The Stig is a character on the British automotive television show Top Gear . The character is an anonymity game of a full-face helmet racer, with no joke knowing who or what is in Stig's racing suit. Stig's main role is to set the lap time for the car tested on the show. Previously, he will also instruct celebrity guests, outside the camera, for the "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" event.
The original identity of "Black" Stig, Perry McCarthy, was exposed by the Sunday newspaper in January 2003, and was confirmed by McCarthy later that year. The black-fit Stig then "kills" that October in the premier 3 series, and is replaced in the following episode by the new White Stig which lasts until the end of the 15th series.
In the 13th episode 1 series, the show joked about Stig as the seven-time world champion F1 driver Michael Schumacher. In hiatus after the 15th series, driver Ben Collins was demoted to Stig in a court battle over an upcoming autobiography, entitled The Man in the White Suit. In series 16, debuted in December 2010, Collins was replaced by the second White Stig, whose identity has so far been kept secret.
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Creation and name
The idea for the character was part of Jeremy Clarkson's former host concept and producer Andy Wilman to relaunch the Top Gear show, bringing the new format to the original Top Gear version that stopped production at 2001. The show was re-launched introducing the studio direct audience, Stig, horse racing, and insanity. Clarkson is credited by Sunday Times by coming up with the original idea for Stig.
Clarkson and Wilman want to have a professional racer as part of the show's cast, but have difficulty finding a rider who is quite adept at talking in front of the camera. Clarkson then asked Wilman why the driver needed to speak at all, and they decided that Stig's role would be silent.
Stig's name comes from Wilman and Clarkson time at Repton School, where the new boy is always called "Stig". According to the original Stig, Perry McCarthy, speaking in 2006, the producers wanted an anonymous rider called 'The Gimp', referring to the use of a gimp suit in BDSM sexual role play. After McCarthy objected, they named Stig. McCarthy once said about the idea at the time, "I do not want to be remembered forever as a Gimp".
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Characteristics
Anonymity and stillness
When he introduced Stig in premiere Top Gear Clarkson said, "We do not know his name, we really do not know his name, no one knows his name, and we do not want to know, because it's a racer." According to Daily Mail in 2010, his face was never revealed on the set, and even celebrity guests trained on cars at reasonable prices were allowed to learn his identity. He stays fit and with his helmet throughout the show, arrives early and goes late, has his own dressing room and meals privately. The studio audience does not have access to it anytime.
According to a 2006 article in The Sunday Times , most of the Top Gear crews did not know Stig's identity; a camera assistant reportedly observed Stig who was having lunch behind the ambulance to avoid getting caught. In 2009, another article Times reiterated that only some of the production staff, presenters and other BBC journalists who know Stig's true identity.
Former Stig Perry McCarthy describes in 2009 how, to maintain his anonymity, he will wear a Stig helmet as he passes through the Top Gear security gate, and then switch to his racing overall in a special room behind the gate before driving into the studio area. He will talk as little as possible in the backstage area, and wear an accent that some people consider to be French. McCarthy also explained that hiding his identity while training celebrities for Star in Cars at Affordable Prices proved difficult. He said that he revealed his true identity while training Ross Kemp and David Soul, because he had known them before and they promised that they would be silent about his role. For another drive, if the celebrity asks if he's a certain person, he'll just say "How do you know?", Adding that more often than not, the suggestion was Michael Schumacher.
Stig was never shown talking on the screen, although he talked with celebrities outside the camera while training them to get around the track. Clarkson had joked that he was "not a very talkative person". When asked about his identity in a rare oral interview for the 'Veronica Vibes' event from the Dutch channel, Stig reportedly said, "I do not remember; my memory was erased when I got the job." Stig's stability has expanded to appearances in other media, such as the "Brain Stig" video released by the BBC on YouTube in 2009.
Clarkson had written in the newspaper column that Stig was not allowed to speak or comment on the cars he drove for riding because "the opinions of all the racers were completely worthless," explaining that, due to their familiarity with cars equipped for racing, that any and all road cars are on a low scale compared to race cars.
