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id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Mysterious driver in TV motoring show Top Gear</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Fictional character</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/TheStig.jpg/360px-TheStig.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/TheStig.jpg/480px-TheStig.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="3888" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">The Stig costume on display at the <a href="/wiki/National_Motor_Museum,_Beaulieu" title="National Motor Museum, Beaulieu">National Motor Museum, Beaulieu</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First appearance</th><td class="infobox-data">20 October 2002</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andy_Wilman" title="Andy Wilman">Andy Wilman</a> <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Clarkson" title="Jeremy Clarkson">Jeremy Clarkson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Portrayed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Perry_McCarthy" title="Perry McCarthy">Perry McCarthy</a> (2002–2003) <a href="/wiki/Ben_Collins_(racing_driver)" title="Ben Collins (racing driver)">Ben Collins</a> (2003–2010) <a href="/wiki/Phil_Keen" title="Phil Keen">Phil Keen</a><a href="#cite_note-ThirdIdentity-1">[1]</a> (2010–2022)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">In-universe information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Test driver and trainer for celebrity guests</td></tr></tbody></table> The Stig is a character from the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> motoring television show <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(2002_TV_series)" title="Top Gear (2002 TV series)">Top Gear</a>. Created by former Top Gear presenter <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Clarkson" title="Jeremy Clarkson">Jeremy Clarkson</a> and producer <a href="/wiki/Andy_Wilman" title="Andy Wilman">Andy Wilman</a>, the character is a play on the anonymity of racing drivers' full-face <a href="/wiki/Helmet" title="Helmet">helmets</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/Running_joke" class="mw-redirect" title="Running joke">running joke</a> that nobody knows who or what is inside the Stig's racing suit. The Stig's primary role is setting <a href="/wiki/List_of_Top_Gear_test_track_Power_Lap_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Top Gear test track Power Lap Times">lap times</a> for cars tested on the show. Previously, he would also instruct celebrity guests, off-camera, for the show's "<a href="/wiki/Star_in_a_Reasonably_Priced_Car" class="mw-redirect" title="Star in a Reasonably Priced Car">Star in a Reasonably Priced Car</a>" segment. The identity of the original "Black" Stig, <a href="/wiki/Perry_McCarthy" title="Perry McCarthy">Perry McCarthy</a>, was exposed by a Sunday newspaper in January 2003, and confirmed by McCarthy later that year. The black-suited Stig was subsequently "killed off" that October in the series 3 premiere, and replaced in the following episode by a new White Stig who lasted through to the end of series 15. In <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_13)#ep1" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 13)">series 13 episode 1</a>, the show jokingly unmasked the Stig as seven-time world champion F1 driver <a href="/wiki/Michael_Schumacher" title="Michael Schumacher">Michael Schumacher</a>. In the hiatus following series 15, racing driver <a href="/wiki/Ben_Collins_(racing_driver)" title="Ben Collins (racing driver)">Ben Collins</a> was revealed to be the Stig in a court battle over Collins' impending autobiography, titled The Man in the White Suit. In series 16, debuting in December 2010, Collins was replaced by a second White Stig, whose identity was revealed by Clarkson in 2024 to be racing driver <a href="/wiki/Phil_Keen" title="Phil Keen">Phil Keen</a>. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Creation_and_name">Creation and name</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stig&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Creation and name">edit</a>]</div> The idea for the character was part of former host Jeremy Clarkson and former producer Andy Wilman's concept for the relaunched Top Gear show, bringing a new format to the <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(1977_TV_series)" title="Top Gear (1977 TV series)">original version of Top Gear</a> which ceased production in 2001. The relaunched show introduced a live studio audience, the Stig, a racetrack, and madcap stunts.<a href="#cite_note-Ti-2">[2]</a> Clarkson is credited with having come up with the original idea for the Stig.<a href="#cite_note-ST-3">[3]</a> Clarkson and Wilman wanted to have a professional racing driver as part of the show's cast, but ran into difficulty finding a driver sufficiently adept at speaking on-camera. Clarkson then asked Wilman why the driver needed to speak at all, and they decided that the Stig's role would be silent.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> The name Stig derives from Wilman and Clarkson's time at <a href="/wiki/Repton_School" title="Repton School">Repton School</a>, where new boys had always been called "Stig".<a href="#cite_note-Ti-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-o6-5">[5]</a> "Stig" is a pejorative referring to someone from a poor background with a poor dress sense (originating from the eponymous character in the children's book <a href="/wiki/Stig_of_the_Dump" title="Stig of the Dump">Stig of the Dump</a>).<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> Another theory is that the driver was just "the guy in the suit" (GITS) – which, when written in reverse, becomes "Stig" – although this may just be a fan-created <a href="/wiki/Backronym" title="Backronym">backronym</a>. According to the original Stig, Perry McCarthy, speaking in 2006, the producers had first wanted the anonymous driver to be called "The Gimp", referring to the use of <a href="/wiki/Bondage_suit" title="Bondage suit">gimp suits</a> in <a href="/wiki/BDSM" title="BDSM">BDSM</a> sexual role-playing. After McCarthy objected, they settled upon the name Stig.<a href="#cite_note-ATO-7">[7]</a> McCarthy had said of the idea at the time that "I don't want to be forever remembered as the Gimp".<a href="#cite_note-ST-3">[3]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characteristics">Characteristics</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stig&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Characteristics">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anonymity_and_silence">Anonymity and silence</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stig&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Anonymity and silence">edit</a>]</div> When introducing the Stig in the Top Gear premiere, Clarkson said, "We don't know its name, we really don't know its name, nobody knows its name, and we don't want to know, because it's a racing driver."<a href="#cite_note-1.1-8">[ep 1]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[8]</a> According to a 2006 article in The Sunday Times, most of the Top Gear crew did not know the Stig's identity; one camera assistant reportedly observed the Stig eating his lunch in the back of an ambulance to avoid being spotted.<a href="#cite_note-o6-5">[5]</a> In 2009, another Times article reiterated that only a few production staff, the show's presenters and other BBC journalists knew the Stig's true identity.<a href="#cite_note-ST-3">[3]</a> Former Stig <a href="/wiki/Perry_McCarthy" title="Perry McCarthy">Perry McCarthy</a> described in 2009 how, to maintain his anonymity, he would put on the Stig's helmet while going through the Top Gear security gates, and then change into his racing overalls in a special room behind the gatehouse before driving into the studio areas. He would speak as little as possible in the backstage areas, and put on an accent which some mistook as French.<a href="#cite_note-ST-3">[3]</a> McCarthy also explained that hiding his identity while coaching the celebrities for Star in a Reasonably Priced Car proved difficult. He said that he did reveal his true identity while coaching <a href="/wiki/Ross_Kemp" title="Ross Kemp">Ross Kemp</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Soul" title="David Soul">David Soul</a>, as he had previously known them and they promised that they would be silent about his role. For other drives, if celebrities asked if he was a particular person, he would just say "How did you know?", adding that more often than not, the suggestion was <a href="/wiki/Michael_Schumacher" title="Michael Schumacher">Michael Schumacher</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ST-3">[3]</a> The Stig is never shown talking on screen, although he does talk with celebrities off-camera while training them to drive around the track. Clarkson has joked that he is "not a very talkative chap".<a href="#cite_note-o6-5">[5]</a> When asked about his identity in a rare spoken interview for the show Veronica Vibes of a Dutch channel, the Stig reportedly said, "I don't remember; my memory was erased when I got the job."<a href="#cite_note-S8-10">[9]</a> The Stig's muteness has extended to appearances in other media, such as the "Brain Stig" video released by the BBC on <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> in 2009.<a href="#cite_note-11">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[11]</a> Clarkson has written in his newspaper column that the Stig is not permitted to talk or comment on the cars he is given to drive because "the opinions of all racing drivers are completely worthless," going on to explain that, because of their familiarity with cars equipped for track racing, racing drivers believe any and all road cars are on low-scale compared to racing cars.<a href="#cite_note-13">[12]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Driving_ability">Driving ability</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stig&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Driving ability">edit</a>]</div> The show has often compared the Stig's driving ability to others, particularly <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> drivers. When Jeremy Clarkson said that the Stig believed that the <a href="/wiki/Suzuki_Liana" class="mw-redirect" title="Suzuki Liana">Suzuki Liana</a>, the show's Reasonably Priced Car at the time, could do a lap time of 1:44.0, former F1 driver <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Mansell" title="Nigel Mansell">Nigel Mansell</a>, appearing as a guest on the programme, duly obliged by posting a time of 1:44.6; the Stig then posted a time of 1:44.4.<a href="#cite_note-7.5-14">[ep 2]</a> After <a href="/wiki/Rubens_Barrichello" title="Rubens Barrichello">Rubens Barrichello</a> became the first person to beat the Stig's time (coming in at 1:44.3), the show repeatedly referred to a jealous rivalry between the Stig and Barrichello. <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a> then further beat this time by posting a time of 1:44.0. A while later, <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> did a second lap and got a 1:42.9.<a href="#cite_note-15">[ep 3]</a> Clarkson has often mentioned that F1 drivers seem to take a different racing line on the test track than the Stig, such as on <a href="/wiki/Jenson_Button" title="Jenson Button">Jenson Button</a>'s drive;<a href="#cite_note-8.8-16">[ep 4]</a> however, during Barrichello's and Lewis Hamilton's visits to the show, Clarkson observed that they took the same line around the track as The Stig.<a href="#cite_note-10.8-17">[ep 5]</a> F1 driver <a href="/wiki/Mark_Webber_(racing_driver)" title="Mark Webber (racing driver)">Mark Webber</a>'s appearance on the show was marked at the conclusion of his lap with Clarkson presenting him with an "I AM THE STIG" T-shirt.<a href="#cite_note-6.10-18">[ep 6]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Introductions">Introductions</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stig&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Introductions">edit</a>]</div> The Stig's introductions on the show have underlined his oddness. Initially the presenters heralded his appearance with simple humorous introductions, such as "<a href="/wiki/His_Holiness" class="mw-redirect" title="His Holiness">His Holiness</a>, the Stig!"