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Old 15 Jul 2008, 12:36 (Ref:2251252)   #1
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Alonso reckons The Stig is ex-F1

Check this out. Was it Damon Hill this time out ?
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Old 15 Jul 2008, 12:41 (Ref:2251258)   #2
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My guess; the Stig is Johnny Herbert
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Old 15 Jul 2008, 12:45 (Ref:2251260)   #3
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Nah - WAY too tall to be Johnny.
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Old 15 Jul 2008, 12:46 (Ref:2251262)   #4
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Did anyone seriously believe it was Alonso?

If it was wet and he didn't spin it rules Massa out.......
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Old 15 Jul 2008, 12:49 (Ref:2251265)   #5
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There are several different Stigs. Ben Collins is definitely one of them... but was that him out in the 2 seater ? From what Alonso's said, I don't think so. I think Damon may be one of them... and that he's done the F1 stuff, remember the Renault F1 test ?
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Old 15 Jul 2008, 13:08 (Ref:2251277)   #6
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Mekola should be qualifying in the top 5 on the gridMekola should be qualifying in the top 5 on the gridMekola should be qualifying in the top 5 on the grid
Even I remind the GP2 "veteran drivers" test, where Damon was of course involved, along Jacques Laffite, Adrian Campos and Patrick Tambay.
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Old 15 Jul 2008, 14:13 (Ref:2251321)   #7
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Did anyone seriously believe it was Alonso?
Just what I was thinking. Hasn't Alonso been a bit too busy winning world titles and suchlike to be making himself a cult figure on Top Gear?
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Old 15 Jul 2008, 14:17 (Ref:2251328)   #8
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Where does the rumour come from that he was the stig? Ive never heard it :/

And by now surely everyone knows the stig is not just one person!?
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Old 15 Jul 2008, 15:08 (Ref:2251362)   #9
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Ben Collins is the current 'White Stig' and Perry Mcarthy was the previous 'Black Stig'.
I know Julian Bailey filled in for Mcarthy once but that was a few years ago.

There is a wikipedia page that might have the answer.
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Old 15 Jul 2008, 15:13 (Ref:2251365)   #10
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I usually notice he looks slightly plump round the stomach, so definitely ex-F1.
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Old 15 Jul 2008, 15:14 (Ref:2251367)   #11
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Ben Collins is the current 'White Stig'
Perhaps oddly, they once used Ben Collins as Ben Collins when he raced that off-road skateboarder in a Mitsubisher rally car.
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Old 15 Jul 2008, 17:47 (Ref:2251445)   #12
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I recognise The Stig's voice (watch this clip from 2:10 onwards: http://youtube.com/watch?v=VihIf1Fi-BM), but I can't figure out who it is... :confused:
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Old 15 Jul 2008, 18:32 (Ref:2251475)   #13
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As someone mentioned previously, the Black Stig was Perry McCarthy (see his excellent biography for proof) and the White Stig is Ben Collins. However, on several occasions, other drivers have donned the disguise on a one-off basis. For instance, Heikki Kovalainen drove the Renault R24 round the TG test track, and Darren Turner did likewise with the Aston Martin DBRS9.
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Old 15 Jul 2008, 19:25 (Ref:2251519)   #14
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They also used Jonathan Cochet to drive an F1 car in the past.

The F1 Live story has a lot of holes in it: To start with, I was at Silverstone from Thursday to Sunday, and never saw or heard a 2-seater going around.
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Old 15 Jul 2008, 19:28 (Ref:2251524)   #15
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Anthony Davidson ?

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I recognise The Stig's voice (watch this clip from 2:10 onwards: http://youtube.com/watch?v=VihIf1Fi-BM), but I can't figure out who it is... :confused:
I think that's Anthony Davidson. If it was, it would not only explain The Stig's competence in a modern F1 car... but also Alonso's comments above.

Let's see if we can get Rennen to confirm that Anthony Davidson was never The Stig. Rennen... can you do that, or is it a polite 'no comment' ?
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The F1 Live story has a lot of holes in it: To start with, I was at Silverstone from Thursday to Sunday, and never saw or heard a 2-seater going around.
There was a two seater out for a couple of laps between the Porsche Supercup and GP on Sunday.
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Old 15 Jul 2008, 20:24 (Ref:2251557)   #17
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I agree that's Bones, sorry Anthony Davidson, but please don't aske Rennen to become involved. The reason Perry McCarthy lost the job was because he couldn't keep his mouth shut! Great wit and story teller, but sometimes discretion is not such a bad idea.

The voice in the first part of this clip is definitely Ben Collins, but then it changes back to Ant.

About Silverstone, the funny thing is that I saw exactly the same remarks as Alonso is supposed to have made attributed to Lewis Hamilton earlier, I think on autosport.com, but the story seems to have disappeared now. I'd say for sure that was Ant. It all adds up so neatly, but he's definitely not slightly plump around the middle! That'd be me!
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I've never seen the Stig and Superman in the same place together..

Seriously do Top Gear people go around starting these threads on purpose? Who cares who it is?
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He does'nt.
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I've never seen the Stig and Superman in the same place together..

Seriously do Top Gear people go around starting these threads on purpose? Who cares who it is?
I started the thread. The earlier youTube clip has been viewed by almost 1.8M people... which is pretty high by youTube standards. Alonso was moved to comment that The Stig [at the Silverstone GP weekend] was an ex-F1 driver. His identity would be national-newsworthy stuff in the UK and the possibility that he's an F1 driver is newsworthy stuff here.

A lot of people care who it is... and according to Strider's post above... The Stig would apparently care very much about it if his identity was revealed.
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I have never heard anybody speculate that Alonso was/is the stig, not even for the episode where the stig drives the Renault F1 car.
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Old 16 Jul 2008, 20:52 (Ref:2252179)   #25
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Nice one Gordon,Why does this hopeless quest keep croping up,this must be the forth discussion concerning the one subject.
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