[Closed] New stig

She's up to being pregnant at the minute.

Try again

🙂

You could be right - new stig did look quite small

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it's tiff isn't it? he's got that hunched over look that tiff has

I thought tiff as the driving style is very similar to his ie not very smooth hands constantly correcting. However he is over 6ft

I reckon Harry is right...

Good old Sabine..

Sabine is over 6ft too

Sabine is too tall is she not - new stig looked small to me

Takuma Sato?

It's Anthony Davidson.

It's Jackie Stewart. Think about it. 😀

i think new stig is faster than old stig........

New Stig certainly seems a better teacher - both SIRPC's thus far have put in pretty impressive times.

Ronnie Corbett?

It could be Sabina, although it's probably a bit of TG PR spin just a wind up Ben Collins, two TG lap records broken already by the new Stig, and it's a Doris at the wheel 😉

Lester Piglet

Should be asked about the offside rule to verify gender.

it was deffo tiff doing the drifting challenge on the ashes thing.

Tiff is the drifting meister so yes I agree 🙂

I said the same to my wife on Sunday - the way s/he was stood outside the camper (pretending to be James) - the body shape/stance looked female.

It's Anthony Davidson!!

Tiff is the drifting meister so yes I agree

I spent years marshalling at motorsport events of all kinds. Every time Tiff was there as a celebrity mixing it up with (often club level) racers he was much slower, particularly unable to drive on loose stuff, and prone to crashing.

Must be good editing that makes him look good in your eyes. He may be a better 'racer' than me, but it's not my game.

I think Stig is a human.

Whoever it is it looks like the Stig phenomenon is alive and well.. The Stig is dead long live the Stig

choice of Tiff or Sabine, i thought it was sabine on the rally stage but the feet looked too big!! mathew wilson drafted in maybe??
the old stig (ben collins was the main one) had a few versions of, 3 or 4 peeps were used,
a lot of the tarmac stuff is Tiff though, can see his style there, very similar style to Carlos sainz in the rally cars, not so smoooth but effective!

I've got a feeling new Stig's a Rally Driver, always seemed to want to go sideways and looked good off-road.

There might be several Stigs now?

A lot of the films were shot last summer (look at the trees, the colour of the grass etc) so it could mean that the old stig is still appearing*.

*Having said that i can't quite remember when all the carry on kicked off last year

There’s probably loads of them

1) To make sure the “Collins Incident” isn’t repeated.

And

2) To keep idiots like us guessing.

Sabina should be on more often, she was quite entertaining IIRC.

Do you mean it wasn't James May driving? 🙂

Tiff is the drifting meister so yes I agree

I spent years marshalling at motorsport events of all kinds. Every time Tiff was there as a celebrity mixing it up with (often club level) racers he was much slower, particularly unable to drive on loose stuff, and prone to crashing.

Must be good editing that makes him look good in your eyes. He may be a better 'racer' than me, but it's not my game.

I completely agree, I saw him drive in the FIA GT championship in an Aston Martin DB9 and he was way off the pace and ended up in the gravel trap when it started raining. I also remember Nissan entering a 3rd car for him in the BTCC to help Laurant Aiello win the championship and he ending up running round in last place.

They definately use some clever camara work to make Clarkson (or his stunt double that does all the perfect power slides) look good, it's strange how he never tests open-top cars these days.

I'll never forget Tiff punting Mansell into the bridge parapet at the Old Hairpin at Donington in a Touring Car race. He had been pecking away for a couple of laps, was never getting past and just bosh away you go there (old Man)sell how'd you fancy a stiff neck in the morning
Class bit of driving that was 🙂

Stig of the Dump? What's he got to do with Top Gear?

Is Noel Edmonds still presenting it?

it was deffo tiff doing the drifting challenge on the ashes thing.

Well, being in Oz, the ashes parts were shown here back in September before the 'old' stig came out, so I guess it's possible it's old stig...

Rally Stig in the rally stages...

new stig did look quite small

Warwick Davis?

Sorry guys, it was me! lol

I am the Stig!

No he's not. I'm Stig and so is my wife

Whoever thought up the idea of having a stig is a clever person. It's certainly doing the job of keeping people talking about top gear and no doubt boosting ratings.

I think there is definatly more than one stig. I work in motorsport and if the rumour is correct it was Niall McShea driving the S2000 Proton on Sundays program. It would make sense as whoever it was has obviously spent a lot of time behind the wheel of that car going by the way it was being driven.

Agreed, they 'knew' that car as they were pretty close to stacking it a couple of times, driving it at that level would need a fair bit of prior knowledge of it I reckon, for what it's worth, which is probably zip 😕

I believe 'The Stig' was a term used at Clarksons boarding school, for whoever went first at an activity (science experiment, maths test etc.) as a benchmark for other pupils. The idea to make the Top Gear Stig anonymous was to keep a level of integrity with laptimes as originally more than one driver did the hot laps on different occasions (most predominantely Perry McCarthy) and it could not be claimed one test driver was faster than others. I agree the whole idea was a good one on the whole, Stig merchandise was prominent over Christmas, it must earn a good revenue.

Sabine I think now presents German Top Gear, which has the same production company. So I find it likely she may take part in the UK programmes.

iain1775 - Member

I'll never forget Tiff punting Mansell into the bridge parapet at the Old Hairpin at Donington in a Touring Car race. He had been pecking away for a couple of laps, was never getting past and just bosh away you go there (old Man)sell how'd you fancy a stiff neck in the morning
Class bit of driving that was

I remember that mainly because of Nigel's rant afterwards. For a grumpy git he was always good entertainment.

