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...
Jun-28-2005 13:07
shades_of_gray
Ninety Nine Addict.......
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Yeovil, Somerset
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
Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Somewhere where it's raining
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.
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.
Jun-29-2005 15:04
sykadelik
INSTRUMENTALIST
Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Bristol
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.
Jun-29-2005 15:35
Spad
wise sage of the forest
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Chesterfield ,UK
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.