<a href="#cite_note-2.1-19">[ep 7]</a> Beginning in series 6, the introductions began to follow a format of, "Some say that [two bizarre characteristics]. All we know is, he's called the Stig." Characteristics described in this format include: <ul><li>He gets terrible <a href="/wiki/Eczema" class="mw-redirect" title="Eczema">eczema</a> on his helmet</li> <li>Wherever you are in the world, if you tune your <a href="/wiki/Radio" title="Radio">radio</a> to 88.4, you can actually hear his thoughts</li> <li>He has no face</li> <li>He has a <a href="/wiki/Digital_data" title="Digital data">digital</a> face<a href="#cite_note-intro-20">[13]</a></li> <li>He has a full-sized <a href="/wiki/Tattoo" title="Tattoo">tattoo</a> of his face on his face</li> <li>He never blinks<a href="#cite_note-ST-3">[3]</a></li> <li>He blinks horizontally</li> <li>His tears are adhesive</li> <li>His ears aren't where you'd expect them to be</li> <li>His ears have a <a href="/wiki/Paisley_(design)" title="Paisley (design)">Paisley</a> lining</li> <li>His earwax tastes of <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Delight" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish Delight">Turkish Delight</a></li> <li>He can catch <a href="/wiki/Fish" title="Fish">fish</a> with his tongue</li> <li>His <a href="/wiki/Teeth" class="mw-redirect" title="Teeth">teeth</a> glow in the dark</li> <li>His breath smells of <a href="/wiki/Magnesium" title="Magnesium">magnesium</a></li> <li>His voice can only be heard by <a href="/wiki/Cats" class="mw-redirect" title="Cats">cats</a></li> <li>In the <a href="/wiki/Autumn" title="Autumn">autumn</a> his arms go brown and fall off</li> <li>His nipples are explosive</li> <li>The outline of his left nipple is exactly the same shape as the <a href="/wiki/N%C3%BCrburgring" title="Nürburgring">Nürburgring</a></li> <li>His <a href="/wiki/Heart" title="Heart">heart</a> ticks like a watch</li> <li>His heart is upside-down</li> <li>His genitals are on upside-down</li> <li>He has webbed buttocks</li> <li>When he slows down, brake lights come on in his buttocks</li> <li>When he sees a woman, his third leg will go up</li> <li>His legs are <a href="/wiki/Hydraulic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydraulic">hydraulic</a></li> <li>He has two sets of knees</li> <li>He has to take his shoes off with an <a href="/wiki/Allen_key" class="mw-redirect" title="Allen key">Allen key</a></li> <li>His sweat can be used to clean precious metals</li> <li>His skin has the texture of a <a href="/wiki/Dolphin" title="Dolphin">dolphin</a></li> <li>On really warm days he sheds his skin like a <a href="/wiki/Snake" title="Snake">snake</a></li> <li>He is allergic to the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_people" title="Dutch people">Dutch</a></li> <li>He naturally faces <a href="/wiki/Magnetic_north" class="mw-redirect" title="Magnetic north">magnetic north</a><a href="#cite_note-intro-20">[13]</a></li> <li>He lives in a <a href="/wiki/Tree" title="Tree">tree</a></li> <li>He roams around the woods at night foraging for <a href="/wiki/Wolves" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolves">wolves</a></li> <li>He sleeps upside-down like a <a href="/wiki/Bat" title="Bat">bat</a></li> <li>The drinks cabinet in his car contains 14 different types of <a href="/wiki/Custard" title="Custard">custard</a><a href="#cite_note-14.4-21">[ep 8]</a></li> <li>His favourite T-shirt has a picture of a T-shirt</li> <li>He will charge you if you attempt to remove his helmet</li> <li>He thought <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars">Star Wars</a> was a documentary</li> <li>He knows two facts about ducks and both of them are wrong</li> <li>He thinks the credit crunch is a breakfast cereal</li> <li>He won a <a href="/wiki/BAFTA" class="mw-redirect" title="BAFTA">BAFTA</a> for Best Original Smell</li> <li>He thinks when he dies he will go to <a href="/wiki/Devon" title="Devon">Devon</a></li> <li>His favourite flower is the <a href="/wiki/Potato" title="Potato">potato</a></li> <li>He thinks crisps are animals</li> <li>If he caught fire he would burn for 1000 days</li> <li>He can swim seven lengths underwater</li> <li>He once threw a microwave oven at a tramp</li> <li>He has twelve <a href="/wiki/GCSEs" class="mw-redirect" title="GCSEs">GCSEs</a>, all of which are in domestic science</li> <li>He has some terrible plans involving the <a href="/wiki/Moon" title="Moon">Moon</a></li> <li>His <a href="/wiki/New_Year" title="New Year">New Year</a>’s resolution is to eat fewer <a href="/wiki/Mice" class="mw-redirect" title="Mice">mice</a></li> <li>He keeps a photograph of his wallet in his wallet</li> <li>He can’t eat mashed potato for religious reasons</li> <li>He refuses to acknowledge the existence of <a href="/wiki/Nottinghamshire" title="Nottinghamshire">Nottinghamshire</a></li> <li>He got engaged to James May’s lawnmower following the vote on gay marriage</li> <li>He is married to one of <a href="/wiki/Princess_Anne" class="mw-redirect" title="Princess Anne">Princess Anne</a>'s hats</li> <li>He has no understanding of queueing</li> <li>He is confused by stairs</li> <li>He has no understanding of <a href="/wiki/Clouds" class="mw-redirect" title="Clouds">clouds</a></li> <li>He is absolutely baffled by urinals</li> <li>He doesn’t know what <a href="/wiki/Dogs" class="mw-redirect" title="Dogs">dogs</a> are for</li> <li>He doesn’t understand the word “envelope”</li> <li>He submitted a 20,000 pound expenses claim for some <a href="/wiki/Gravel" title="Gravel">gravel</a> for his moat</li> <li>He invented <a href="/wiki/November" title="November">November</a></li> <li>He invented <a href="/wiki/Branston_Pickle" class="mw-redirect" title="Branston Pickle">Branston Pickle</a></li> <li>If he felt like it, he could fire <a href="/wiki/Alan_Sugar" title="Alan Sugar">Alan Sugar</a></li> <li>If he could be bothered, he could crack the Da Vinci code in 43 seconds</li> <li>He appears on high-value stamps in <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li>There is an airport in <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> named after him</li> <li>He had an affair with <a href="/wiki/John_Prescott" title="John Prescott">John Prescott</a></li> <li>He is wanted by the <a href="/wiki/CIA" class="mw-redirect" title="CIA">CIA</a></li> <li>He has been banned from the <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Flower_Show" title="Chelsea Flower Show">Chelsea Flower Show</a></li> <li>He is banned from the town of <a href="/wiki/Chichester" title="Chichester">Chichester</a></li> <li>He is not allowed by law within 100 yards of <a href="/wiki/Lorraine_Kelly" title="Lorraine Kelly">Lorraine Kelly</a></li> <li>He is illegal in 17 <a href="/wiki/US_states" class="mw-redirect" title="US states">US states</a></li> <li>He is afraid of <a href="/wiki/Bell" title="Bell">bells</a></li> <li>He is terrified of <a href="/wiki/Ducks" class="mw-redirect" title="Ducks">ducks</a></li> <li>He is terrified of <a href="/wiki/Scouts" class="mw-redirect" title="Scouts">Scouts</a></li></ul> Some introductions have referred to current events and stories in popular culture, such as: <ul><li>"If you insult his mother, he will headbutt you in the chest" (a reference to <a href="/wiki/Zinedine_Zidane" title="Zinedine Zidane">Zinedine Zidane</a>'s headbutting incident and subsequent sending-off in the <a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="2006 FIFA World Cup final">2006 FIFA World Cup final</a>)</li> <li>"If you give him a really important job, he'll skive off and play <a href="/wiki/Croquet" title="Croquet">croquet</a>" (a reference to Deputy Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/John_Prescott" title="John Prescott">John Prescott</a> in 2006)<a href="#cite_note-8.5-22">[ep 9]</a><a href="#cite_note-23">[14]</a></li> <li>"Has dreams about what <a href="/wiki/Rubens_Barrichello" title="Rubens Barrichello">Rubens Barrichello</a> would look like in a ham slicer" (a reference to Barrichello being faster than the Stig around the test track the week before)</li> <li>"If he was getting a divorce from <a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a>, he'd keep his stupid whining mouth shut" (a reference to McCartney's divorce from <a href="/wiki/Heather_Mills" title="Heather Mills">Heather Mills</a> in 2008)</li> <li>"He always wears a helmet because a man once smashed him in the face with a model of Salisbury Cathedral" (a reference to the <a href="/wiki/Silvio_Berlusconi#Assault_at_rally" title="Silvio Berlusconi">Silvio Berlusconi assault</a> with an alabaster statuette of <a href="/wiki/Milan_Cathedral" title="Milan Cathedral">Milan Cathedral</a> in December 2009)<a href="#cite_note-Ref_2009ar-24">[15]</a></li> <li>"He's banned from the town of <a href="/wiki/Chichester" title="Chichester">Chichester</a> and..., in a recent late-night deal, he bought a slightly dented white <a href="/wiki/Fiat_Uno" title="Fiat Uno">Fiat Uno</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Prince_Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh" title="Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh">Duke of Edinburgh</a>" (a reference to <a href="/wiki/Death_of_Diana,_Princess_of_Wales_conspiracy_theories" class="mw-redirect" title="Death of Diana, Princess of Wales conspiracy theories">conspiracy theories surrounding the death of Princess Diana</a>)</li> <li>"If you hold him in the wrong way, he doesn't work properly" (a reference to the <a href="/wiki/IPhone_4" title="IPhone 4">iPhone 4</a>'s death grip)</li> <li>"He regrets buying his new holiday home in down-town <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>" (a reference to the <a href="/wiki/Arab_Spring" title="Arab Spring">Arab Spring</a> in early 2011)</li> <li>“That sixty years ago this week, he too became a <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II"> Queen</a>” (a reference to the <a href="/wiki/Diamond_Jubilee_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II">Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II</a>, in 2012)</li> <li>"He contains 47% horse" (a reference to the <a href="/wiki/2013_meat_adulteration_scandal" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 meat adulteration scandal">2013 horse meat scandal</a>)</li> <li>"He used to work in Rome, but gave up his job to be able to keep up with his work here" (after the <a href="/wiki/Resignation_of_Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI">Pope's retirement</a> in early 2013)</li> <li>"As a result of buying Pirelli condoms this week, he now has seventeen children" (reference to multiple cars suffering blown Pirelli tyres at the <a href="/wiki/2013_British_Grand_Prix" title="2013 British Grand Prix">2013 British Grand Prix</a>)</li> <li>"On a recent trip to Cornwall, he stopped off for one of his special, big wees in Somerset" (a reference to the <a href="/wiki/Winter_flooding_of_2013%E2%80%9314_on_the_Somerset_Levels" title="Winter flooding of 2013–14 on the Somerset Levels">2013 Somerset flooding</a>)</li> <li>"If he had worked for <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a>, he wouldn't have got such pitifully low ratings that his show got cancelled" (a reference to the cancellation of <a href="/wiki/Piers_Morgan_Live" title="Piers Morgan Live">Piers Morgan Live</a>)</li> <li>"While we were off air, his iCloud was hacked and now everyone in the world has seen his helmet" (a reference to the <a href="/wiki/2014_celebrity_photo_hack" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 celebrity photo hack">2014 celebrity photo hack</a>)</li> <li>"Last week, he was found in a locked room, tied to a chair with German piano wire" (the week after <a href="/wiki/Michael_Schumacher" title="Michael Schumacher">Michael Schumacher</a> was "revealed" as The Stig)</li> <li>"He once punched a horse to the ground" (a reference to the story of <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Dur%C3%A1n" title="Roberto Durán">Roberto Durán</a> having done so)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_characteristics">Other characteristics</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stig&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Other characteristics">edit</a>]</div> In the Stig's debut, he was described by Clarkson as having a very small brain, worthless opinions, and a disorder called "<a href="/wiki/Nigel_Mansell" title="Nigel Mansell">Mansell</a> Syndrome".