Driving ability
This event often compares Stig's driving ability to others, especially Formula One drivers. When Jeremy Clarkson said that Stig believed that Suzuki Liana, Reasonably Priced Car's car at the time, could do a 1:44 lap time, former F1 driver Nigel Mansell, appeared as a guest on the program, duly required by 1: 44.6 time posts ; Stig then posted a time of 1: 44.4. After Rubens Barrichello became the first person to beat Stig's time (coming at 1: 44.3), the show repeatedly refers to the jealous competition between Stig and Barrichello. Sebastian Vettel then further outdid this time by posting a flat 1:44 time (Season 17: Ep 3). Clarkson often mentions that the F1 driver seems to be taking a different racing line on the test track than Stig, as in Jenson Button's push; However, during the visit of Barrichello and Lewis Hamilton to the show, Clarkson observed that they took the same line around the track as The Stig. The appearance of F1 driver Mark Webber on the show was marked on the end of his lap with Clarkson featuring it with the "I AM THE STIG" shirt.
Introduction
Stig's introduction on the show has underscored his strangeness. Initially the presenters touted his performance with a funny introduction, such as "His Holiness, the Stig!" Starting from series 6, the introductions start following the format, "Some say that [two strange characteristics].What we know is, he's called Stig." The characteristics described in this format include:
- He has no face
- He's scared of the Boy Scouts
- The drinks in the cabinet contain 14 different pudding types
- His favorite T-shirt has a T-shirt image
- He's scared of bells
- He's confused with the ladder
- He never blinked
- He naturally faces the northern magnet
- He has a digital face
- He will charge you if you try to remove his helmet.
Some introductions refer to recent events, such as:
- "If you insult his mother, she will gore your head in the chest" (a reference to Zidane's headbutting incident in the 2006 World Cup final)
- "If you give him a very important job, he will go and play cricket" (reference to Vice Prime Minister John Prescott in 2006)
- "[...] and that long before anyone else he realizes that Jade Goody is a racist, racist-faced rascent of the blood and organs" (a reference to the controversy of Big Brother Celebrity 5 racy)
- "Have a dream about what Rubens Barrichello looks like in a ham slicer" (a reference to Barrichello is faster than Stig around the previous week's test track)
- "If he divorced from Paul McCartney, he would cover his muttering mouth" (references to McCartney's divorce from Heather Mills in 2008)
- "He always wore a helmet because a man once hit his face with a model of Salisbury Cathedral" (reference to Silvio Berlusconi's attack with a Milan Cathedral alabaster statue in December 2009)
- "She was banned from the city of Chichester and..., in a recent late night deal, she bought a slightly dented white Fiat Uno from the Duke of Edinburgh" (reference to conspiracy theories surrounding Princess Diana's death)
- "If you hold it the wrong way, it does not work properly" (reference to iPhone 4's death handbook)
- "He regretted buying his new holiday home in the small town of Cairo" (reference to the Arab Spring in early 2011)
- "He loads 47% horse" (reference to horse meat scandal 2013)
- "He used to work in Rome but gave up his job to keep up with his job here" (after the Pope retired in early 2013)
- "As a result of buying a Pirelli condom this week, he now has seventeen children" (referring to some cars suffering Pirelli tires blown at the 2013 British Grand Prix)
- "On a trip to Cornwall recently, he stopped for one of his big, specials in Somerset" (reference to the Somerset flood 2013)
- "If he works for CNN, he will not get a very low rating so the show is canceled" (reference to Piers Morgan Live cancellation )
- "When we took off, iCloud was hacked and now everyone in the world has seen its helmet" (reference to 2014 celebrity photo hack)
- "Last week, he was found in a locked room, tied to a chair with a German piano wire" (the week after Michael Schumacher "was revealed" as The Stig)
- "He once hit a horse to the ground" (references to the Roberto DurÃÆ'¡n story after doing so)
Other Characteristics
In Stig's debut, he is described by Clarkson as having very small brains, unworthy opinions, and disorders called "Mansell Syndrome". Richard Porter, editor of Top Gear's script, described Stig as "single-minded, stubborn and festive, in particular, a mixture of Kimi RÃÆ'¤ikkÃÆ'¶nen, keyboardist of Pet Shop Boys, and a forced 15-year-old boy. holidaying with his parents. "
He has been described as part of the cargo, collected by Clarkson from the baggage conveyor at the airport; he has also been shown stored in a closet when not in use.
