Top Gear's The Stig - a mere glimpse!

fail at the internets · 29 Jul 2008 at 01:54

Epic thread.

dannyjo22 · 29 Jul 2008 at 02:40

Grrrrr said:
No chance, the final scene (as it were) waiting to see which driver came over the hill to the finishing straight first will have been filmed twice. Once for German TV with the German winning and again with the Stig winning

Exactly that whole challenge was rigged to hell. Like clarkson getting near that women in the mini's and the hamster coming back from so far back.

Doohickey · 29 Jul 2008 at 02:47

dannyjo22 said:
Exactly that whole challenge was rigged to hell. Like clarkson getting near that women in the mini's and the hamster coming back from so far back.

Exactly, no way in hell would Clarkson be able to realistically keep up with Sabine.

Twinblade · 29 Jul 2008 at 09:26

Doohickey said:
Exactly, no way in hell would Clarkson be able to realistically keep up with Sabine.

Why not? She was only using pedals and had to rely on someone else to steer. It doesnt matter how fast you can drive if you have no control over the direction you are going.

IceAx · 29 Jul 2008 at 09:36

Twinblade said:
Why not? She was only using pedals and had to rely on someone else to steer. It doesnt matter how fast you can drive if you have no control over the direction you are going.

IN the mini she was doing both

Andy

Burned_Alive · 29 Jul 2008 at 09:45

Not really, it's easy to follow someone who's driving the same car, because you know you can brake at the same times, follow the same lines, etc. Obviously he didnt really have a chance of passing her unless she made a big mistake.

Ben M · 29 Jul 2008 at 09:49

Rotty said:
it's Ben Collins mainly, thought everyone knew that

misterPK · 29 Jul 2008 at 09:50

Have any multi-linguists taken a loof on "das tube" or whatever they call it over there to see if the germans have shown their version of events?

PK!

The Dread Pirate · 29 Jul 2008 at 09:52

Greenlizard0 said:
You mean James May? I think that was a once in a lifetime performance by him, neither done before nor to be repeated..

Some say he saved their bacon... Others say he was locked, gagged and tied up in the locker Room.

wordy · 29 Jul 2008 at 10:27

Personally I don't care who he is, the whole persona is part of what makes Top Gear the best show on the telly at the moment.

Welshy · 29 Jul 2008 at 10:52

He's quite blatantly a number of drivers, that's probably one of the big reasons they keep him secret so they can get away with it and put the best driver for the job in the suit.

.Lethal · 29 Jul 2008 at 11:02

Hen_Dawg said:
Me mate dave told me it was damon hill...

Aye, pretty sure he was a past "Stig".

I remember there was a big deal when he was a guest and they put him up against one of the other newer "Stigs"

There are quite a few as few point out

Damon and Ben I'm sure of, and it looks like the colored guy is confirmed too (I think he was in the episode when they reffered to him as "African stig" (which I lol'd too)).

Monkeynut · 29 Jul 2008 at 11:22

What about American Stig?

Aha threw you off there!

Saytan · 29 Jul 2008 at 11:27

at least once, the stig has been a current F1 driver. Namely one mr kovaleinen, the only driver renault would permit to lap their F1 car.

pitchfork · 29 Jul 2008 at 12:52

The stig is the gimp from pulp fiction.
I thought everyone knew that.

something_totally_different · 29 Jul 2008 at 13:00

Rotty said:
it's Ben Collins mainly, thought everyone knew that

not so any more, its a new stig now as clarky mentioned on the show, a "regenerated" stig

uvarvu · 29 Jul 2008 at 13:08

I can confirm there are multiple stigs. My brother is studying for a degree in motorsport, one of the stigs visited the department and did a talk.

Not sure what was said and I don't know the identity either - sorry! I'll call him later and see if I can get some more info.

CliffyBiro · 29 Jul 2008 at 13:11

It's obviously Chuck Norris

DampCat · 29 Jul 2008 at 13:20

Nahema said:
I can confirm there are multiple stigs. My brother is studying for a degree in motorsport, one of the stigs visited the department and did a talk.

Not sure what was said and I don't know the identity either - sorry! I'll call him later and see if I can get some more info.

Cheapest guest lecturer ever.

You know it was just his actual lecturer with a helmet on.. right? Lame university.

SteveOBHave · 29 Jul 2008 at 13:22

skippi90 said:
It's obviously Chuck Norris

No it can't be - Chuck Norris would beat the Stigs lap times on foot.