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So thats who the Stig is!

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28-03-2008 5:08pm

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According to this weeks Holy Moly Mailout...

Lewis Hamilton has appeared on Top Gear as 'The Stig' on several occasions...

Not bad.:)

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#2 28-03-2008 5:10pm
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Don't buy it.

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#3 28-03-2008 5:10pm
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Top Gear forum tbh.

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#4 28-03-2008 5:10pm
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Might explain why he got such a fast time when he did the reasonably priced car thing. Although I doubt it was always him considering how young he would've been when "The Stig" phenomenon kicked off.

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#5 28-03-2008 5:12pm
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In a couple of episodes you can clearly see the stig has white skin in between the helmet and collar.

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#6 28-03-2008 5:15pm
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Some say his skin pigment changes at his neck .....
Others say he posts in the wrong forum at boards.ie ....

All we know is ....

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#7 28-03-2008 5:18pm
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Who the f*ck watches Top Gear?

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#8 28-03-2008 5:18pm
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who cares:p

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#9 28-03-2008 5:19pm
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The Stig is (or was until recently) widely known/thought of as Ben Collins

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Collins_%28driver%29

http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=ben+collins+the+stig&meta=

Who knows for sure, they're not saying!

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#10 28-03-2008 5:20pm
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Top gear is the greatest show ever created. Factamillion.

Even me ma thinks it's good.

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#11 28-03-2008 5:23pm
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Kold wrote: »

Who the f*ck watches Top Gear?

Are you serious? How can anyone not enjoy the show? Sure it's over dramatic and loads of the stuff is obviously staged but it's damn entertainining.

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#12 28-03-2008 5:24pm
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ScumLord wrote: »

Top gear is the greatest show ever created. Factamillion.

Even me ma thinks it's good.

+1

but i dont think it is lewis hamiltion, i thought it was supposed to be nigel mansell

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#13 28-03-2008 5:26pm
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I always thought it was Stig Blomqvist?

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#14 28-03-2008 5:27pm
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ehh... in all fairness it'd be hard to get the same driver week in week out. i think it's a fair guess that he/she/it changes fairly regularly.

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#15 28-03-2008 5:28pm
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FunkyChicken wrote: »

Are you serious? How can anyone not enjoy the show? Sure it's over dramatic and loads of the stuff is obviously staged but it's damn entertainining.

QFE

I even watch repeats of it that I've seen before and I normally hate repeats...

I think it's more fun not knowing who the Stig is...I thought it was Damon Hill for ages, until Damon Hill came on to do the Star in the car lap

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#16 28-03-2008 5:30pm
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Ah the Stig has been a few different people.

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#17 28-03-2008 5:37pm
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Clare Bear wrote: »

Ah the Stig has been a few different people.

Yep

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irishbird wrote: »

i thought it was supposed to be nigel mansell

The stig(s) is definitely not of Nigel Mansell proportions

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#19 28-03-2008 5:40pm
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Clare Bear wrote: »

Ah the Stig has been a few different people.

Even yore ma...

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#20 28-03-2008 5:52pm
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Hamilton isn't the regular Stig. I'd say whoever plays him most often isn't an F1 driver as he won't have the time.

I do think that Hamilton played the Stig's African cousin when they drove across Botswana(??)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_stig#Identity more info

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#21 28-03-2008 5:59pm
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I'd say that it's wither Lewis Hamilton or someone else.

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#22 28-03-2008 6:14pm
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I do think that Hamilton played the Stig's African cousin when they drove across Botswana

I'd consider that unlikely with the belly that guy had. I imagine he was just a local but thats just my opinion

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#23 28-03-2008 6:15pm
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B-K-DzR wrote: »

I'd consider that unlikely with the belly that guy had. I imagine he was just a local but thats just my opinion

Ya, i'd guess a local too much like american stig.

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#24 28-03-2008 6:18pm
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FX Meister wrote: »

I'd say that it's either Lewis Hamilton or someone else.

Thats why you are paid the big bucks.

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#25 28-03-2008 6:26pm
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Clare Bear wrote: »

Ah the Stig has been a few different people.

True, the original black-suited Stig was Perry McCarthy

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#26 28-03-2008 6:29pm
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Who is the Stig?

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#27 28-03-2008 6:38pm
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Who is the Stig?

that guy behind you with the meat hook.

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#28 28-03-2008 6:54pm
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connundrum wrote: »

Who is the Stig?

Keyser Soze:cool:

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#29 28-03-2008 7:07pm
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How in the name of holy marys mother would Lewis Hamilton get time to play the Stig??

The reason 'The Stig' is 'The Stig' is because he's not a well known name and never would be respected as much as the hyped 'Stig'.

Best show on tv though. Did anyone see the top gear special that was a cross with Ground Force? The Top Gear lads treid to do up some fellas (some english rower I think) garden. All set up like a lot of the show but fair funny.

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#30 28-03-2008 7:08pm
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I think there's a good chance that the Hamilton could have been the stig when they raced across London, same kind of build. That whole newspaper bit was to throw us off the trail.

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#31 28-03-2008 7:29pm
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The Stig is God .....

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