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    Posted: 22 Jun 09 at 1:57pm
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!


There was nothing sly about Lewis's sponsorship by Mclaren.
As an avid Autosport reader back in my uni days, there were regularly articles featuring a young karter called lewis whos kart was silver and whos overalls bore a mclaren emblem. All the articles clearly identified that Ron Dennis had spotted this young star (then 12) and wanted to nurture him towards F1.

As for the stig being Schumacer, I'd agree with the rest of you. Its only because he's the only person who they would let throw it around a track outside of Modena. The normal stig is almost definately a lesser known driver, could even be Johnny Herbert!!!!
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There is more than one "white Stig".  If you watch carefully, he gets fatter some weeks!

As for MS, I've been told it was his FXX and that he HAS done a lap in the RPC.

 

 
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Originally posted by tack'ho

Speed bump test anyone?

Yes, I thought that too! I suppose the cachet of getting
Schumacher on the show makes for a bending of the rules.
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It was damn good telly and that car was fast! Have to admit I had no idea what that Bacardi publicity clip was supposed to represent and why they were showing it on the BBC!
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Definately not the regular Stig, Shoemaker is several inches shorter and quite a bit chubbier. I agree with those who have said he was probably just the only one allowed to drive the FXX, is it a coincidence that he is employed by Ferrari?
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The car which Schuey was driving was his OWN PERSONAL FXX. Apparently the only black one ever produced. I don't see that there is a problem with him doing a bit of Ferrari PR, its not like when Hamilton went on the show he didn't mention Mercedes every other sentence! It's quite obvious that Schuey isn't actually the stig, I think they made that pretty clear with the whole getting lost thing on the track! Good to get him on there anyway, he is a driving legend.
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He didn't act the stig very well either, the way he walked and the fact that he showed expression when shaking his head. You could tell that this wasnt the usual stig... still good tv though!

I also doubt that the bbc could afford to have the MS as the stig very easily!

Is this the end of the reasonably priced car too? The way he drove it made me think there may be a new one next week, just a thought...
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Has the actual new series of Top Gear started or was that just a one of preview?
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yes it has actually started. theres 6 more amazing episodes
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Definitely not the stig, in this interview he talks about learning the track, which if he was the stig he wouldn't need to do

http://www.topgear.com/uk/videos/schuey-in-the-FXX 

As for the fxx being eligible for the power laps, I reckon it shouldn't be on there, as Ferrari keep it and only let you drive it a circuits, also looks as though it wouldn't get over a policemans flip flop!

 

 

edit:forgot to add the link, ooops!



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