Wed 27 Feb 2008

Do you really want to know who The Stig is?

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For the past few years The Stig has featured as the resident fast driver on BBC 2’s Top Gear programme, and as he is always referred to by this name and always wears his racing suit and helmet with darkened visor, noone knows for sure who he is.

Because of this there has been wild speculation about his identity and seemingly every famous and fast driver has been linked to the role - everyone from Damon Hill and Lewis Hamilton to Richard Hammond.

 

Mon 3 Dec 2007

Top Gear, Top Bloke - and Lewis Hamilton

Posted by Craig under TV with the tags • • • • • •

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Let’s get this out of the way straight from the off - Lewis Hamilton’s lap on Top Gear last night was simply stunning.  I had an inkling that he would do pretty well, but to almost match The Stig’s dry time when he was running on a wet track was superb.

I’m not a massive Hamilton fan, but credit where credit’s due.

What I’m not so keen on is their eagerness at getting him back to do a dry lap next summer.  Isn’t the whole point of the challenge that each person only gets one timed run?  I’m sure that Jenson Button, Mark Webber, etc could eventually beat their current times if allowed more laps.