S.B.

[Edited by S.B. - 11/4/2003 6:29:39 PM]

sti-spec-a

My money is on Tiff Needell

PG

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo !

stevoWRX

Don't think it's Tiff, he didn't seem too confident driving the BMW for example . Tiff tends to oversteer etc.

Anyone think it could be the same stig but in different racing gear ?

Bonehead

No it isn't!

I was told by a delivery driver who dropped something off at my work that he'd been at the place they film at (Crandley I belive its called) earlier that week and had chated to the guy playing Stig and he'd told him they where gonna change the look of the guy for this series.

Anyhoo, Needell works for Channel 5!

Tony

what would scooby do

It's Murray Walker - I thought everyone knew that !

unclebuck

LOL at the above post...

And so it begins.....

UB

chaos.

Hes not as fast as the old stig methings..

stevoWRX

As I said before, still think it's old stig .

Prob thoght Stig format was getting bit tired looking so they've shaken it up a bit for fresh interest .

RB5#111

iTrader: (5)

Agree its still the old stig, aka Perry McCarthy

PALATINE

Stig is for my money, who ever they hire that week to be "The Stig" from a pool of racing drivers from the different championships in the uk

J4MES

Its the old Stig rebranded to keep internet forum members guessing.

Perry McCarthy signed to do 3 series' of Top Gear, and then possibly move onto being a presenter on the show.

How nice is that M3 CSL!! The noise!! and that carbon fibre roof skin is sooo trick.

pugoetru

its nigel mansel

scoobylav

Its not mansell he didnt bend the beemer

Scooby96

Jensen Button?

Andy Tang

iTrader: (3)

Probably the same as the old one, but this way they can build the speculation again!!!

tonybooth

At a recent 'Evening with Perry McCarthy' he said he is NOT doing it anymore. He cited part of the reason due to the bad press he got over that 'priceless' historic Jaguar he drove.

TONY

Dapster

Rumour in my neck of the woods is that it's David Leslie - yes, he of Proton BTCC fame (well, maybe not fame...).

Absolutely not Perry.

And yes, the word is that whoever the new chap is, he's not getting near the old Stigs times. Compare the commitment on the GT3 lap in the wet to the Z4/Boxster/S2k laps - by comparison it looked like my mother was at the wheel.

Although it could be Linda Effing Barker. She's doing everything else on TV at the moment.

Boro

iTrader: (1)

Wasnt it the whole anonymous thing that put an end to Perry being the Stig?

Once his cover was blown, his 'regular' drive told him he had to stop?

small beamer

if the stig reall died they woudnt slag him off like that eg i thought we heard the last of the that music from the dead stig and i also thinks the stig is damon hill

Mal K

Did you not notice the driving style/seating position....Its Colin McRae.

lpski1

The new stig is shorter IMO than the last. They had to put him on a box when they introduced him.

sammyh

iTrader: (1)

He had the style of a getaway driver, my money is on Tommy Vercetti

stevoWRX

LOL ... SammyH



[Edited by stevoWRX - 11/4/2003 10:02:56 PM]

Mr Scoob

He did look quite small even on a box, maybe it is Anthony Davidson.

TopBanana

Not as good a driver as the last Stig!

image doctor

Dapster are you sure??????

The new stig set the same time as a 4WD 911 turbo in a lesser powered 2WD GT3 both in the wet!!!

Committment does not always equal fast lap times, the fastest drivers are often the smoothest and non exciting.

Take Jean Alesi for example, hugely committed for the most part, but not particulary effective in F1.

Dave P

My daughter was most upset that Stig had died when she saw it. That being the small bit that I had recorded before the kids turned it off!!!

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

He's very proddy with the acelarator half way through bends. Mind, I could understand with the beamer and slow electric throttle response

Howee

That was a different, slower Stig I reckon. Though I still believe they pick from a pool of drivers, hence the 'disguise'

And showing the 'Stig' lap with some tacky music playing in car ala dead Stig. per-lease that is sooo last series Did they fit a radio into the CSL specially