who is the stig?

Answer 1

Type it in "Search for questions" and you'll see it's been asked 86 times before, so take your pick there from all the guesses.

Answer 2

The Stig's true identity is never revealed on the show, and in order to maintain the secrecy, all shots show him wearing full racing overalls and matching helmet. All that can be seen from the gap between his helmet and jumpsuit is that he is a white male with dark hair. It is also known that he wears size 10 racing boots as discovered by the Sunday Times when the Driving section wrote an article about the show.
The identity of the first Stig was revealed to be Perry McCarthy when his book Flat Out, Flat Broke was published in 2003. McCarthy is a former Formula 1 driver and test driver for the Benetton, Arrows and Williams teams, and also tested for BMW F1.
The identity of the new Stig has not been officially revealed. However, rumours abound that several racers take the role 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. According to the Swedish tabloid newspaper Aftonbladet, the snowmobile driver performing the ski jump stunt was Dan Lang, a Swedish snowmobile cross driver.[10] In January 2006, a Daily Express article reported that Julian Bailey is secretly "The Stig".
Mark Webber with an "I AM THE STIG" T-shirt presented to him by Jeremy.Fans of the show have speculated that the current Stig is a former or current Formula 1 driver. The show has capitalised on this speculation by hosting several F1 drivers on the programme, ambiguously hinting that any of them may be the Stig without ever revealing his true identity. The Top Gear website also lists The Stig under the F1 drivers section of the Power Lap board.
On the episode of June 26, 2005, Damon Hill appeared as the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car. When asked directly by Clarkson if he was the Stig, Hill evaded the question and did not provide an outright denial or confirmation. Mark Webber was interviewed on July 31, 2005 and at the conclusion of his lap Clarkson presented him with an "I AM THE STIG" T-shirt. Webber was then warned not to wear it around the F1 paddock, as "Michael doesn't always wear red".
When former F1 driver Nigel Mansell appeared on the show, Jeremy Clarkson noted that the Stig theorised that the Suzuki Liana (the show's "reasonably priced car" at the time) could achieve a 1:44 time on the track. Mansell proved the Stig's theory by lapping in a time of 1:44.6. Clarkson also noted that Mansell's line through the first corner was the same as the one taken by the Stig.
During the review of Jenson Button's lap, Clarkson commented that he, as did most of the other F1 drivers, took very different racing lines than the Stig. Button commented that "...obviously, the Stig isn't a Formula One Driver".

Answer 3

The Stig is a racing driver on the revised format of the BBC motoring show Top Gear. He is cast as a mysterious "tame racing driver" whose identity is unknown, and who never speaks on camera. Nonetheless he is fully credited as a presenter alongside Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May.

The Stig's primary function is to drive various cars during segments of the programme, most often around the Top Gear test circuit, setting times which are then recorded on the Power Lap board. His second duty is to train whoever is the show's Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car that week. The Stig is a fan of various forms of music, which is played during shots of him behind the wheel while doing power laps.

The Stig has also appeared on some of Jeremy Clarkson's motoring specials, such as Clarkson's Heaven and Hell, as a test driver for some of the cars being profiled

Answer 4

Some say he sucks moisture out of ducks and he models his crash helmet on Britneys Spears' head. But all we know is he's called The Stig.

Answer 5

Some say he communicates only to a cars on board computer through binary code, and that he once killed a man who was towing a caravan, using only a steering wheel. All we know, is he's called the stig.

Answer 6

Aren't they onto their second or third Stig? Who have the other ones been?

Answer 7

I am told the Stig has changed identity more than once. As ever, wikipedia has an article on it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stig

You cant trust everyhting you read on it, but its certainly an interesting read.

Answer 8

The Samiad from 5 Children and It wasn't it?

Or it's Stig of the Dump who was some prehistoric man who just happened - as you do - to be perfectly preserved throught the millenia in a rubbish dump that wasn't there in his time. Funny old world.

Answer 9

Mr Hill

Answer 10

Salman Rushdie