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    Posted: 22 Jun 09 at 11:57am

Originally posted by getafix

Perry Macarthy was the stig for the first 4 series, except for a couple of occasisons when it was Julian Bailey - those under 30 will now be going who? those who paid attention to motoracing in the 80's will know who these guys are - BTW Perry Macarthy's book "Flat Out/Flat Broke" is a very good read about his struggles to get into F1 and trying to be a racing driver when you don't have any dough, or unless a nice man (let's call him "Mr R Dennis" for this example) decides to sponsor you on the sly for many a year to see if you can make it one day!

Lewis was never sponsored on the sly though, it was never a secret. If you were in Karting circles (when Lewis first got the sponsorship) you knew. I believe there was even an article on Look East (for those who live in East Anglia) when Lewis was 15 about the 'up and coming' star. Why was it on Look East I hear you cry....he is from Stevenage..

Having done some motorsport at an amateur level it is quite expensive, much more so than saiiling. Sponsorship would definitely make a difference!
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Perry Macarthy was the stig for the first 4 series, except for a couple of occasisons when it was Julian Bailey - those under 30 will now be going who? those who paid attention to motoracing in the 80's will know who these guys are - BTW Perry Macarthy's book "Flat Out/Flat Broke" is a very good read about his struggles to get into F1 and trying to be a racing driver when you don't have any dough, or unless a nice man (let's call him "Mr R Dennis" for this example) decides to sponsor you on the sly for many a year to see if you can make it one day!
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And I'm a car hating, water hating vegan.... 

True, he could be one of the stigs.  Aka the stig who drove the FXX... so pretty... me wants.  But I very much doubt he's one of the main stigs.  The smart money is on Ben Collins as the main, everyday stig. 
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He just happened to be there cos he's the only one who ferrari will let drive their FXX so top gear got a little bit of publicity out of it i think.
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For those that watched Top Gear yesterday, was the Stig really Michael Schumacher or was it a publicity stunt!
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