This question worried everyone who watched the Top Gear TV show from the very beginning. Who is Stig? This guy in a rider’s outfit tests cars on tracks, trains the star guests of the program, showing them how to tame the next high-speed iron “horse”. And he is always silent, but at the same time his name is indicated in the credits of the program on a par with the leading "Top Gear". Who is Stig? Do you know?
Who is Stig? What is he doing at Top Gear?
This image was proposed by Jeremy Clarkson, the host of the show. Why did the mysterious racer in a white suit get the nickname Stig? Just like that they called all the newcomers to Repton school, where the future host of the program studied.
The stig on Top Gear is extremely professional. He sets high-speed records on tracks and teaches other people how to handle fast cars. At the same time, he works without removing his helmet, and appears only when needed. Yes, this guy is really unobtrusive. And this is natural, because such is his role in the leading tandem.
As mentioned above, Stig is a skilled race car driver. But not many representatives of this profession are able to stay in front of the camera and speak beautifully. And then the creators of "Top Gear" came to the conclusion that Stig should become a silent character. This move turned out to be justified in all respects, because it not only saves the “white rider” from the need to speak on camera, but also allows you to maintain a veil of secrecy.
Why no one should know who Stig is
This is another deliberate move by the creators of the Top Gear program. The understatement, the mystery associated with this character, intrigues the audience. In the circles of fans of the program and the media, the debate does not stop, more and more assumptions are made about who Stig is. Discussions and disputes are a good advertisement, therefore Top Gear is adding interested viewers who not only want to learn as much as possible about cars, but hope to still get an answer to the question about the identity of the mysterious racer.
But something is still known about him. This guy is a mutant robot. At least that's what Jeremy Clarkson himself says about him.
But seriously, the third Stig is already involved in the filming of the program. Who were the first two and why did they leave?
Revealed Secrets
The first Stig "Top Gear" was black. No, not the color of his skin. He just wore a black suit. His identity was revealed at the end of the second season of the television show, the secret newspaper The Sunday Mirror declassified. It turned out that Stig is the British Formula 1 racing driver Perry McCarthy.
After the secret of the identity of Black Styg was revealed, a tragedy occurred. The driver crashed right on the set of "Top Gear" at the beginning of the third season. This happened when he tried to disperse the Jaguar car to a speed of 175 kilometers per hour, moving along the deck of an aircraft carrier. Black Stig died, but Perry McCarthy was not injured. Yes, the death of the rider was just spelled out in the script of the TV show.
The next Stig wore a white suit. He regularly performed his duties, and his name remained a secret for fans for a long seven years. The secret was revealed, as for the first time, by journalists. The Daily Telegraph has a headline that read: “We Know Who Stig Is!” Photo declassified character was published in the same material. Stig turned out to be Ben Collins, a NASCAR series race car driver and stuntman, who dubbed James Bond himself in the series of films about his adventures where Daniel Craig played the role of a famous special agent.
Ben Collins was not “killed” by the creators of the program, and he continued to work on the project, but already in the role of a driving instructor who did not hide his face. By the way, about his life in a white suit, Stig Collins was going to write a book. And when he became an instructor at Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson made fun of him repeatedly: “Don't tell this guy anything, otherwise he will write about your secrets in his book.”
New character
The third Stig appeared on the program in the sixteenth season. Before Christmas in 2010, an episode was shown at Top Gear where baby Stig was raised on a special farm. Spectators were then warned that the new rider needed a month to grow up a bit and learn everything. After the Christmas holidays, the third Stig, again dressed in a white suit, appeared on the program. His identity has not yet been disclosed, and in the press and among fans of the Top Gear show, more and more speculations and assumptions still appear.