The Stig - Top Gear

Originally posted by timnoyce 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.

 

Yep, it's his.  All the other black ones have a white stripe.

The FXX shouldnt be on the leader board in reality, they kicked off the DBR9 because it wasnt a road car and that went round in 1:08 so is actually faster! The FXX is no more of a road car than this and was slower too...

That brings me back to the question of whether MS is the stig, the DBR9 is probably a slower car than the FXX but because MS was not used to the track when driving the FXX he didnt post a time as quick as the usual stig did in the aston, i think  

Originally posted by Scooby_simon MS IS NOT the Stig.

He was, but only for the FXX. There have been, and will be, many stigs. Even the top gear team point out that the stig's height and weight rather fluctuate... That's before you even begin to take into account the Stigs in things such as the cross-london challenge (when he went by underground)

I'm pretty sure the people you see in the stig suit out of the car are not the person(people?) you see in the stig suit doing power laps.  I find it hard to believe the real stig(s) would have done the cross london challenge etc. could have been anyone from the production team. 

Originally posted by alstorer Originally posted by Scooby_simon MS IS NOT the Stig. He was, but only for the FXX. There have been, and will be, many stigs. Even the top gear team point out that the stig's height and weight rather fluctuate... That's before you even begin to take into account the Stigs in things such as the cross-london challenge (when he went by underground)

Although I have to say the thought of 'Herman the German' as my sister refers to him mixing it with the great unwashed in a race suit and sweaty full face helmet on the underground is mildly amusing.....