It is said that Stig "has no understanding of money" and during the challenge he has been shown using an Oyster card to access London's public transport, and a credit card on behalf of "The Stig" issued by "Bank of Money" "to get gasoline.
The show also featured the habit of listening to Stig, as it sounded on the car stereo as he drove a lap. Often certain genres are selected for one or more series. The Stig has been shown listening:
- Electric ballad
- One-hit miracle
- Listen easily
- Country and west
- Morse code
- Progressive stone
- The whale's voice
- Baroque music
- Jingle ads
- foreign language learning tapes
- Romantic audio novels
- The salesman technique
- ABBA (in French and Spanish)
- Elton John
- Bee Gees (including, in one episode, Bee Gees in German)
- The Bangles (in German)
- Margaret Thatcher's speech
- Self-help ribbon
- Music band pipe
- Chas & amp; Dave
- Vuvuzela
- National anthem
- The Archers
- Tuvan throat
- The Carpenters
In 2009, Stig appeared on the National Television Awards, where he secretly received the award and handed Griff Rhys Jones a letter host from the Top Gear host, who instructed Jones to give Stig the award in his book. left hand, as his right hand is a magnet, and warns the organizers that he should not sit near the players of Coronation Street, because "he decides all northerners can be eaten".
Roles
In Top Credit's end of credit, Stig is credited with Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May as presenter. Stig's main role in the show is on the Top Gear test track at the show's base in Dunsfold Aerodrome, Surrey. Its two main functions are to post lap times for superior 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.
The Top Gear site explains Stig's test-driving role as follows:
When first introduced, Stig was described as a resident test tester, because the presenter can not consistently post the fast time itself. The mission he stated was "go there and drive fast". The original Stig, Perry McCarthy, described in 2006 how a racer is meant to be used as part of a team that is present in order to produce the fastest lap time that is sure to be a tested car.
Identity
Black Stig
Perry Perry McCarthy's racer appears in 22 episodes of Top Gear as the original Stig and matches the black color.
McCarthy assumed the role of Stig following the possibility of meeting Jeremy Clarkson at the 2002 launch party for McCarthy's autobiography, Flat Out, Flat Broke: Formula 1 of the Hard Way! . This led to the audition as a regular presenter, before the production team decided the drivers would be anonymous. (Contrary to this, McCarthy said in 2008 that Clarkson had mentioned the idea of ​​a "secret racer" at their first meeting.)
After the first series ended, an article on The Sunday Mirror on January 12, 2003 called McCarthy as Stig. The newspaper quoted a man on the show who said, "Only a handful of crew know that he is actually Perry." McCarthy responded at the time, "I know who Stig but I can not comment further." After the second series ended, McCarthy published a second edition of his autobiography, in which he asserted that he was Stig. McCarthy was then "killed" in the first episode of the third series.
The scene that saw the Black Stig "killed," nicknamed "Top Gun vs. Top Gear," was an attempt to race up to 100 mph (160 km/h) and then stop on a 200 meter (660 ft) long flight. the HMS Invincible deck, the Royal Navy aircraft carrier in which the British Aerospace Sea Harrier jet plane reached 100 mph (160 km/h) before take off. He will use "Old Jaguar Jaguar", a white Jaguar XJS purchased for "a few hundred pounds," stripped of his equipment and equipped with nitrate injection to carry it to 500 bhp (370 kW). Stig accelerates along the deck, and the speedometer on the screen shows 109 mph (175 km/h) before a cutaway shot sees the car fly off the end of the runway and into the ocean. Clarkson later revealed in the last scene of the episode that the gloves floating in the ocean are all that divers have found. According to McCarthy, "We're trying to make it look like the best James Bond scene possible."
