Caporegime
I doubt he needs the work, to be honest.
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I doubt he needs the work, to be honest.
Soldato
The 'Rally' Stig was more than likely one of these: http://protonmotorsports.wordpress.com/proton-r3-rally-drivers/ 
Associate
It does seem like a much smaller person and could easily be a woman in that case but surely they realised that if they used a woman it would take all of 2 seconds for everyone who has watched the show before to guess Sabine. It hasn't been that obvious before and I don't see why they would start now. One thing for sure, they can drive damn well.
Soldato
Didn't he appear for all of 2 minutes in the last series to roll the reliant robin on the track? Properly did it for fun/a favour/the shear hell of it if he was rally stig!
Associate
Good episode.
Beris Bocker was an excellent guest. I had no idea he was such a car nut - buying a 959 at 19? Sweet
Beris Bocker was an excellent guest. I had no idea he was such a car nut - buying a 959 at 19? Sweet
Caporegime
Wasn't he the guy that took James May around the airfield rally track in the last series (or last-but-one, I can't remember)?
Not all celebs go on Top Gear because they 'needed the work'.
Caporegime
I'm not saying he wouldn't do the odd piece as a one off, but to be the Stig on a longer term basis, doing all the hot laps and whatnot would be more of an undertaking.
Caporegime
I hope they do some sort of roadtrip / featurelength this series.
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Soldato
Why was the lap of the 599GTO so slow 
Stig has no confidence in the car so wasn't able to push hard?
Stig has no confidence in the car so wasn't able to push hard?
Caporegime
Why was the lap of the 599GTO so slow
Stig has no confidence in the car so wasn't able to push hard?
How heavy is it compared to the 458? Didn't it come just under the 458 on the chart?
EDIT: From wikipedia...
458: 560BHP, weight 1,380Kg, BHP/tonne 406
599 GTO: 661BHP, weight 1,590Kg, BHP/tonne 416
Doesn't the 458 have the fancy double clutch from the California? Does the 599 GTO have that? Maybe the gear changes make the difference?
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Soldato
I also read that the 599 GTO was apparently faster than the Enzo round the Ferrari test track (due to the computer systems used, new diffuser etc), so it seems odd that it was so slow round the Top Gear track.
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/08/breaking-ferrari-takes-the-wraps-off-the-new-599-gto-in-advance/
"while lapping the Fiorano test track from which its donor's name is derived in a blitzing 1 minute, 24 seconds. That's faster than the Enzo, people."
Soldato
Jason Plato also said this when he tested the 599GTO on Fifth Gear so I was very surprised to see the 458 being faster around the TG track.
It came below the 430 Scud too which I was surprised about. I can forgive the slight "slowness" for the stuperb noise it makes
Soldato
I've now updated my post to include an article which states it's faster than the Enzo round the Ferrari test track....very odd
Soldato
I could do with less of the casual slander and attempted non-PC'ness - seems like they're deliberately attempting to kick up a bit of a fuss and it actually leaves a little bit of a sour taste in my mouth sometimes.
Associate
Can be found prowling the streets of Stoke from time to time, looking for prey...
You wanna see some of his other runarounds!
Man of Honour
I'd hardly say it was "so slow" and Fiorano is a very different circuit to the TG test track.