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Posted by Antony on Jun-28-2005 11:24:

Top Gear !

Just want to know who The Stig is (Is it realy Damon Hill?)

'cause some say he sleeps upside down, like a bat...

Any BBC viewers? I love that show

Posted by Coup on Jun-28-2005 11:58:

haha. Top Gear and The Apprentice have been the only 2 shows worth watching the beeb this year. fuck the TV licence!

Posted by jamie on Jun-28-2005 12:13:

The Stig is a former F1 Driver, Perry Macarthy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/essex/features...eleb/stig.shtml

Posted by MikeVee on Jun-28-2005 12:17:

quote:
Originally posted by Jamie_
The Stig is a former F1 Driver, Perry Macarthy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/essex/features...eleb/stig.shtml

That was the previous one, the black clothed stig.

Posted by mark_the_gooner on Jun-28-2005 12:36:

Re: Top Gear !

quote:
Originally posted by Antony
Just want to know who The Stig is (Is it realy Damon Hill?)

'cause some say he sleeps upside down, like a bat...

Any BBC viewers? I love that show

Don't forget that his breath smells of magnesium.

Also I doubt it is damon hill because they got him onto the show to try and prove it wasn't him.

Posted by Antony on Jun-28-2005 13:07:

Found this on the TopGear website:

A former F1 driver in a reasonably-priced car

Global speculation about the identity of the Stig often leads people to believe he's Damon Hill. But could it be true? Does Damon sleep upside down like a bat? Is he afraid of bells? One thing for sure is Damon managed a superb lap time, 1.46.3, as you would expect. He won't be ranked on the power laps board, instead we are starting a new F1 section, for pro-drivers to battle it out. But is he the Stig? Who can say for sure...

Posted by shades_of_gray on Jun-28-2005 16:15:

i just wanna say top gear is actually great to watch now.....they got rid of the dead wood ....and injected new blood...its funny as fuck now

Posted by DRM on Jun-28-2005 17:56:

well as far as i can gather from net reports the stig is generally Ben Collins, an F3 driver, but there are times when he cant do it and others step in Peter Dumbreck, some touring car driver, being the main one but with others such as Jason Plato and Damon Hill very occasionally too.

whether all that is tru or not i dont know but it all seems pretty plausable to me from what i have read.

Posted by Jackson on Jun-28-2005 22:02:

I always imagined it being Nigel Mansell.

Posted by jp on Jun-29-2005 15:04:

Looking at his body and the way his drives it must be Johnny Herbert. Especially because all guest drivers say he's very patient and friendly.

Posted by sykadelik on Jun-29-2005 15:35:

quote:
Originally posted by jp
Looking at his body and the way his drives it must be Johnny Herbert. Especially because all guest drivers say he's very patient and friendly.

If it was Herbert something would be going wrong with the car all the time. He was the unluckiest F1 driver I have ever seen, the amount of car failure he had was ridiculous.

Posted by Spad on Jun-29-2005 15:36:

Re: Re: Top Gear !

quote:
Originally posted by mark_the_gooner
Also I doubt it is damon hill because they got him onto the show to try and prove it wasn't him.

The only reason he was on it is because Davina pulled out at the last minute. They managed to get him at short notice.

I think that's coz he was already there Still reckon he's the Stig.

Posted by fbgdavidson on Jun-29-2005 22:09:

quote:
Originally posted by DRM
well as far as i can gather from net reports the stig is generally Ben Collins, an F3 driver, but there are times when he cant do it and others step in Peter Dumbreck, some touring car driver, being the main one but with others such as Jason Plato and Damon Hill very occasionally too.

whether all that is tru or not i dont know but it all seems pretty plausable to me from what i have read.

I've heard it is a number of different people too. Bearing in mind Perry McCarthy was fairly unknown I wouldn't be surprised if it was someone relatively unknown second time around.

Posted by Orko on Jul-18-2005 17:37:

Im from Canada, and we definatly dont get that type of program here. I have been downloading if for a few years now, but my dates are all out of whack.

When did Tiff leave the show and start "5th Gear"?

The show is great and all, but all the talking between segments gets on my nerves. Get to the cars, specs, and reviews already!

Posted by nchs09 on Jul-18-2005 21:20:

i like top gear. fuckign i dont get bbc hre thogh so i have to download.

Posted by DRM on Jul-19-2005 09:35:

ill tell u wot, whoever chooses the music for the show really knows their shit! always some really mint tracks featured on it.

Posted by Project 7 on Jul-19-2005 10:06:

Ive heard Adagio For Strings Ferry mix on there one time... thats the only trance i think

Posted by acidHL on Jul-19-2005 16:00:

I noticed the very begining to Hybrid - Gravestar recently.

Posted by acidHL on Jul-19-2005 16:00:

I noticed the very beggining to Hybrid - Gravestar recently.

Posted by Orko on Jul-19-2005 17:07:

quote:
Originally posted by DRM
ill tell u wot, whoever chooses the music for the show really knows their shit! always some really mint tracks featured on it.

you are so right about that! They always have great music timed with interesting camera shots.

Posted by DjDeComp on Jul-19-2005 19:14:

Stig is the man

Posted by CraSHer[UK] on Jul-19-2005 22:37:

haha loved his introduction this week

"Some say his heart beats like a clock and that he's afraid of stairs..."

Posted by DjDeComp on Jul-20-2005 03:11:

the music selection he plays when drives are top notch

Posted by Spin Doctor on Jul-23-2005 18:17:

quote:
Originally posted by Jamie_
The Stig is a former F1 Driver, Perry Macarthy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/essex/features...eleb/stig.shtml

There�s me thinking it was a caveman.

Posted by jp on Jul-24-2005 18:21:

This week:

Jeremy gives his verdict on the BMW M5, while Richard and James try their hand at Russian roulette road testing. Meanwhile, the Megane Renaultsport 225, Vauxhall Astra VXR and Golf GTi fight it out to be crowned king of the hot hatches.

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