Comments on: Top Gear’s Stig revealed!

By: Rocket Cover

Rocket Cover — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:50:42 +0000

Spot on The Salesman

By: t

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:28:16 +0000

Shuey is too small to be the stig. as soon as he walked out in his suit, you could tell it wasnt the usual stig!

nice try :)

got ratings for sure!

By: Mad Max

Mad Max — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:41:09 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boqEObSrJXM

By: Mad Max

Mad Max — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:29:09 +0000

Stuzz, ok I will make it easy for you. Into Google search, type in “top gear/ben collins. Up will come a whole host of information and short film clips. Just look through these and you will come up with a few good ones and finally you will find an interview with Ben where he discuss what he does on the show. Another clip shows hime (helmet off) giving driving instructions to a celebrity. There is also a clip where you have an interview with Perry McCarthy (the original black Stig). Also if you type “ben collins” into Wikipedia there is a full bio on him. This has been around for about 12 months. So no. I’m not guessing, just researching.

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:43:47 +0000

I just watched the new episode of Top Gear, and at the end it’s made very clear that it’s all a joke, Schumacher is NOT The Stig.

By: Tael

Tael — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:25:33 +0000

My belief is that it’s Ben Collins – there’s quite the evidence out there to support. I think the intent here was that Top Gear is using Schumacher as a front to reflate the conspiracy, and to shift attention away from people and media possibly coming closer to realising and uncovering the identity of the real Stig.
Think about it. The question is no longer “who is the Stig?” but instead people are asking “is Schumacher really the Stig?

Also, at the end credits of the episode, Schumacher is accredited as ‘guest’ whereas Stig is always accredited as the 4th host. – something to think about – accidental? or intended?

I wouldn’t think that, through popular belief, there are multiple Stigs – Schumacher being one of them (remember Black Stig was just one person), as that would defeat the whole purpose of having consistency in the way of a dedicated driver (the Stig) for lap comparisons. It would render the Top Gear lap time board inaccurate in its representation and useless, and Top Gear (worlds most popular car show) wouldn’t do that for the sake of having multiple Stigs – remember, the lap time is about ranking vehicle track performance, not about the Stig. A lot of people reference cars through the Top Gear lap rankings.

By: Falcodore

Falcodore — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:01:05 +0000

Totally agree with Joober and Mad Max about TGAus.

By: Stuzz

Stuzz — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:59:31 +0000

Likely that different experts on a track/vehicle combination are used. Do the bloggers who are convinced they know the “real” identity of the stig work on the program? Or are they just second hand opinions, im guessing the latter

By: Mad Max

Mad Max — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:26:45 +0000

The first Stig (I mentioned above) was Perry McCarthy. He was also a sportscar and UK Thundersports driver. He is also interviewed on You Tube. If I find the interviews with him and Ben Collins again, I will leave an address. The joy of working nights…

By: Mad Max

Mad Max — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:20:02 +0000

I think that this series of TG Aus is miles better than the last series. They seem to be working better together. Still nowhere near as good as the Uk series, but then they have a few years of history now. If you watch some of the first UK episodes, they were not that great either. I seem to remember reading an interview where Clarkson said they were lucky to last until series 2 or 3 themselves.

By: Joober

Joober — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:17:24 +0000

I agree with Gibbo, I liked the notion that the Stig is some driving machine, a terminator built for driving, with a strange attitude to all things.

And give TG Aus a break, I find it alright, not as good as TGearUK but its got its wit and subtly amusing and plus the Aussie culture mixed into it, you can relate to as well.

By: Jeremy Clarkson

Jeremy Clarkson — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:07:53 +0000

A few points from us here at Top Gear.

1 Thanks for the praise
2 Stop slagging off TG Oz.
3 Learn to keep left.
4 Maintain your speed.
5 The Stig is really a 14 year-old girl that could
out-drive any of you Aussies any day of the week !

By: Gift-Ed

Gift-Ed — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:03:56 +0000

Schu would have been outed long ago. Too many fans can recognise his walk amongst other mannerisms! Besides, Top Gear bag Ferrari far too much for Schuey to be associated with it.

Great fun though!

By: Gibbo

Gibbo — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:52:03 +0000

I liked not knowing who (or what) the stig is. I liked it when it used to portrayed as a thing programmed to drive fast. Some Say….

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:09:57 +0000

Last part of the episode:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=channel

By: gazinwales

gazinwales — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:03:54 +0000

Go to http://www.topgear.com, there’s an interveiw with Schumacher,
about his lap in the FXX.
April fools day a little late for this year folks.

By: Stevothedevo

Stevothedevo — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:47:29 +0000

Just downloading the episode now – 700Mb may take a while with our pathetic broadband speeds.

By: gazinwales

gazinwales — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:41:49 +0000

Yep they got him in to drive his own car the FXX, obviously when they sat him on the couch and JC interviewed him, as per the usual ’star in the reasonably priced car’.

By: Golfschwein

Golfschwein — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:36:21 +0000

Okay, Tim. If you’ve watched it, I’ll believe you.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:26:31 +0000

He isn’t the stig….I just watched the episode and at the end the ‘bombshell’ was that that Michael isnt actually the stig.

TG fooled us all lol. Zahmad, yes that is Schu’s FXX as it doesn’t have the white stripe.