Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - 12:33 pm, by: Peter Beer(Pmb☺57)
Quoted from the ABC website this morning:
"Identity of Top Gear's Stig revealed:
Top Gear's The Stig. (www.topgear.com) London's Telegraph has broken with convention and outed former race and James Bond stunt driver Ben Collins as Top Gear's The Stig.
According to the newspaper, the 33-year-old let the closely guarded secret slip when he asked Bristol gallery staff to help him produce limited edition prints of the white-suited character test-driving cars around the Top Gear track.
"I was absolutely amazed when he said he was The Stig, it was quite a big thing in a weird way," gallery owner Simon Whitehead was quoted as saying.
The BBC has a policy of never commenting on the character's identity.
A spokesman for the show, presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, told the paper: "We never comment on speculation as to who or what The Stig is."
Collins began his motorsport career in 1994 and has raced at Le Mans and in Formula Three.
He worked as a stunt driver on the latest James Bond film, Quantum Of Solace, and has also appeared on Top Gear as himself."
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 10:07 am, by: Leon Wright(Techman)
We'll see I guess, but He has kept it secret for quite some time now... So I do find it kinda hard to believe, especially when he could get someone from the BBC to do it for him
Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 02:41 pm, by: Cameron Wylde(Azazel)
I had thought that one of the major car companies had already let something similar to this slip. That Top Gear do have "The Stig" but aside from their driver some manufacturers also supply their own drivers to get the best out of the cars.
Is there still hope for me to become his protege? Ha ha.
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