The explanation for McCarthy's exit is different. While McCarthy described the farewell as friendly in 2008, The Times claimed in 2009 that it had fallen out with the producers. In 2010, McCarthy said he was tired of the job, which he claimed paid 700 pounds a week, and part of his frustration came from a car owner's attempt to sue him for damaging his car and the BBC's refusal to defend. she's because of her anonymity. He said the BBC chose not to renew its contract and get him out of the show.
Although McCarthy said in 2006 that, after leaving Top Gear, he harbored ambitions to re-enter the race in the Grand Prix Masters series, he then ran an investment company and emerged as an after-dinner talker.
According to the Sunday Times, written in 2009, McCarthy revealed in his book that there's always more than one Stig, and that the 47-year-old Julian Bailey, a former Formula One racer, has acted as a stand-in for McCarthy. In a June 2009 interview with Daily Mail , Bailey, who sold his house in Effingham, Surrey, said "I am one of the most useful...... because the filming is done under the road. I have stopped now, but I should not talk about it. " First White Stig
The first White Stig was introduced in November 2003, following the release of the Black Stig in the previous episode. His identity remained a secret until it was revealed as Ben Collins in August 2010. During Stig's time on the show, the character's role expanded from Power Lap's time and training "Reasonably Priced Car" to include appearances in other event segments, such as producing walking time on the Isle of Road test Man; driving a Caterham Seven from Caterham to Knockhill; driving London Bus, DLR, and Tube in London; leaping snowmobile from a ski jump in Lillehammer, Norway; and played police chase drivers in the White Van Man challenge.
Speculation
Since the debut of White Stig, there has been widespread speculation about his identity. Various sources claim him to be a number of different racers, including Collins, Damon Hill, Julian Bailey, Russ Swift, Darren Turner and Tim Schrick, and former presenter Top Gear Tiff Needell. Some people, including Hill and musician Jay Kay, claim to be Stig himself. It also speculates that Stig is played by many racers, a theory implied by the original Stew Perry McCarthy. After observing a Stig charity trip around Silverstone Circuit shortly before the British Grand Prix in July 2008, former Formula One World Champion Fernando Alonso said, "Whoever is in that car is an excellent driver.... I do not know who he is , but he must be a former F1. "
In January 2009, rumors of Stig's identity were triggered, in part by a News of the World article claiming to have found Stig to be a married man in his 30s, living at home Ã, Â £ 300,000 and driving a car for £ 15,000, earning around Ã, Â £ 150,000 from his Top Gear job and some driving action and tests. In the same month, an art gallery owner reported that 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 Stig prints. In the last example, Stig is suspected to be Ben Collins. It was also reported that a builder doing the work at Collins's house had found the Stig trademark suit and gloves on display there. Another story, in The Daily Mail, mentions eight different drivers claimed to have played a white Stig at some point. A BBC spokesman said, "We never commented on speculation on who or what Stig is."
As this rumor is in progress, the Top Gear blog published three entries on Jan. 21 stig reveal being, respectively, the father of the deceased Damon Hill Graham Hill; Chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland, Sir Tom McKillop; and newly inaugurated US president Barack Obama. Two days later, Clarkson joked in the newspaper column on The Sun that Stig was a BBC royal reporter Nicholas Witchell: "And now you know, I'm afraid he should be dropped from Hercules Airplane transport and die. , because the secret is out, Telegraph should find another big secret to be exposed.May I suggest they look into Doctor Who ' s TARDIS because I dare the bet is really not as big as inside as the BBC claims. "
When Richard Hammond crashed a jet-powered car, the accident report into the accident described Ben Collins as someone "who works closely with Top Gear as a driver and high-performance consultant."
