The Stig

[Steve]

learnt today that "The Stig" is Ben Collins

Quite a reliable source too!

[boddamloon]

learnt today that "The Stig" is Ben Collins

Quite a reliable source too!

Quote from Wikimedia

Ben Collins (born February 13, 1977) is a single seater and sports car driver from Bristol, England. He started his motorsport career in 1994, competing in Formula First and Formula Vauxhall Junior on his way to International Formula 3. Ben is a Champion Racing Driver with success in Motor Sport from Formula Three and Le Mans Sportscars to GT and NASCAR.

Ben placed 2nd in the Marlboro Masters world class Formula Three championship event in 2000 and set the pace at the 2001 Le Mans 24 hours in his first season; for some four hours during the rain at night. After winning the European Stock Car Championship in 2003 ASCAR stock car racing he was signed by PDM Racing to do selected rounds of the 2004 Indy Racing League, but the car never appeared. In 2005, he competed in the British GT Championship in a Porsche 996 GT3, winning races on the way before moving up to the FIA GT Series with Ascari where he LED races and scored several Pole Positions.

It is rumoured that Ben is lined up to compete in American Nascar racing in 2008 (his stated ambition) and is undergoing testing with a leading team in Nextel Cup.

It is rumoured that Ben is The Stig on BBC TV's Top Gear. The Health & Safety Executive report into Richard Hammond's Vampire dragster crash in September 2006 records that Collins "worked closely with Top Gear as a high performance driver and consultant".[1] Footage that shows rare occasions on which The Stig speaks infront of a camera has also been compared to footage of Ben Collins himself talking, the voices seem to match up, although nobody can be completely certain as the voice of The Stig is slightly disguised under his crash helmet.

[Steve]

nice find!

[Dave-Ellen]

go to pistonheads..........

lots on there on this subject............. also been several other people

[boddamloon]

do we really want to know is the question? he would never be so famous if people knew who it was?

[Hando]

go to pistonheads..........

lots on there on this subject............. also been several other people

Yeah last I heard there are two/three different stigs who rotate depending on availability. All pro drivers tho.

[Scorps01]

Cant be.

Im the Stig coz it says so on my t-shirt :P

[boddamloon]

If there is " The Board " is not a good guide line surly if its different drivers??

Not that it matters as we all love the Stig

[sparkystav]

Thats what i thought Rod,

I liked the mystery of it all.

Anyway its not him..................................

...............Its me, honest lol

[Lexus2D]

Is he nice looking lol

Have a bit of a thing 4 him watch me be let down

[sparkystav]

Here he is.

Stav

[dazz32]

Is he nice looking lol

Have a bit of a thing 4 him watch me be let down

watch you being let down in flames!!!!

only joking 2D :winky:

[Scorps01]

It could be Russ Swift or his son or maybe Damon Hill, Tiff Needell or even James May but who cares as long as he/she can keep the mystery going. Once Perry McCarthy was "found out" top gear found another stig (present one)....remember Black Stig?

[Lexus2D]

Here he is.

Stav

MMMMmmmmm not bad

Just bin lookin & found same pic lol

[boddamloon]

heres another for you to get your teeth into 2D

[Noel]

or even James May

not bloody likely ....

i think the main reason for anoniminity is to keep the drivers achievements or possible lack of them out of the show ... this way all that gets discussed is the cars performance and handling and not the driver

[Steve]

like i said.. i had a good source.

[Scorps01]

Cant be that good if you've only just heard it......the rumour has been around Ben Collins being the Stig for months.

Anyway where do you think Bin Laden has been.....no not in a cave hes been hooning around the top gear track.

[Steve]

yeah but yours was a rumour and mines a fact LOL

[Lexus2D]

Is he nice looking lol

Have a bit of a thing 4 him watch me be let down

watch you being let down in flames!!!!

only joking 2D :winky:

Im confused

[Lexus2D]

heres another for you to get your teeth into 2D

Teeth lol looks nicer in the other 1 sorry

[Bazza]

i dont know what you are all on about

for the no rumours, 100% true identity of the stig look here !

now dont tell everyone

[boddamloon]

[WylieCoyote]

Doesn't matter who he is, if there wasn't the uncertainty it would never be the same. The Stig is a faceless, voiceless character and I think if top gear exposed his identity it would ruin the whole illusion that everyone has about him.

[boddamloon]

here here