Who is "The Stig"?

Question

Does anyone have a clue who this man is.

Answer 1

ITS ME

Answer 2

The Stig in series one and 2 was Damon Hill, alot of peeps with be happy with this announcement, he also drove for the begining of the new seires when they introduced the new reasonably priced car. Perry Macarthy did a few, he was the one that drove off the end of an aircraft carrier and Top Gear faked his death. But the main Stig is some call Harry, he is never ever to realeive that he is the Stig not even to his girlfriend. The protection on the Stig's identity is so vast that it would even make James Bond proud.

Answer 3

The Stig's true identity has never been revealed by the Top Gear presenters. The intent is that he functions as an unbiased "standard" that can be used to test cars fairly. However, once Perry McCarthy's book, Flat Out, Flat Broke, was published in 2003, it became clear that he was the original Stig (from 2002 to 2003). McCarthy was a former Formula 1 driver and test driver for the Benetton, Arrows and Williams teams and also tested for BMW F1.

In the first episode of the third series, the original Stig (McCarthy) was "killed off", with some spoof footage of the Stig supposedly driving off the end of the British aircraft carrier HMS Invincible after failing to brake in time. The car had been stripped of any excess weight in an earlier test to see whether they could decrease the 0-60 time. They had also added nitrous oxide to the Jaguar. Some believe the killing-off of The Stig was due to the uncovering of his identity, when while scheduled to appear in the 2003 Le Mans 24hr Race he was shown in an episode supposedly shot the same weekend helping the Top Gear team as the Stig in a Citroen 2CV 24hr race. This was supposedly done in a Jaguar XJS modified by Top Gear. This prompted a change of dress and music, and the "white Stig" was introduced in the second episode of series 3, on November 2, 2003. All that anyone can tell about the Stig is that he is a white male, as can be seen from the gap between his helmet and jumpsuit and that he wears size 10 racing boots as discovered by the Sunday Times when the Driving section wrote an article about the show.

Many racing drivers are often asked if they are the Stig by the public and rumours abound that other racers assume the mantle of the Stig in various capacities. In a Winter Olympics special episode of Top Gear, the Stig was shown doing a ski jump using a snowmobile, which was almost certainly not the "regular" Stig (if indeed there is one) as this is an extremely dangerous stunt. According to the Swedish tabloid newspaper Aftonbladet, the snowmobile driver performing the ski jump stunt was Dan Lang, a Swedish snowmobile cross driver. In January 2006, the Daily Express claimed that the identity of The Stig is former Formula 1 driver Julian Bailey. The article does not specify which episodes Bailey was supposedly the driver or provide sources for this claim.
In May 2006, the Stig lost control of the £415,000 Koenigsegg CCX and ploughed through a tyre wall, marking the first recorded instance of the Stig being involved in an accident. After a suggestion by the Stig to add a spoiler for downforce, Koenigsegg did accept that the car suffered from a lack of rear downforce, and took the car back to Sweden to retrofit a rear wing, in an attempt to rectify the problem. Koenigsegg later sent back the car with its new rear spoiler, and the Stig made the fastest ever power lap in it (1 minute 17.6 seconds). Jeremy Clarkson closed the show by jokingly saying that Top Gear doesn't just test cars, they design them.

In the same month, the Stig beat all other drivers (Including F1 drivers) in the Suzuki Liana "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" challenge with a time of 1:44.4, after which he walked off the stage, apparently not caring about his lap time.
Some fans of the show have speculated that current Stig is a former or current Formula 1 driver after it was revealed the Black Stig was a former F1 driver. Four F1 drivers, past and present, have taken the Liana onto the track, with each being compared to The Stig in various ways.

Rumours that the Stig was former F1 world champion Damon Hill were supposedly confounded when Hill appeared on Top Gear on June 26, 2005. He did the lap and got 1.46.3. However, when asked if he was the Stig, he didn't actually deny this, and some took his apparently rapid availability to appear on the show in another guest's absence to indicate further evidence that he was the Stig.
On July 31, 2005, a current F1 driver, Mark Webber appeared on Top Gear. He did the lap in the Suzuki Liana in 1.47.1 on a wet track. Jeremy Clarkson observed that Webber took the same line around the first corner as Damon Hill, and that the Stig's is different. However, at the conclusion of his lap, Clarkson presents Webber with a t-shirt that reads I AM THE STIG on it. This is probably unlikely, as he was a current F1 driver at the time.

Former F1 driver Nigel Mansell took the Liana around, and in the first turn, his line to the first turn almost mirrored The Stig's line as observed by Jeremy Clarkson. Nigel Mansell admitted that he hoped that the closer line was faster than going wide of his other F1 counterparts. However, no mention is given that he is The Stig, as Jeremy Clarkson instead noted that The Stig theorized that the Liana could garner a 1:44 time on the track.Nigel Mansell did it, with a time of 1:44.6.
During the review of current F1 Driver Jenson Button's lap time, Jeremy Clarkson commented that he (and the other F1 drivers) took very different lines than The Stig. Jenson Button commented to this observation: Well obviously, The Stig isn't a Formula One Driver.Jenson Button was slightly slower than Nigel Mansell with a time of 1:44.7.

Answer 4

He was a character from a kids tv series called 'Stig of the dump' many years ago.

Answer 5

I dnt know but im dying 2find out gr8 question i shud or taut of that ha...i heard he woza driver off the british touring car champ?? mayb its tiff nydall remember him and the whole stig is justa marketing ploy??

Answer 6

he was a footballer called stig bjornby,cant remember who he played for tho!!!

Answer 7

Its Perry McCarthy.

But can I ask you something?

When you were typing your question in, did you notice how many times the very same question came up below the question box?

So what does that tell you? Yes, thats right click on one of them, rather than asking the same question again!

Answer 8

Lord Lucan.

Answer 9

My husband always thought it was either Damon Hill or Johnny Herbert.
Wishful thinking on his part, I think

Answer 10

I have absolutely no idea, I like to think it's Eddie Irvine or someone like him anyway......... it's probably just a rally driver though.

Answer 11

He's that bloke who lives in the dump