stig's.
Granted, he's got the track memorized, but still...
Re: The Stig's identity revealed?
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:11 pm
by Don Carlos
Hamiltons lap was in the wet with oil on the track and it was only a few ms out:
Stigs best is 1:44.4
Hamiltons lap was 1:44.7
0.3 seconds where as JC always says a wet lap is worth 4 seconds a lap...
Re: The Stig's identity revealed?
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:37 pm
by werldhed
I thought Damon Hill or Button or someone said there was probably only half a second or so that could be lost with that car in the wet. At least for the F1 drivers. Don't know if it's true or not.

Re: The Stig's identity revealed?
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:02 pm
by Don Carlos
Hmmm dunno - but even so wet and oil and only .3 seconds behind was amazing imo
Even the stig said it was a silly time
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=RpUQY-zoFnE
Re: The Stig's identity revealed?
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:57 am
by Chupacabra
is hamilton the one that got his head grinded (sp) into the ground?
Re: The Stig's identity revealed?
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:31 am
by Eraser
Don Carlos wrote:where as JC always says a wet lap is worth 4 seconds a lap...
That's probably true for non-F1 drivers
Re: The Stig's identity revealed?
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:08 am
by Don Carlos
Mark Webber was 3 seconds a lap slower than Hamilton - both in the wet as the video shows
Re: The Stig's identity revealed?
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:29 pm
by Dr_Watson
Re: The Stig's identity revealed?
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:39 pm
by Captain
Some believe he used the nitrous octane equipment from the Jag to breathe.