<a href="#cite_note-1.1-8">[ep 1]</a> Richard Porter, Top Gear's script editor, described the Stig as "single minded, stubborn and hilariously petulant; specifically, a mix of <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen#Public_persona_and_reaction" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Lowe" title="Chris Lowe">the keyboard player from Pet Shop Boys</a>, and a 15-year-old boy forced to go on holiday with his parents."<a href="#cite_note-25">[16]</a> He has been depicted as a piece of cargo, being collected by Clarkson from the baggage conveyor at the airport;<a href="#cite_note-7.1-26">[ep 10]</a> he has also been shown stored in a cupboard when not in use. It has been said that the Stig "has no understanding of money" and during challenges he has been shown using an <a href="/wiki/Oyster_card" title="Oyster card">Oyster card</a> to access London public transportation, and a credit card in the name of "The Stig" issued by the "Bank of Money" to obtain petrol. The show has also featured the Stig's listening habits, as heard on the car stereo as he drives laps. Often a specific genre is chosen for one or more series. The Stig has been shown listening to: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;font-size:100%"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Power_ballad" class="mw-redirect" title="Power ballad">Power ballads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One-hit_wonder" title="One-hit wonder">One-hit wonders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easy_listening" title="Easy listening">Easy listening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Country_and_western" class="mw-redirect" title="Country and western">Country and western</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morse_code" title="Morse code">Morse code</a><a href="#cite_note-27">[17]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_rock" title="Progressive rock">Progressive rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whale_sound" class="mw-redirect" title="Whale sound">Whale sounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baroque_music" title="Baroque music">Baroque music</a></li> <li>Advertising jingles</li> <li>Foreign language learning tapes</li> <li>Romantic audio novels</li> <li>Salesman techniques</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ABBA" title="ABBA">ABBA</a> (in French and Spanish)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bee_Gees" title="Bee Gees">Bee Gees</a> (including, in one episode, the Bee Gees in <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bangles" title="The Bangles">The Bangles</a> (in <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>)</li> <li>Speeches of <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Self-help" title="Self-help">Self-help</a> tapes</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pipe_band" title="Pipe band">Pipe band</a> music</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chas_%26_Dave" title="Chas & Dave">Chas & Dave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vuvuzela" title="Vuvuzela">Vuvuzelas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem" title="National anthem">National anthems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Archers" title="The Archers">The Archers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuvan_throat_singing" title="Tuvan throat singing">Tuvan throat singing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Carpenters" title="The Carpenters">The Carpenters</a></li></ul></div> In 2008, the Stig appeared at the <a href="/wiki/National_Television_Awards" title="National Television Awards">National Television Awards</a>, where he silently accepted an award and handed award presenter <a href="/wiki/Griff_Rhys_Jones" title="Griff Rhys Jones">Griff Rhys Jones</a> a letter from the Top Gear hosts, which instructed Jones to give the Stig the award in his left hand, as his right one is magnetic, and cautioning organisers that he wasn't to be seated near the cast of <a href="/wiki/Coronation_Street" title="Coronation Street">Coronation Street</a>, as "he's decided all <a href="/wiki/Northern_England" title="Northern England">northerners</a> are edible".<a href="#cite_note-TGB-28">[18]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Role">Role</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stig&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Role">edit</a>]</div> In the Top Gear end credits, the Stig is credited alongside Jeremy Clarkson, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hammond" title="Richard Hammond">Richard Hammond</a>, and <a href="/wiki/James_May" title="James May">James May</a> as a presenter. The Stig's primary role on the show is at the <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_test_track" title="Top Gear test track">Top Gear test track</a> at the show's base at <a href="/wiki/Dunsfold_Aerodrome" title="Dunsfold Aerodrome">Dunsfold Aerodrome</a>, Surrey. His two main functions are to post lap times for featured performance cars in the "Power Laps" segment, and to train celebrity guests to set lap times in the "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" segment,<a href="#cite_note-Tel-29">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-Gd-30">[20]</a> although <a href="/wiki/Chris_Harris_(journalist)" title="Chris Harris (journalist)">Chris Harris</a> later took on the instructional role. The Top Gear website describes the Stig's test-driving role as follows: When first introduced, the Stig was described as the resident test driver, as the presenters could not consistently post fast times themselves. His stated mission was to "just go out there and drive fast".<a href="#cite_note-1.1-8">[ep 1]</a> The original Stig, Perry McCarthy, described in 2006 how a racing driver was intended to be used as part of the presenting team in order to produce definitive fastest lap times for tested cars.<a href="#cite_note-ATO-7">[7]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Identity">Identity</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stig&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Identity">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Perry_McCarthy" title="Perry McCarthy">Perry McCarthy</a> – (2002–2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Collins_(racing_driver)" title="Ben Collins (racing driver)">Ben Collins</a> – (2003–2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Keen" title="Phil Keen">Phil Keen</a> – (2010–2022) </li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Black_Stig">Black Stig</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stig&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Black Stig">edit</a>]</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Soap opera character</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%; background-color: #CCCCFF; color:black">The Stig (Black)</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(2002_TV_series)" title="Top Gear (2002 TV series)">Top Gear</a> character</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Black_stig.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d0/Black_stig.jpg/200px-Black_stig.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="279" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d0/Black_stig.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="267" data-file-height="373" /></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Portrayed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Perry_McCarthy" title="Perry McCarthy">Perry McCarthy</a>, occasionally others</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Duration</th><td class="infobox-data">2002–2003</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First appearance</th><td class="infobox-data">20 October 2002 (<a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_1)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 1)">Series 1</a>; Episode 1)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last appearance</th><td class="infobox-data">26 October 2003 (<a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_3)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 3)">Series 3</a>; Episode 1)</td></tr></tbody></table> Racing driver <a href="/wiki/Perry_McCarthy" title="Perry McCarthy">Perry McCarthy</a> appeared in 22 Top Gear episodes as the black-suited, original Stig.<a href="#cite_note-ST-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-TIIS-31">[21]</a> McCarthy was cast as the Stig following a chance meeting with Jeremy Clarkson at the 2002 launch party for McCarthy's autobiography, <a href="/wiki/Flat_Out,_Flat_Broke:_Formula_1_the_Hard_Way!" class="mw-redirect" title="Flat Out, Flat Broke: Formula 1 the Hard Way!">Flat Out, Flat Broke: Formula 1 the Hard Way!</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ST-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-Aw-32">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-FlatOut-33">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-Mc-34">[24]</a> This led to an audition as a regular presenter, before the production team decided the racing driver would be anonymous.<a href="#cite_note-ST-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-ATO-7">[7]</a> (Contradicting this, McCarthy said in 2008 that Clarkson had mentioned the idea of a "top secret" racing driver at their first meeting.<a href="#cite_note-Aw-32">[22]</a>) After the <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_1)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 1)">first series</a> ended, an article in The Sunday Mirror on 12 January 2003 named McCarthy as the Stig.<a href="#cite_note-FlatOut-33">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-Mc-34">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-Sd-35">[25]</a> The newspaper quoted a show insider as saying, "Just a handful of the crew know that he is actually Perry." McCarthy responded at the time, "I do know who the Stig is but I cannot comment any further."<a href="#cite_note-Sd-35">[25]</a> After the <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_series_2" title="Top Gear series 2">second series</a> ended, McCarthy published the second edition of his autobiography, in which he confirmed that he was the Stig.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] McCarthy was then "killed off" in the first episode of the <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_3)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 3)">third series</a>. The scene which saw Black Stig "killed off," nicknamed "Top Gun vs Top Gear," was an attempt to race to 100 mph (160 km/h) and then come to a halt on the 200-metre (660 ft) long flight deck of <a href="/wiki/HMS_Invincible_(R05)" title="HMS Invincible (R05)">HMS Invincible</a>, a Royal Navy aircraft carrier on which <a href="/wiki/British_Aerospace_Sea_Harrier" title="British Aerospace Sea Harrier">British Aerospace Sea Harrier</a> jump jets reach 100 mph (160 km/h) before take-off. He would be using the "old Top Gear Jag," a white <a href="/wiki/Jaguar_XJS" title="Jaguar XJS">Jaguar XJS</a> bought for a "couple of hundred <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">quid</a>," stripped of its fittings and fitted with <a href="/wiki/Nitrous" class="mw-redirect" title="Nitrous">nitrous</a> injection to take it to 500 bhp (370 kW). The Stig accelerated along the deck, and an on-screen speedometer indicated 109 mph (175 km/h) before a cutaway shot saw the car flying off the end of the runway ramp and into the sea. Clarkson then revealed in the last scene of the episode that a glove floating on the sea was all that divers had found.<a href="#cite_note-36">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-Dl-37">[27]</a> According to McCarthy, "We tried to make it as much like a scene out of <a href="/wiki/James_Bond" title="James Bond">James Bond</a> as possible."<a href="#cite_note-Aw-32">[22]</a> The explanations for McCarthy's exit vary.<a href="#cite_note-ST-3">[3]</a> While McCarthy described the parting as amiable in 2008, The Times claimed in 2009 that he had fallen out with producers.