The Stig's ID is 'Top Gear' secret no more

AP via Yahoo! News ^ | September 1, 2010 | JENNIFER QUINN

[kosciusko51]

LONDON – The opaque visor of one of Britain's most famous helmets has been lifted.

The identity of The Stig, the always-anonymous test driver on the popular television show "Top Gear," has long been a closely guarded secret. On Wednesday, lawyers said the BBC had been refused an injunction blocking publication of a book revealing the identity of the character.

[kosciusko51]

Suing for the right to publish the name of The Stig. Again, HarperCollins' lawyers are part of the 99% that give the other 1% of the lawyers a bad name.

[pepperhead]

Time for Top Gear to get another Stig....

[razorback-bert]

Some say The Stig has the breath of a buzzard.

[mnehring]

Some say his blood is petrol and he speaks four languages-all Italian.

[jiggyboy]

He doesn’t always drink beer, but when he does, he prefers Dos Equis...

[kosciusko51]

Some say that when he slows down brake lights come on in his buttocks.

[Yo-Yo]

Gee, and here all this time I thought The Stig’s identity was secret because they really used several “Stigs.”

[kbennkc]

Ben Collins?

I prefer to believe the lie I was previously told; Michael Schumacher~

[decal]

The Stig 3.0 might profit by this example and go to lengths to keep his ID hidden - who will remember Collins’ name a year from now, or his book? Who remembers Perry McCarthy, the first Stig?

[Illuminatas]

I have a pic...

[Sir_Ed]

So that whole show where Shumacher comes marching down from the back into the audience and proclaims himself to be The Stig, was phony?

Ed

[hoagy62]

It’s likely that Schumie WAS The Stig at a couple points. However, The Stig is The Stig, no matter WHO they have under the white helmet.

[mnehring]

Michael Schumacher did come out as one of the Stigs unless it was a joke.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/article6550528.ece

[mnehring]

The other thing could be that Schumacher was a guest Stig. He came out when Bugatti finally let them test the Veyron on their track. Just for the sake of not destroying a 1.5 million dollar car, they had to agree to have someone Bugatti trusted drive it.

[Oztrich Boy]

The other thing could be that Schumacher was a guest Stig. He came out when Bugatti finally let them test the Veyron on their track. Just for the sake of not destroying a 1.5 million dollar car, they had to agree to have someone Bugatti trusted drive it.

And they then let James May drive the 2.4 miilion dollar Bugatti Veyron Super Sport?

[Sir_Ed]

Greatest TG I’ve ever seen was that beautiful Veyron zooming around that track, and I’ve seen lots of Ferarris, Porsches, Lambos, Aston-Martins and Maseratis on that show, but, oh my, that Veyro was SWEET!

2nd best show was when Schumacher drover his special Enzo around the track...

Ed

[RikaStrom]

I loved that movie.

:-)

[discostu]

Actually I think BBC sued to block publication. I wonder if Top Gear will get a new Stig (which they did last time he got found out) or just pretend the book never happened.

[aruanan]

Some say The Stig has the breath of a buzzard.

I thought that was Clark Gable.