 

I believe 'The Stig' was a term used at Clarksons boarding school, for whoever went first at an activity (science experiment, maths test etc.) as a benchmark for other pupils.

Really?

I always assumed it was a nod to Scandinavian rally drivers

I think the stig shown on Sunday is not the new stig, 'cause it was filmed middle of last year.

My bet is Ant (LHS +1), already works for the beeb, is tiny and can drive alot

I believe 'The Stig' was a term used at Clarksons boarding school, for whoever went first at an activity (science experiment, maths test etc.) as a benchmark for other pupils.

Really?

I always assumed it was a nod to Scandinavian rally drivers

I thought it was Stig of the dump?...

I thought it was Surf-Mat. He has to do something now he's not on here.

The Aus. Vs UK rally sketch was obviously done to show the UK winning - I wonder if they film an opposite version with the foreign presenters for airing in their country?

No, they accept their place in life, did they close on a low pass from a Supermarine Spitfire and Clarkson looking smug?

I'll never forget Tiff punting Mansell into the bridge parapet at the Old Hairpin at Donington in a Touring Car race. He had been pecking away for a couple of laps, was never getting past and just bosh away you go there (old Man)sell how'd you fancy a stiff neck in the morning

you might want to watch that race again. Mansell was all over the place, Needell was 2 places back when Mansell basically ran into him. IIRC he'd made the same mistake a lap or two before. (was an epic BTCC geek back then)

have a look:

The Aus. Vs UK rally sketch was obviously done to show the UK winning - I wonder if they film an opposite version with the foreign presenters for airing in their country?

There were a few different things on the Aussie version of that show. I'm pretty sure they didn't have the prison van for starters, but the coutcome was still the same, just Clarkson & co shouting "LOOOSER" a bit more

James Hunt?

My current guess is:
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He's certainly the right height.

mastiles_fanylion - Member
There might be several Stigs now?

I concur.

Anthony Davidson.

That pic of Sabine looks remarkably like Schumaker with a rug on.

I was thinking Ken Block.

If they have a new "regular" stig at all it'll be someone like Ben Collins was - a reasonably talented but mid level jobbing racer who you've never heard off. Someone who's hungry enough to take the job, be reliable and not exhibit any ego (up to a point) and have no conflict of interests.

Highly doubt it'll be a millionaire ex F1 driver or any other broadcaster. Someone like that either won't want/need to lower themselves or won't be able to fulfill the schedule for full future seasons.

imo.

There might be several Stigs now?

There always was, there was a main one but it wasn't always Ben Collins, unless he could some how get taller and smaller and also learn how to drive an F1 car.

Niki Faulkner 😉

dave_rudabar - Member
The Aus. Vs UK rally sketch was obviously done to show the UK winning - I wonder if they film an opposite version with the foreign presenters for airing in their country?

Are you actually being serious?

Oh, and the new 'Star's car' seems a lot faster than the old one.

I think Rally Stig was Alaster McRae; Proton driver, quite handy.

I'll have a fiver on that.

legend - Member

you might want to watch that race again. Mansell was all over the place, Needell was 2 places back when Mansell basically ran into him. IIRC he'd made the same mistake a lap or two before. (was an epic BTCC geek back then)

have a look:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNAUQaJuw34

Ha ha, I love Mansell's whimpering in the in car shot at the end.

That Donington footage brings back some memories. Used to love the BTCC racing. I was actually stood up the hill from that crash and saw it all. Quite upsetting when, as a youngish lad, all the blankets get hung/held up round the car so that you can't see them extracting your "hero" from the wreck. Turns out he was fine, if a bit battered but at the time.....
...and yes, we all blamed Tiff and had a good moan about him but there really wasn't much he could have done to avoid punting 'our Nige' into the wall!

It's Ben Collins

Think about it,...

Go on.. and then it clicks..

It's the perfect double bluff. People had worked it out so they all stage a fall out and a sacking. He gets a book and publicity and extra money without the Beeb having to fork out. New Stig arrives and is still in white...

I agree with ScottChegg with Alistair McRae being rally stig.

The new Stig has to be Kimmi Rikkonnen.

He's got track pedigree and is now a WRC driver.

Might explain the awesome rally stage against the Ausies.

It's Ben Collins

Think about it,...

Go on.. and then it clicks..

It's the perfect double bluff. People had worked it out so they all stage a fall out and a sacking. He gets a book and publicity and extra money without the Beeb having to fork out. New Stig arrives and is still in white...

Isn't Ben Collins now working on 5th Gear???

The new Stig has to be Kimmi Rikkonnen.

He's got track pedigree and is now a WRC driver.

Might explain the awesome rally stage against the Ausies.

I hope you don't really believe that. Do you really think someone like Kimi would get out of bed to do that for TopGear anonomously!? He probably makes more interest in an hour on his bank account than the BBC would pay.

I'd bet it was A McRae as well.

It can't have been Kimi driving the Proton, he didn't crash 😆

I haven't seen it, but I would think that if it had been Sabine, her a$$ would have been a dead give away 😈

Isn't Ben Collins now working on 5th Gear???

So is Tiff, and he's been on TG recently

LOL at the Ken Block comment, did you see him in WRC this year, i did he was shockingly awful, saw him on the welsh stages as well, he looked very underskilled when compared to the other drivers racing through the stages i was at, even the junior wrc drivers had more skills than him!!

I would say the stig filmed the weekend is an ex-rally driver and some of the filming is still Ben Collins, maybe Tiff thrown in here and there.