<a href="#cite_note-TIIS-31">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-Aw-32">[22]</a> In 2010, McCarthy said he had become tired of the job, which he claimed paid £700 a week, and that part of his annoyance stemmed from an attempt by a car owner to sue him for ruining his car and the BBC's refusal to defend him due to his anonymity. He said the BBC chose not to renew his contract and had him written out of the show.<a href="#cite_note-Dl-37">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-38">[28]</a> Although McCarthy said in 2006 that, following his exit from Top Gear, he harboured ambitions of re-entering racing in the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Prix_Masters" title="Grand Prix Masters">Grand Prix Masters</a> series, he went on to run an investment company and appear as an <a href="/wiki/Public_speaking" title="Public speaking">after-dinner speaker</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ATO-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-Dl-37">[27]</a> According to the Sunday Times, writing in 2009, McCarthy revealed in his book that there had always been more than one Stig, and that then 47-year-old <a href="/wiki/Julian_Bailey_(racing_driver)" title="Julian Bailey (racing driver)">Julian Bailey</a>, a former Formula One driver, had acted as a stand-in for McCarthy.<a href="#cite_note-ST-3">[3]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_White_Stig">First White Stig</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stig&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: First White Stig">edit</a>]</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Soap opera character</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%; background-color: #CCCCFF; color:black">The First White Stig</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(2002_TV_series)" title="Top Gear (2002 TV series)">Top Gear</a> character</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Stig_British_International_Motor_Show.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/The_Stig_British_International_Motor_Show.jpg/200px-The_Stig_British_International_Motor_Show.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/The_Stig_British_International_Motor_Show.jpg/300px-The_Stig_British_International_Motor_Show.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/The_Stig_British_International_Motor_Show.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="600" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">The First White Stig in 2006</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Portrayed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Collins_(racing_driver)" title="Ben Collins (racing driver)">Ben Collins</a>, occasionally others</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Duration</th><td class="infobox-data">2003–2010</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First appearance</th><td class="infobox-data">2 November 2003 (<a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_3)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 3)">Series 3</a>; Episode 2)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last appearance</th><td class="infobox-data">1 August 2010 (<a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_15)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 15)">Series 15</a>; Episode 6)</td></tr></tbody></table> The first White Stig was introduced in November 2003, following the Black Stig's exit in the prior episode. His identity remained secret until it was revealed as <a href="/wiki/Ben_Collins_(racing_driver)" title="Ben Collins (racing driver)">Ben Collins</a> in August 2010. During this Stig's time on the show, the character's role expanded from Power Lap times and "Reasonably Priced Car" training to include appearances in other show segments, such as producing timed runs in the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a> road test;<a href="#cite_note-7.1-26">[ep 10]</a> driving a <a href="/wiki/Caterham_Seven" class="mw-redirect" title="Caterham Seven">Caterham Seven</a> from <a href="/wiki/Caterham" title="Caterham">Caterham</a> to <a href="/wiki/Knockhill_Racing_Circuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Knockhill Racing Circuit">Knockhill</a>;<a href="#cite_note-8.7-39">[ep 11]</a> riding a <a href="/wiki/London_Bus" class="mw-redirect" title="London Bus">London Bus</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway" title="Docklands Light Railway">DLR</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground">the Tube</a> across London;<a href="#cite_note-10.5-40">[ep 12]</a> jumping a snowmobile off a ski-jump in <a href="/wiki/Lillehammer" title="Lillehammer">Lillehammer</a>, Norway;<a href="#cite_note-Winter_Olympics_Special-41">[ep 13]</a> and playing a police pursuit driver in the <a href="/wiki/White_Van_Man" class="mw-redirect" title="White Van Man">White Van Man</a> challenge.<a href="#cite_note-8.8-16">[ep 4]</a><a href="#cite_note-o6-5">[5]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Speculation">Speculation</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stig&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Speculation">edit</a>]</div> After the White Stig's debut, there was widespread speculation over his identity. Various sources claimed him to be a number of different racing drivers, including Collins, <a href="/wiki/Damon_Hill" title="Damon Hill">Damon Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Julian_Bailey_(racing_driver)" title="Julian Bailey (racing driver)">Julian Bailey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russ_Swift" title="Russ Swift">Russ Swift</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darren_Turner" title="Darren Turner">Darren Turner</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tim_Schrick" title="Tim Schrick">Tim Schrick</a>, as well as former Top Gear presenter <a href="/wiki/Tiff_Needell" title="Tiff Needell">Tiff Needell</a>.<a href="#cite_note-S8-10">[9]</a> Several people, including Hill and musician <a href="/wiki/Jay_Kay" title="Jay Kay">Jay Kay</a>, claimed to be the Stig themselves. It was also speculated that the Stig was played by multiple drivers, a theory hinted at by original Stig Perry McCarthy.<a href="#cite_note-ATO-7">[7]</a> After observing the Stig's charity drive around the <a href="/wiki/Silverstone_Circuit" title="Silverstone Circuit">Silverstone Circuit</a> just before the July <a href="/wiki/2008_British_Grand_Prix" title="2008 British Grand Prix">2008 British Grand Prix</a>, former Formula One World Champion <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</a> remarked, "Whoever's in that car is a seriously good driver. ... I've no idea who he is, but he's definitely ex-F1."<a href="#cite_note-StigF1-42">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-Ag-43">[30]</a> In January 2009, rumours about the Stig's identity were stoked, in part by a <a href="/wiki/News_of_the_World" title="News of the World">News of the World</a> article alleging to have discovered the Stig to be a married man in his 30s, living in a £300,000 home and driving a £15,000 car, on an income of around £150,000 from his Top Gear job and some stunt and test driving.<a href="#cite_note-Tes-44">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-45">[32]</a> In the same month, an art gallery owner reported that the Stig had revealed his identity to the gallery owner and his son, after contracting with them (under the guise of a BBC executive) for a series of signed and limited prints of the Stig.<a href="#cite_note-Tes-44">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-46">[33]</a> In the latter instance, the Stig was alleged to be <a href="/wiki/Ben_Collins_(racing_driver)" title="Ben Collins (racing driver)">Ben Collins</a>.<a href="#cite_note-WR-47">[34]</a> It was also reported that a builder doing work at Collins' home had found the Stig's trademark suit and gloves on display there.<a href="#cite_note-Tel-29">[19]</a> As these rumours were ongoing, the Top Gear blog published three entries on 21 January revealing the Stig to be, respectively, Damon Hill's deceased father <a href="/wiki/Graham_Hill" title="Graham Hill">Graham Hill</a>; <a href="/wiki/Royal_Bank_of_Scotland" title="Royal Bank of Scotland">Royal Bank of Scotland</a> chairman <a href="/wiki/Sir_Tom_McKillop" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Tom McKillop">Sir Tom McKillop</a>; and newly inaugurated U.S. president <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ST-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-48">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-49">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-50">[37]</a> When <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hammond#Vampire_dragster_crash" title="Richard Hammond">Richard Hammond crashed a jet-powered car</a>, the accident report into the crash described Ben Collins as someone "who worked closely with Top Gear as a high performance driver and consultant."<a href="#cite_note-51">[38]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Michael_Schumacher">Michael Schumacher</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stig&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Michael Schumacher">edit</a>]</div> On 20 June 2009, Clarkson announced in his newspaper column that the Stig would show his face in Top Gear's <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_13)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 13)">series thirteen</a> premiere, airing the next day.<a href="#cite_note-52">[39]</a> According to Clarkson, the Stig was "fed up with newspapers speculating that he's a photocopier salesman from Bolton, or lives in a pebble-dashed house in Bristol."<a href="#cite_note-TIIS-31">[21]</a> The episode showed the Stig driving a black <a href="/wiki/Ferrari_FXX" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferrari FXX">Ferrari FXX</a> around the test track for a record-setting time of 1:10.7, before walking into the studio and sitting down.<a href="#cite_note-TIIS-31">[21]</a> As the audience shouted "Off! Off!" the Stig removed his helmet to reveal himself as seven-time world champion F1 driver <a href="/wiki/Michael_Schumacher" title="Michael Schumacher">Michael Schumacher</a>.<a href="#cite_note-53">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-54">[41]</a> In the subsequent interview, Schumacher exhibited some of the Stig's supposedly defining character traits, such as knowing only two facts about ducks (both "facts" being wrong).<a href="#cite_note-TIIS-31">[21]</a> Following the revelation, the Stig alleged to be Schumacher was shown driving the <a href="/wiki/Suzuki_Liana" class="mw-redirect" title="Suzuki Liana">Suzuki Liana</a> but did not set a lap time; instead, video clips showed the Stig exhibiting very poor car control, striking a camera tripod, and eventually getting lost. Clarkson closed the segment by observing that possibly, Schumacher was not truly the Stig after all. While the BBC initially would not confirm whether Schumacher's revelation was a stunt, The Telegraph reported the next day that a Top Gear spokesman confirmed Schumacher had played the Stig, due to Ferrari only allowing Schumacher to drive the FXX, but that "the identity of the driver at other times would remain 'a mystery'."<a href="#cite_note-WR-47">[34]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Man_in_the_White_Suit">The Man in the White Suit</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stig&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: The Man in the White Suit">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/BBC_v_Harper_Collins" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC v Harper Collins">BBC v Harper Collins</a></div> On 19 August 2010, it was reported that a legal dispute was developing between the BBC and publishers representing the Stig, over plans by the Stig to release an autobiography revealing his identity.<a href="#cite_note-Tel-29">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-Gd-30">[20]</a> A BBC spokesman said, "The BBC is in a legal dispute over the publication of a book relating to Top Gear as this breaches agreed contractual and confidentiality obligations relating to the show."