Michael Schumacher
On June 20, 2009, Clarkson announced in a newspaper column that Stig would show his face in the thirteen premiere series Top Gear, which was aired the next day.According to Clarkson, Stig "sick of the newspaper speculating that he is a copier salesman from Bolton, or living in a pebble house in Bristol. "
The episode shows Stig driving a black Ferrari FXX around the test track to record a time of 1: 10.7, before walking into the studio and sitting down. As the crowd shouted "Dead! Die!" Stig pulled off his helmet to reveal himself as seven-time world champion F1 driver Michael Schumacher. In subsequent interviews, Schumacher points out some character traits that are deemed to define Stig, as knowing only two facts about ducks (both "facts" are wrong).
After the revelation, the suspected Stig Schumacher was shown driving Suzuki Liana but did not set the lap time; instead, a video clip showing Stig showing off a very bad car control, hitting a camera tripod, and finally getting lost. Clarkson closed the segment by observing that possibility, Schumacher was not really a Stig. While the BBC initially would not confirm whether Schumacher's revelation was an act, The Telegraph reported the next day that a spokesman for Top Gear confirmed Schumacher had played Stig, as only Ferrari allowed Schumacher to drive FXX, but "the identity of the driver at other times will remain a 'mystery'."
Men in White Settings
On August 19, 2010, it was reported that a growing legal dispute between the BBC and the publisher representing Stig, on plans by Stig to release an autobiography that revealed his identity. A BBC spokeswoman said, "The BBC is in a legal dispute over the publication of a book relating to Top Gear because it violates the contractual obligations and the secrecy associated with the show." The Stig is reportedly unhappy that he can not benefit from his role of Top Gear at the same level as other presenters.
Around the same time, the Sunday Times claimed that financial documents for Ben Collins' company Collins Autosport gave evidence that he was Stig. The Times stated that starting a month after the first appearance of White Stig, the company has experienced an increase in earnings that is thought to be derived from "the driving service provided to the BBC, especially in the Top Gear program." Collins does not comment on this story; The BBC says it's "not surprising" because Collins has appeared several times on the show as well as providing other services.
On August 23, 2010, the BBC and the publisher of Stig, HarperCollins, appeared in court. HarperCollins affirmed that it was sued by the BBC for an autobiographical publication, stating, "We are disappointed that the BBC has chosen to spend money-paying moneylenders' to suppress this book and will vigorously defend the legal right of this individual to tell his story." The BBC said, "This situation occurs as a result of efforts by external parties to benefit from the unauthorized use of the Top Gear brand, one of the largest and most watched BBC shows in the UK and worldwide , It is important that the BBC does all the things it can do to uphold the agreed clause of secrecy in relation to the show. "
In an entry on August 27, 2010 at the Top Gear blog, executive producer Andy Wilman attacked HarperCollins for trying to express Stig's identity: "The essence of Stig is mystical - the strange characteristic he possesses, a miracle created about what he might think , feel, do or see.... HarperCollins has decided nothing is as important as their profits. "He also explained that half of the BBC's legal costs are funded by BBC Worldwide, their commercial arm.
On August 29, the Daily Mirror claimed that Collins's photographs at his home in England on the same day that Stig appeared on Top Gear show in Germany proved that Collins had already been fired from role of Stig. When asked about the ongoing High Court action, Collins stated, "I'm not allowed to talk about it."
The legal hearing continued in person on 31 August. On September 1, 2010, the case was adjudicated against the BBC, as the Court of Appeal refused to grant an order blocking the currently recognized autobiographical publications to be written by Collins. Collins was in court for part of the hearing that day, but neither he nor the BBC confirmed afterward that he was Stig; A BBC spokeswoman said, "The BBC is bringing this action because we believe it is important to protect the character of The Stig, which ultimately belongs to the cost-licensee.The decision today does not prevent the BBC from pursuing the matter to court and it will not be deterred to protect it "On September 3, 2010, the BBC News website published a Collins profile that began:" Former Formula Three driver Ben Collins has won a legal battle to publish an autobiography in which he claims to be The Stig. "
Buku Collins, The Man in the White Suit, diterbitkan pada 16 September 2010.