<a href="#cite_note-Tel-29">[19]</a> The Stig was reportedly unhappy that he had been unable to profit from his Top Gear role to the same degree as the other presenters.<a href="#cite_note-Tel-29">[19]</a> Around the same time, the Sunday Times claimed that financial documents for Ben Collins' company, Collins Autosport, provided evidence that he was the Stig. The Times stated that beginning a month after the White Stig's first appearance, the company had experienced an increase in profits ascribed to "driving services provided for the BBC, mainly in the Top Gear programme."[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Collins did not comment on this story; the BBC said it was "no surprise" as Collins had appeared several times on the show as well as provided other services.<a href="#cite_note-GTC-55">[42]</a> On 23 August 2010, the BBC and the Stig's publisher, <a href="/wiki/HarperCollins" title="HarperCollins">HarperCollins</a>, appeared in court. HarperCollins confirmed that it was being sued by the BBC over the autobiography's publication, stating, "We are disappointed that the BBC has chosen to spend licence fee payers' money to suppress this book and will vigorously defend the perfectly legitimate right of this individual to tell his story."<a href="#cite_note-GTC-55">[42]</a> The BBC said, "This situation has come about as a result of an attempt by an external party to profit from unauthorised use of the Top Gear brand, one of the BBC's biggest and most watched shows in the UK and around the world. As a result, it is important that the BBC does all it can to uphold confidentiality clauses that have been agreed to in relation to the show."<a href="#cite_note-GTC-55">[42]</a> In a 27 August 2010 entry on the Top Gear blog, executive producer <a href="/wiki/Andy_Wilman" title="Andy Wilman">Andy Wilman</a> attacked HarperCollins for attempting to reveal the Stig's identity: "The whole point of the Stig is the mystique – the bizarre characteristics he has, the wonderment created about what he might think, feel, do or look like. ... HarperCollins have decided none of that is as important as their profits." He also clarified that half of the BBC's legal costs were being funded by BBC Worldwide, their commercial arm.<a href="#cite_note-PB2-56">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-57">[44]</a> On 29 August, the Daily Mirror claimed that photos of Collins at his England home on the same day that the Stig had appeared at a Top Gear event in Germany proved that Collins had already been fired from the Stig role. When asked about the ongoing High Court action, Collins stated, "I am not allowed to talk about it."<a href="#cite_note-58">[45]</a> On 1 September 2010, the case was decided against the BBC, as the High Court refused to grant an injunction blocking the publication of the autobiography now acknowledged to be authored by Collins. Collins was in court for part of that day's hearing, but neither he nor the BBC confirmed afterward that he was the Stig; a BBC spokesman said, "The BBC brought this action as we believe it is vital to protect the character of The Stig, which ultimately belongs to the licence-fee payer. Today's judgment does not prevent the BBC from pursuing this matter to trial and it will not be deterred from protecting such information from attack no matter when or by whom it should arise."<a href="#cite_note-59">[46]</a><a href="#cite_note-60">[47]</a><a href="#cite_note-BBCl-61">[48]</a><a href="#cite_note-62">[49]</a> On 3 September 2010, the <a href="/wiki/BBC_News_website" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC News website">BBC News website</a> published a profile of Collins that began: "Former Formula Three driver Ben Collins has won a legal fight to publish an autobiography in which he claims to be The Stig."<a href="#cite_note-63">[50]</a> Collins' book, The Man in the White Suit, was published 16 September 2010.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stig&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Aftermath">edit</a>]</div> Immediately following the High Court's decision, Top Gear presenter James May commented, "Obviously I'm now going to have to take some legal action of my own, because I have been the Stig for the past seven years, and I don't know who this bloke is, who's mincing around in the High Court pretending it's him."<a href="#cite_note-BBCl-61">[48]</a> He expounded on the pretence in a newspaper column the next day, describing his dual life as the Stig and "Captain Slow".<a href="#cite_note-64">[51]</a> Speculation about the future of the Stig character began immediately. On 3 September 2010, May told a radio show that the Stig would be "dealt with" in a similar manner to how the Black Stig was eliminated.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] On the same day, The Telegraph reported that the BBC would not be renewing Collins' contract and that Collins would be soliciting offers to star in his own programme.<a href="#cite_note-65">[52]</a> (A month later, he joined the show <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Gear" title="Fifth Gear">Fifth Gear</a> for its eighteenth series; he then became a co-presenter on the Polish programme <a href="/w/index.php?title=Automaniak&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Automaniak (page does not exist)">Automaniak</a>.) Clarkson advertised for a new driver in his 4 September newspaper column, noting the successful applicant must know that "no one, under any circumstances, should ever rat on their friends".<a href="#cite_note-oman-66">[53]</a> In a 7 September interview, Clarkson said that Collins was "history as far as we are concerned. He's sacked."<a href="#cite_note-Stigsack-67">[54]</a> <a href="/wiki/Bookmakers" class="mw-redirect" title="Bookmakers">Bookmakers</a>' favourites to become the new Stig included <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Davidson" title="Anthony Davidson">Anthony Davidson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Damon_Hill" title="Damon Hill">Damon Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russ_Swift" title="Russ Swift">Russ Swift</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heikki_Kovalainen" title="Heikki Kovalainen">Heikki Kovalainen</a>, and an unspecified female driver.<a href="#cite_note-oman-66">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-68">[55]</a> On 1 October 2010, it was announced that Collins would join <a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Channel 5 (UK)">Five</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Gear" title="Fifth Gear">Fifth Gear</a> motoring show, where he was introduced by <a href="/wiki/Vicki_Butler-Henderson" title="Vicki Butler-Henderson">Vicki Butler-Henderson</a> as someone whose name "rhymes with The Twig." Collins appeared unmasked, saying "Yes, I can speak. It's a massive pleasure to do so."<a href="#cite_note-69">[56]</a> On 5 November 2010, the Top Gear website released a video clip about its "Stig Farm," the end of which introduced a new Stig for the travelling stage show <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_Live" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear Live">Top Gear Live</a>. The video also featured a Stig attempting to write a book on a computer, and correcting one of its many mistakes with <a href="/wiki/Tippex" class="mw-redirect" title="Tippex">Tippex</a>.<a href="#cite_note-70">[57]</a> In the "USA Road Trip" special (debuting 21 December 2010), the presenters branded the Stig a traitor; May declared his true name to be <a href="/wiki/Judas_Iscariot" title="Judas Iscariot">Judas Iscariot</a>. In a challenge mimicking a <a href="/wiki/Drive-by_shooting" title="Drive-by shooting">drive-by shooting</a>, the targets used were cardboard representations of the Stig (with Hammond taking special care to shoot the Stig in the back). During Collins' appearance with a military amputees rally team, broadcast in July 2011, he was introduced by Hammond as "ex-Stig Ben Collins." Collins returned to Top Gear in the series 18 special "50 Years of Bond Cars," where Hammond interviewed him on his work as a stunt driver in the film <a href="/wiki/Skyfall" title="Skyfall">Skyfall</a>.<a href="#cite_note-71">[58]</a> Hammond again introduced him as an ex-Stig and referred several times during the interview to Collins' departure. Collins wore a T-shirt during the interview which read "I am the Stig." <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_White_Stig">Second White Stig</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stig&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Second White Stig">edit</a>]</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Soap opera character</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%; background-color: #CCCCFF; color:black">The Second White Stig</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(2002_TV_series)" title="Top Gear (2002 TV series)">Top Gear</a> character</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Stig_-_Knebworth_Classic_Car_Show_2013_(9589893275).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/The_Stig_-_Knebworth_Classic_Car_Show_2013_%289589893275%29.jpg/240px-The_Stig_-_Knebworth_Classic_Car_Show_2013_%289589893275%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/The_Stig_-_Knebworth_Classic_Car_Show_2013_%289589893275%29.jpg/360px-The_Stig_-_Knebworth_Classic_Car_Show_2013_%289589893275%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/The_Stig_-_Knebworth_Classic_Car_Show_2013_%289589893275%29.jpg/480px-The_Stig_-_Knebworth_Classic_Car_Show_2013_%289589893275%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1365" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">The Second White Stig in 2013</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Portrayed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Phil_Keen" title="Phil Keen">Phil Keen</a><a href="#cite_note-ThirdIdentity-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Duration</th><td class="infobox-data">2010–2022 (after Top Gear hiatus)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First appearance</th><td class="infobox-data">26 December 2010 (<a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_16)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 16)">Series 16</a>; Episode 1)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last appearance</th><td class="infobox-data">18 December 2022 (<a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_33)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 33)">Series 33</a>; Episode 5)</td></tr></tbody></table> On 26 December 2010, five days after the "USA Road Trip" special, Top Gear aired a "<a href="/wiki/Top_Gear:_Middle_East_Special" title="Top Gear: Middle East Special">Middle East Special</a>" in which the presenters re-enacted the journey of the <a href="/wiki/Three_Wise_Men" class="mw-redirect" title="Three Wise Men">Three Wise Men</a> to <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem" title="Bethlehem">Bethlehem</a>. At the episode's conclusion, they discovered a manger cradling not <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>, but a baby Stig. In the <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_16)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 16)">series 16 premiere</a> a month later, the presenters explained that Stigs grow very quickly, and the new Stig was thus already fully grown. Aside from a slightly different helmet and overalls, this Stig closely resembles the previous Stig. In his first episode, he set a speed record around the track (1:15.1) in an <a href="/wiki/Ariel_Atom_V8" class="mw-redirect" title="Ariel Atom V8">Ariel Atom V8</a> – Clarkson commenting that this Stig posted times "broadly comparable to those of Sacked Stig". The same Stig was retained following the depatures of Clarkson, Hammond and May in 2015 following Clarkson's suspension and dismissal from the BBC due to a fracas that occurred during filming of series 22. His identity remained secret until 2024, when Clarkson revealed it was British racing driver Phil Keen.