Aftermath
Soon after the High Court's decision, Top Gear presenter James May commented, "Surely I must now take legal action myself, as I have been a Stig for the past seven years, and I do not know who this man is, who roamed the High Court to pretend it was him. "He explained about the pretense in the newspaper column the next day, describing his double life as Stig and the" Slow Captain ".
Speculation about the future of the Stig character soon begins. On September 3, 2010, May told the radio show that Stig would be "handled" in the same way as the Black Stig was knocked out. On the same day, The Telegraph reports that the BBC will not renew the contract Collins and Collins will ask for an offer to star in its own program. (A month later, he joined the Fifth Gear show for the eighteenth season, becoming a co-presenter on the Polish Automaniac program.) On September 4, The Sun quoted a BBC spokesman as saying "No decision has been made as to whether the Stig will be killed." Clarkson advertised for a new driver in the September 4 newspaper column, noting successful applicants should know that "no one, under any circumstances, should complain to their friends". In the Sept. 7 interview, Clarkson said that Collins was "history as far as we know. He was fired."
Bookmakers' stakes for the new Stig include Anthony Davidson, Damon Hill, Russ Swift, Heikki Kovalainen, and an unspecified female driver. One company The Sun reported that racer Phil Keen, a former stand-in for Stig, is likely to fill the role.
On October 1, 2010, it was announced that Collins would join the Five's Five Gear auto show, where he was introduced by Vicki Butler-Henderson as someone whose name "rhymed with The Twig." Collins seemed to unmask, saying, "Yes, I can talk, it's a great pleasure to do it."
On November 5, 2010, the Top Gear site released a video clip about "Stig Farm," which eventually introduced a new Stig for the Top Gear Live gig tour. The video also featured Stig trying to write a book on his computer, and corrected one of his many mistakes with Tippex.
In a special "USA Road Trip" (debut December 21, 2010), the presenter calls Stig a traitor; May declared his real name to Judas Iscariot. In a challenge that mimics a drive-by shoot, the target used is a cardboard representation of Stig (with Hammond taking special care to shoot Stig behind).
During Collins' performance with his military ampute rally team, broadcast in July 2011, he was introduced by Hammond as "ex-Stig Ben Collins." Collins returned to Top Gear in a special 18 "50 Years of Bond Cars" series, in which Hammond interviewed him in his work as an action driver in the movie Skyfall. Hammond again introduced him as a former Stig and was mentioned several times during an interview with Collins's departure. Collins wore a T-shirt during an interview that read "I'm Stig."
Second Stig White - Stig Current
On December 26, 2010, five days after the special "USA Road Trip", Top Gear aired "Middle East Specials" in which the presenters reintroduced the Triple Wise trip to Bethlehem. At the conclusion of the episode, they find the manger embraced instead of Jesus, but the baby Stig.
In the 16th series premier a month later, the presenters explained that Stigs grew very fast, and the new Stig was fully grown. In addition to the slightly different helmets and overalls, the Stig now resembles the previous Stig. In his first episode, he set a speed record on the track (1: 15.1) in Ariel Atom V8 - Clarkson commented that this Stig posted times "widely comparable to Stack Sacked".
"Cousins"
Adaptations from Australia, Korea, Russia, China, and the USA from Top Gear also feature their own version of The Stig. The Top Gear Australia Stig is screened, reversed in a shipping box for the British-Australian "Top Gear Ashes" episode. Additionally, when Top Gear Australia visited New Zealand (in series 3 episode 2), they introduced their Kiwi Stig cousin, "The Stug" (referring to New Zealand's central short- "i" vote). When Top Gear AS. driving a modified off-road racer through Colorado against kayaking, they introduced the "Stig Backwoods," which sported a whole white race with torn sleeves. The Stig is rarely used in the US version as presenter Tanner Foust is himself a professional racer.