<a href="#cite_note-72">[59]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id=""Cousins"_and_other_"family_members"">"Cousins" and other "family members"</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stig&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: "Cousins" and other "family members"">edit</a>]</div> Various episodes have featured "cousins" and other relatives of the Stig, often when the show is filming outside the United Kingdom. These individuals dress in different attires, but always wear the Stig’s helmet, and continue the tradition of remaining silent. <dl><dt>"Big Stig"</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special" title="Top Gear: US Special">US Special</a> (2007)</dd> <dd>The show featured a portly American cousin nicknamed "Big Stig."<a href="#cite_note-9.3-73">[ep 14]</a> He raced the presenters' cars around the <a href="/wiki/Palm_Beach_International_Raceway" title="Palm Beach International Raceway">Palm Beach International Raceway</a> track. Clarkson stated he had a "relaxed driving style".</dd> <dt>"African Cousin"</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear:_Botswana_Special" title="Top Gear: Botswana Special">Botswana Special</a> (2007)</dd> <dd>This special featured the Stig's African cousin, with dark skin, wearing just <a href="/wiki/Puma_AG" class="mw-redirect" title="Puma AG">Puma</a> racing boots, a loincloth, white racing gloves and the iconic white helmet. He raced two of the presenters' chosen cars around an improvised rally track; Clarkson's <a href="/wiki/Lancia_Beta" title="Lancia Beta">Lancia Beta</a> refused to start. According to the special's DVD commentary, this cousin was "...an incredibly well respected racing driver".</dd> <dt>"Rig Stig"</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_12)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 12)">Series 12; Episode 1</a> (2008)</dd> <dd>"Rig Stig" made his debut, sporting a "suntanned" right sleeve and glove in reference to his supposed job as a lorry driver. He appeared <a href="/wiki/Drifting_(motorsport)" title="Drifting (motorsport)">powersliding</a> a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Team_Oliver&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Team Oliver (page does not exist)">Team Oliver</a> <a href="/wiki/Truck_racing" title="Truck racing">racing truck</a><a href="#cite_note-74">[60]</a> to show to the presenters that a lorry could drift.</dd> <dt>"Vietnamese/Communist Cousin"</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear:_Vietnam_Special" title="Top Gear: Vietnam Special">Vietnam Special</a> (2008)</dd> <dd>A version of the Stig that rode a motorbike, he was nicknamed the "Vietnamese/Communist" cousin and wore a red uniform. Although featured in a montage compiled at the beginning of series twelve showing a preview of the episodes to come, his feature did not air in the original broadcast of the special. The footage was however included in a later DVD release. Top Gear hired a local motorcycle stunt rider.<a href="#cite_note-75">[61]</a></dd> <dt>"Janet Stig Porter/Eco Stig"</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_14)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 14)">Series 14; Episode 2</a> (2009)</dd> <dd>The Stig's vegetarian cousin, nicknamed <a href="/wiki/Janet_Street-Porter" title="Janet Street-Porter">"Janet Stig Porter"</a>, appeared. He wore green overalls, <a href="/wiki/Birkenstock" title="Birkenstock">Birkenstock</a> sandals with socks, and a solar-powered helmet. He drove the presenters' "Hammerhead Eagle iThrust" <a href="/wiki/Hybrid_car" class="mw-redirect" title="Hybrid car">hybrid</a> around the <a href="/wiki/Motor_Industry_Research_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor Industry Research Association">MIRA</a> test circuit to see how long it would last, but was incapacitated by the car's diesel fumes. Ben Collins later revealed that he played the part of the eco Stig.<a href="#cite_note-76">[62]</a></dd> <dt>"Herr Stig/Stiggy Ray Cyrus"</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_15)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 15)">Series 15; Episode 2</a> (2010)</dd> <dd>The Stig's German cousin was also nicknamed "<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Herr" class="extiw" title="wikt:Herr">Herr</a> Stig" and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Ray_Cyrus" title="Billy Ray Cyrus">"Stiggy Ray Cyrus"</a>. He was almost identical to the main Stig, the main difference being a <a href="/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)" title="Mullet (haircut)">mullet</a> haircut. He drove the presenters' cheap sports saloons around <a href="/wiki/EuroSpeedway_Lausitz" class="mw-redirect" title="EuroSpeedway Lausitz">EuroSpeedway Lausitz</a>. Ben Collins later revealed that he played the part of the German Stig.</dd> <dt>"Bunga-Bunga Stig"</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_18)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 18)">Series 18; Episode 1</a> (2012)</dd> <dd>The Stig's Italian cousin, <a href="/wiki/Bunga_bunga" title="Bunga bunga">"Bunga-Bunga Stig"</a>, was introduced during the final leg of the Italian Road Trip at <a href="/wiki/Imola_Circuit" title="Imola Circuit">Imola Circuit</a>. He came out of a motor-home dressed in a suit, followed by three glamorous women, to set a lap time in a <a href="/wiki/Ferrari_458_Italia" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferrari 458 Italia">Ferrari 458 Italia</a>.</dd> <dt>"Attack Stig"</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_18)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 18)">Series 18; Episode 2</a> (2012)</dd> <dd>The Stig's Chinese cousin "Attack Stig" made his dramatic arrival by kung fu kicking through a door at the local race track. While in appearance he looks the same as the normal Stig, Chinese Stig attacked anyone indiscriminately with martial arts. His unruly behaviour caused problems not just for the presenters but also for the Top Gear filming crew, flag bearer and a nearby track marshal, the latter for whom this Stig even interrupted his timed lap of the <a href="/wiki/Roewe_350" title="Roewe 350">Roewe 350</a> in order to attack. After the timed laps, he walked on-screen and kicked James "in the <a href="/wiki/Testicle" title="Testicle">plums</a>". His behaviour was so bad that Clarkson remarked, "that's the worst Stig we've ever had."</dd> <dt>"Teenage Cousin"</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_21)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 21)">Series 21; Episode 1</a> (2014)</dd> <dd>The Stig's Teenage cousin appeared, with headphones on, a <a href="/wiki/Sagging_(fashion)" title="Sagging (fashion)">low waist line</a> allowing his underwear to be seen and a phone he seldom stopped looking at. He drove a modern <a href="/wiki/SEAT_Le%C3%B3n#Third_generation_.28Typ_5F.3B_2012.E2.80.93.29" title="SEAT León">hot hatchback</a> to set a hill run time against the presenters's classic hot hatchbacks. He also appears in advertisements promoting the mobile game Top Gear: Race The Stig.</dd> <dt>"Australian Cousin"</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_22)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 22)">Series 22; Episode 2</a> (2015)</dd> <dd>The Stig's Australian cousin was introduced during a hill-climb track in the Australian Outback, placed in an <a href="/wiki/Open-pit_mining" title="Open-pit mining">open cut</a> <a href="/wiki/Iron_ore" title="Iron ore">iron ore</a> mine and setting a benchmark time in an Australian <a href="/wiki/Holden_Special_Vehicles#Maloo" title="Holden Special Vehicles">HSV Maloo Ute</a>. He looks similar to the ordinary Stig, except for dusty, white overalls with <a href="/wiki/Flip-flops" title="Flip-flops">flip-flops</a>, and sporting a large "gentleman sausage" and muscular upper body.</dd> <dt>"Leisure Stig"</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_22)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 22)">Series 22; Episode 8</a> (2015)</dd> <dd>The Stig's leisure activity cousin is also known as Top Gear's top-secret Leisure Stig. He is only used for testing caravans and is an otherwise useless driver. He appears identical to the ordinary Stig, but is notably slower.</dd> <dt>"Teenaged Cousins"</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_24)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 24)">Series 24; Episode 4</a> (2017); <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_25)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 25)">Series 25; Episode 4</a> (2018) Series 29; Episode 2</dd> <dd>The Stig's three Teenaged Cousins sported the same appearance as the previous Teenage cousin, each sporting smartphones and headphones of different colours. They drove the <a href="/wiki/Renault_Twingo" title="Renault Twingo">Renault Twingo</a> GT, the <a href="/wiki/Smart_Fortwo" title="Smart Fortwo">Smart Fortwo</a> Brabus, and the <a href="/wiki/Volkswagen_Up" title="Volkswagen Up">Volkswagen Up</a> on the Top Gear track, in a race against each other. Two Teenaged Stigs appear again in Series 25, this time racing the <a href="/wiki/Hyundai_i30" title="Hyundai i30">Hyundai i30N</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Volkswagen_Golf_Mk7#Golf_GTI" title="Volkswagen Golf Mk7">Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk7</a> on a wet Top Gear track.</dd> <dt>"Emirati Cousin"</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_24)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 24)">Series 24; Episode 4</a> (2017)</dd> <dd>The Stig's Emirati cousin drove host Matt LeBlanc through downtown <a href="/wiki/Dubai" title="Dubai">Dubai</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Bentley_Mulsanne_(2010)" title="Bentley Mulsanne (2010)">Bentley Mulsanne</a>. He looks similar to the ordinary Stig, except for wearing a <a href="/wiki/Ghutrah" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghutrah">ghutrah</a> on top of his helmet, and a huge diamond watch on his wrist.<a href="#cite_note-s24e04-emerati-cousin-77">[63]</a></dd> <dt>"StigFoot"</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_25)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 25)">Series 25; Episode 2</a> (2018)</dd> <dd>StigFoot appears briefly at the end of the episode having been pursued by LeBlanc and Harris as they search for <a href="/wiki/Bigfoot" title="Bigfoot">Bigfoot</a>.</dd> <dt>"Ninja Stig"</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_25)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 25)">Series 25; Episode 3</a> (2018): The Stig's Japanese ninja cousin appears during Harris' visit to Japan, where he raced Harris in a drifting duel. He wore a black helmet, black ninja outfit and a katana strapped to his back.</dd> <dt>"Business Stig"</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_26)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 26)">Series 26; Episode 2</a> (2019): The Stig's "business cousin" appears during Harris' review of BMW M5 and Mercedes-AMG E63 S. He wears a red tie and a set of braces.</dd> <dt>"Stig's dad"</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_30)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 30)">Series 30; Episode 1</a> (2021): The Stig's dad appears during a Rally challenge in the episode's main feature which deals with the main presenters commemorating their dads' cars. The Stig's dad sets the benchmark time the presenters then try to beat. He wears a tank top and flare trousers.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_Stigs">Other Stigs</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stig&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Other Stigs">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_Australia" title="Top Gear Australia">Australian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_France" title="Top Gear France">French</a>,<a href="#cite_note-78">[64]</a> <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_Korea" title="Top Gear Korea">Korean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_Russia" title="Top Gear Russia">Russian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(Dragon_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (Dragon TV series)">Chinese</a> and <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(U.S._TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (U.S. TV series)">U.S.</a> adaptions of Top Gear also feature their own versions of The Stig.<a href="#cite_note-79">[65]</a><a href="#cite_note-80">[66]</a> The Top Gear Australia Stig was wheeled on screen, upside down in a delivery crate for the UK-Australian "Top Gear Ashes" episode. Additionally, when Top Gear Australia visited New Zealand (in <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_Australia_(series_3)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear Australia (series 3)">series 3</a> episode 2), they introduced their Stig's Kiwi cousin, "The Stug" (referencing <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_English" title="New Zealand English">New Zealand English</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Central_vowel" title="Central vowel">centralised</a> short-"i" sound). When Top Gear U.S. drove a modified off-road racer through Colorado against a kayak, they introduced "Backwoods Stig," who wears a white racing overall with torn off sleeves. The Stig was rarely used in the US version as presenter <a href="/wiki/Tanner_Foust" title="Tanner Foust">Tanner Foust</a> is himself a professional racing driver, but was portrayed by Paul F Gerrard.<a href="#cite_note-81">[67]</a> The Korean version of the Stig is reportedly portrayed by Bil Li-ship. In the DVD Top Gear: The Worst Car in the History of the World, the Stig's <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire" title="Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a> cousin, nicknamed "T'Stig" (a reference to the <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_dialect#Vocabulary_and_grammar" title="Yorkshire dialect">Yorkshire accent</a>), was featured. Alongside his trademark racing outfit, he had a flat cap on his helmet and two <a href="/wiki/Whippet" title="Whippet">whippets</a> by his feet. He was involved in driving a BMW around a <a href="/wiki/Gymkhana_(motorsport)" title="Gymkhana (motorsport)">Gymkhana</a> course to show how it is done for when James and Jeremy attempt to do so with two of the worst American cars. He was also prompted to drive a <a href="/wiki/Peugeot_308" title="Peugeot 308">Peugeot 308</a> - one of the cars that was the candidate for the title, but he fled. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Temporary_Stigs">Temporary Stigs</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stig&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Temporary Stigs">edit</a>]</div> In the <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_Winter_Olympics" title="Top Gear Winter Olympics">Winter Olympics special</a> Top Gear used Dan Lang, a Swedish snowmobile champion, to jump a snowmobile.<a href="#cite_note-ST-3">[3]</a> In the "USA Road Trip" (aired 21 December 2010), <a href="/wiki/Tiff_Needell" title="Tiff Needell">Tiff Needell</a> was brought in as an "Emergency Stig" to train <a href="/wiki/Danny_Boyle" title="Danny Boyle">Danny Boyle</a> on the track.<a href="#cite_note-82">[68]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_appearances">Other appearances</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stig&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Other appearances">edit</a>]</div> In June 2008, the Stig drove a passenger in a two-seat Formula One car at speeds up to 178 mph (286 km/h) for three laps around the <a href="/wiki/Silverstone_Circuit" title="Silverstone Circuit">Silverstone Circuit</a> in wet conditions, hours before the start of the <a href="/wiki/2008_British_Grand_Prix" title="2008 British Grand Prix">2008 British Grand Prix</a>. The drive was the prize in a charity auction held in aid of <a href="/wiki/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital" title="Great Ormond Street Hospital">Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital</a> where the winning bidder paid £35,000 for the privilege.<a href="#cite_note-StigF1-42">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-Ag-43">[30]</a> The Stig appeared at the 2008 October <a href="/wiki/National_Television_Awards" title="National Television Awards">National Television Awards</a> to accept Top Gear's third award for best factual programme, as the other presenters were ostensibly busy filming the new series.<a href="#cite_note-TGB-28">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-83">[69]</a> The Stig also appears at Top Gear Live events, such as the August 2010 Stunt Show at the <a href="/wiki/N%C3%BCrburgring" title="Nürburgring">Nürburgring</a> in Germany, in which he is billed as the star of the show alongside the other stunt drivers and cars, with the other Top Gear presenters not playing a part.<a href="#cite_note-84">[70]</a> The Stig has appeared outside Top Gear in Clarkson's motoring DVDs since 2005. He also appeared before the BBC's <a href="/wiki/2011_British_Grand_Prix" title="2011 British Grand Prix">2011 British Grand Prix</a> coverage when Clarkson and Hammond gave the camera crew a tour of the Top Gear studio. In February 2009, a YouTube video emerged<a href="#cite_note-85">[71]</a> which suggested the Black Stig had survived his accident. Still wearing his iconic black overalls, helmet and only one glove, he is witnessed to emerge from the waves by a group of men playing frisbee on the beach at <a href="/wiki/Walton-on-the-Naze" title="Walton-on-the-Naze">Walton-on-the-Naze</a> in Essex, where he initially mistook their frisbee for a steering wheel, before running away. In the 2011 <a href="/wiki/X_Games" title="X Games">X Games</a> 17, the Stig can be seen walking in the background during one of <a href="/wiki/Brian_Deegan_(rider)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brian Deegan (rider)">Brian Deegan</a>'s interviews during Rallycross. <a href="/wiki/Tanner_Foust" title="Tanner Foust">Tanner Foust</a>, one of the presenters of <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(U.S._TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (U.S. TV series)">Top Gear US</a>, was competing in the event. Google Street view of the Dunsfold track shows the Google Camera car being paced by The Stig driving a <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_SLS_AMG" title="Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG">Mercedes SLS coupe</a>.<a href="#cite_note-86">[72]</a> In 2016, he was a part of <a href="/wiki/The_Getaway_Car" title="The Getaway Car">The Getaway Car</a> presented by <a href="/wiki/Dermot_O%27Leary" title="Dermot O'Leary">Dermot O'Leary</a> along with his 2 'nephews' simply called 'Red Stig' and 'Blue Stig'. On 8 December 2016, the Stig appears for a short moment in a segment from Top Gear: Series 23, where he is seen reading a paper while <a href="/wiki/Ken_Block" title="Ken Block">Ken Block</a> zooms past in his Hoonicorn Mustang along with <a href="/wiki/Matt_LeBlanc" title="Matt LeBlanc">Matt LeBlanc</a>. On 30 March 2017, the Stig appeared on <a href="/wiki/Colin_Furze" title="Colin Furze">Colin Furze</a>'s World's Fastest Bumper Car YouTube video, which featured a modified 1960s <a href="/wiki/Bumper_cars" title="Bumper cars">bumper car</a> and a 600cc 100bhp engine.<a href="#cite_note-87">[73]</a> For a period, the Stig, along with the Top Gear presenters, appeared in miniature at Legoland Windsor, arranged around a model of a Caterham sports car. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultural_impact_and_merchandising">Cultural impact and merchandising</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stig&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Cultural impact and merchandising">edit</a>]</div> The Scotsman described the Stig in 2008 as a "real-life <a href="/wiki/James_Bond_(character)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Bond (character)">James Bond</a> able to tame the most powerful cars, while possessing all the mystique of <a href="/wiki/Zorro" title="Zorro">Zorro</a>."<a href="#cite_note-S8-10">[9]</a> The Sunday Times in 2009 described the Stig as "not a man but an idea, possibly an extraterrestrial," speculating that, along the lines of the <a href="/wiki/Spartacus" title="Spartacus">Spartacus mythology</a>, the more people that were linked with the character, the stronger the mystery would become. It paid tribute to how long the show had actually kept the secret.<a href="#cite_note-ST-3">[3]</a> The question of "Who is the Stig?" has been described as one of the most-asked queries on the Internet.<a href="#cite_note-ST-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-WR-47">[34]</a><a href="#cite_note-BCs-88">[74]</a> The Sunday Times reported that online and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_search&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mobile search (page does not exist)">text-answering services</a> rated it as one of the most popular questions of all time, along with the <a href="/wiki/Meaning_of_life" title="Meaning of life">meaning of life</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ST-3">[3]</a> The Stig has been notionally "spotted" in the wild in images collected for <a href="/wiki/Google_Street_View" title="Google Street View">Google Street View</a>. He was photographed by a Street View car standing on the side of the <a href="/wiki/A82_road" title="A82 road">A82 road</a> in <a href="/wiki/Loch_Ness" title="Loch Ness">Loch Ness</a>, Scotland.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] He was also captured by a Street View tricycle in three locations within <a href="/wiki/Legoland_Windsor" class="mw-redirect" title="Legoland Windsor">Legoland Windsor</a> in Berkshire, including riding a <a href="/wiki/Go-kart" title="Go-kart">go-kart</a> and sitting on a camel.<a href="#cite_note-Leg-89">[75]</a> A Street View image taken from the <a href="/wiki/Westway_(London)" title="Westway (London)">A40 Westway</a> of the Stig apparently standing in a window of the Top Gear office was reportedly just a cardboard cut-out.<a href="#cite_note-Leg-89">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-90">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-91">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-92">[78]</a> The BBC has capitalised on the mystery behind the Stig by marketing "I AM THE STIG" T-shirts and variants through the Top Gear shop.<a href="#cite_note-93">[79]</a> Other Stig merchandise has included bubble wash, pens, keyrings, soap on a rope, lunchbags and a "sonic toothbrush."<a href="#cite_note-94">[80]</a> Through a partnership with <a href="/wiki/Polyphony_Digital" title="Polyphony Digital">Polyphony Digital</a>, the Stig's helmet and overalls are available for virtual purchase in the videogames <a href="/wiki/Gran_Turismo_5" title="Gran Turismo 5">Gran Turismo 5</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gran_Turismo_6" title="Gran Turismo 6">Gran Turismo 6</a>. The Stig has also appeared several times in the <a href="/wiki/Forza_Motorsport_(2005_video_game)" title="Forza Motorsport (2005 video game)">Forza Motorsport</a> series, including as avatar items in <a href="/wiki/Forza_Motorsport_4" title="Forza Motorsport 4">Forza Motorsport 4</a>, one-on-one racing challenges against "The Stig's Digital Cousin" in <a href="/wiki/Forza_Motorsport_5" title="Forza Motorsport 5">Forza Motorsport 5</a><a href="#cite_note-95">[81]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Forza_Motorsport_6" title="Forza Motorsport 6">Forza Motorsport 6</a>,<a href="#cite_note-96">[82]</a> and as a driver outfit in an add-on for <a href="/wiki/Forza_Motorsport_7" title="Forza Motorsport 7">Forza Motorsport 7</a><a href="#cite_note-97">[83]</a> and as a reward in <a href="/wiki/Forza_Horizon_4" title="Forza Horizon 4">Forza Horizon 4</a>.<a href="#cite_note-98">[84]</a> In 2018, Piccadilly Press (under licence from BBC Worldwide) published The Stig Plays a Dangerous Game, the first in a series of children's books featuring The Stig as the silent 'secret weapon' of a group of friends who become 'the Top Gear Gang'. The Stig Drives Again was published later the same year and the third in the trilogy, The Stig and the Silver Ghost, came out in October 2019. The books feature in a joint venture with the School Libraries Association to promote school literacy whereby initial copies of each book, plus support materials, are provided free of charge to requesting schools. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Episode_notes">Episode notes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stig&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Episode notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1.1-8">^ <a href="#cite_ref-1.1_8-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-1.1_8-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-1.1_8-2">c</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation episode cs1"><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_1)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 1)">Top Gear (2002 TV series)</a>. Series 1. Episode 1. 20 October 2002.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Top+Gear+%282002+TV+series%29&rft.series=Series+1.+Episode+1&rft.date=2002-10-20&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Stig" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-7.5-14"><a href="#cite_ref-7.5_14-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1"><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_7)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 7)">Top Gear (2002 TV series)</a>. Series 7. Episode 5. 11 December 2005.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Top+Gear+%282002+TV+series%29&rft.series=Series+7.+Episode+5&rft.date=2005-12-11&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Stig" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1"><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_17)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 17)">Top Gear (2002 TV series)</a>. Series 17. Episode 3. 10 July 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Top+Gear+%282002+TV+series%29&rft.series=Series+17.+Episode+3&rft.date=2011-07-10&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Stig" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-8.8-16">^ <a href="#cite_ref-8.8_16-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-8.8_16-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1"><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_8)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 8)">Top Gear (2002 TV series)</a>. Series 8. Episode 8. 30 July 2006.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Top+Gear+%282002+TV+series%29&rft.series=Series+8.+Episode+8&rft.date=2006-07-30&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Stig" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-10.8-17"><a href="#cite_ref-10.8_17-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1"><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_10)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 10)">Top Gear (2002 TV series)</a>. Series 10. Episode 8. 7 December 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Top+Gear+%282002+TV+series%29&rft.series=Series+10.+Episode+8&rft.date=2007-12-07&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Stig" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-6.10-18"><a href="#cite_ref-6.10_18-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1"><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_6)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 6)">Top Gear (2002 TV series)</a>. Series 6. Episode 10. 31 July 2005.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Top+Gear+%282002+TV+series%29&rft.series=Series+6.+Episode+10&rft.date=2005-07-31&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Stig" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-2.1-19"><a href="#cite_ref-2.1_19-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1"><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_2)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 2)">Top Gear (2002 TV series)</a>. Series 2. Episode 1. 11 May 2003.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Top+Gear+%282002+TV+series%29&rft.series=Series+2.+Episode+1&rft.date=2003-05-11&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Stig" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-14.4-21"><a href="#cite_ref-14.4_21-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1"><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_14)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 14)">Top Gear (2002 TV series)</a>. Series 14. Episode 4. 6 December 2009.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Top+Gear+%282002+TV+series%29&rft.series=Series+14.+Episode+4&rft.date=2009-12-06&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Stig" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-8.5-22"><a href="#cite_ref-8.5_22-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1"><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_8)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 8)">Top Gear (2002 TV series)</a>. Series 8. Episode 5. 4 June 2006.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Top+Gear+%282002+TV+series%29&rft.series=Series+8.+Episode+5&rft.date=2006-06-04&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Stig" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-7.1-26">^ <a href="#cite_ref-7.1_26-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-7.1_26-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1"><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_7)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 7)">Top Gear (2002 TV series)</a>. Series 7. Episode 1. 13 November 2005.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Top+Gear+%282002+TV+series%29&rft.series=Series+7.+Episode+1&rft.date=2005-11-13&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Stig" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-8.7-39"><a href="#cite_ref-8.7_39-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1"><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_8)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 8)">Top Gear (2002 TV series)</a>. Series 8. Episode 7. 23 July 2006.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Top+Gear+%282002+TV+series%29&rft.series=Series+8.+Episode+7&rft.date=2006-07-23&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Stig" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-10.5-40"><a href="#cite_ref-10.5_40-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1"><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_10)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 10)">Top Gear (2002 TV series)</a>. Series 10. Episode 5. 11 November 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Top+Gear+%282002+TV+series%29&rft.series=Series+10.+Episode+5&rft.date=2007-11-11&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Stig" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Winter_Olympics_Special-41"><a href="#cite_ref-Winter_Olympics_Special_41-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1">"<a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_Winter_Olympics" title="Top Gear Winter Olympics">Top Gear: Winter Olympics Special</a>". <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(2002_TV_series)" title="Top Gear (2002 TV series)">Top Gear (2002 TV series)</a>. Series 7–8. Episode n/a.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Top+Gear+%282002+TV+series%29&rft.series=Series+7%E2%80%938.+Episode+n%2Fa&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Stig" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-9.3-73"><a href="#cite_ref-9.3_73-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1">"<a href="/wiki/Top_Gear:_US_Special" title="Top Gear: US Special">Top Gear: US Special</a>". <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(series_9)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (series 9)">Top Gear (2002 TV series)</a>. Series 9. Episode 3. 11 February 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Top+Gear+%282002+TV+series%29&rft.series=Series+9.+Episode+3&rft.date=2007-02-11&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Stig" class="Z3988"> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stig&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 35em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ThirdIdentity-1">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ThirdIdentity_1-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ThirdIdentity_1-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmyEe2Iw4dk&t=91s">"Jeremy Clarkson giving a Q&A after a private screening of The Grand Tour: One For The Road"</a>. YouTube. 16 September 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=YouTube&rft.atitle=Jeremy+Clarkson+giving+a+Q%26A+after+a+private+screening+of+The+Grand+Tour%3A+One+For+The+Road&rft.date=2024-09-16&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DdmyEe2Iw4dk%26t%3D91s&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Stig" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ti-2">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ti_2-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ti_2-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/article586470.ece?token=null&offset=0">"Entertainment: The backroom boy who put Top Gear on top of the world"</a>. The Sunday Times. London. 6 November 2005. 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The Sunday Times. London. 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title="Top Gear series 4">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_series_5" title="Top Gear series 5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_series_6" title="Top Gear series 6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_series_7" title="Top Gear series 7">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_series_8" title="Top Gear series 8">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_series_9" title="Top Gear series 9">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_series_10" title="Top Gear series 10">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_series_11" title="Top Gear series 11">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_series_12" title="Top Gear series 12">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_series_13" title="Top Gear series 13">13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_series_14" title="Top Gear series 14">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_series_15" title="Top Gear series 15">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_series_16" title="Top Gear series 16">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_series_17" 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selflink">The Stig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Britcar_24_Hour" title="2007 Britcar 24 Hour">2007 Britcar 24 Hour</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International versions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_Australia" title="Top Gear Australia">Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Top_Gear_Australia_episodes" title="List of Top Gear Australia episodes">episodes</a></li></ul></li> <li>China <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(2011_TV_series)" title="Top Gear (2011 TV series)">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(2014_TV_series)" title="Top Gear (2014 TV series)">2014</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_France" title="Top Gear France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_Russia" title="Top Gear Russia">Russia</a></li> <li>United States <ul><li><a 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title="Rally Report">Rally Report</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stars_in_Fast_Cars" title="Stars in Fast Cars">Stars in Fast Cars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Getaway_Car" title="The Getaway Car">The Getaway Car</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_Ground_Gear_Force" title="Top Ground Gear Force">Top Ground Gear Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_of_the_Pops" title="Top Gear of the Pops">Top Gear of the Pops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Grand_Tour" title="The Grand Tour">The Grand Tour</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Grand_Tour_episodes" title="List of The Grand Tour episodes">episodes</a> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Holy_Trinity_(The_Grand_Tour)" title="The Holy Trinity (The Grand Tour)">The Holy Trinity</a>"</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(magazine)" title="Top Gear (magazine)">Top Gear Magazine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_Motorsport" title="Top Gear Motorsport">Top Gear Motorsport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    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