In the Top Gear DVD: Worst Car in World History, Stig's Yorkshire cousin, dubbed "T'Stig" (a reference to a Yorkshire accent), is shown. Along with his typical racing suit, he wore a flat hat on his helmet and two whips near his feet. He was involved in driving a BMW around a Gymkhana course to show how it was done when James and Jeremy tried to do it with the two worst American cars. He was also asked to drive a Peugeot 308 - one of the cars that was a candidate for the title, but he ran away.
Temporary Stigs
At the Winter Olympics special Top Gear uses Dan Lang, a Swedish snowmobile champion, to jump over snowmobiles.
In "USA Road Trip" (aired December 21, 2010), Tiff Needell was brought as "Emergency Stig" to train Danny Boyle on the track.
Other appearances
In June 2008, Stig piled passengers in a two-seat Formula One car at speeds up to 178 mph (286 km/h) for three rounds around the Silverstone Circuit in wet conditions, hours before the start of the 2008 British Grand Prix. The impetus was a gift in a charity auction held to help Ormond Street Children's Orphanage Hospital where the winner of the tender paid £ 35,000 for the privilege. The Stig appeared at the National Television Awards in October 2008 to receive the Top Gear's third award for the best factual program, as other presenters seemed to be busy filming the new series. The Stig also appeared on Top Gear Live shows, such as the August 2010 Stunt Show at NÃÆ'¼rburgring in Germany, where he was billed as a star of the show with stunt drivers and other cars, with the Top Gear others who do not play a role. The Stig has appeared outside Top Gear on Clarkson's automotive DVD since 2005. He also appeared before the BBC 2011 British Grand Prix coverage when Clarkson and Hammond gave the camera crew a tour of the Top Gear studio.
In X Games 17 2011, Stig can be seen walking in the background during one of Brian Deegan's interviews during Rallycross. Tanner Foust, one of the presenters of Top Gear US, competed in the event.
Google Street view on the Dunsfold line shows the Google Camera car being driven by The Stig driving a Mercedes SLS coupe.
In 2016, he became part of The Getaway Car presented by Dermot O'Leary along with his 2 'nephews' just called 'Red Stig' and 'Blue Stig'.
On March 30, 2017, the image appeared on ColinFurze YouTube video of the world's fastest bumper car featuring a modified engine-modified 1960s bumper
Cultural impact and merchandising
The Scotsman describes Stig in 2008 as "real life James Bond is able to tame the most powerful car, while possessing all the mystic Zorro." The Sunday Times in 2009 describes Stig as "not a man but an idea, perhaps extraterrestrial," speculating that, along the lines of Spartacus mythology, the more people associated with character, the more powerful the mystery is. It paid tribute to how long the show actually kept a secret.
The question of "Who is Stig?" has been described as one of the most requested questions on the Internet. The Sunday Times reports online answering service and text rated as one of the most popular questions all the time, along with the meaning of life.
Stig has been "seen" in the wild in images collected for Google Street View. He was photographed by a Street View car standing at the side of A82 road in Loch Ness, Scotland. He was also captured by Street View three wheels at three locations within Legoland Windsor in Berkshire, including riding a go-kart and sitting on a camel. Street View images taken from A40 Westway Stig that seem to stand in the Office of Top Gear window are reportedly only pieces of cardboard.
The BBC has taken advantage of the mystery behind Stig by marketing "I AM THE STIG" T-shirts and variants through Top Gear stores. Other Stig merchandise includes washing bubbles, pens, key chains, rope soaps, lunch bags and "sonic toothbrushes."
Through partnerships with Polyphony Digital, Stig's helmets and overalls are available for virtual purchases on Gran Turismo 5's
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