This question worried everyone who looked from the verystarted the TV show Top Gear. Who is Stig? This guy in the rider's outfit is testing cars on the tracks, training the star guests of the program, showing them how to tame the next high-speed iron “horse”. And he is always silent, but his name is indicated in the credits of the program along with the leading "Top Gear". Who is Stig? Do you know?
Stig is who? What is he doing in Top Gear?
This image was offered by Jeremy Clarkson,host of the show. Why was the mysterious white-suited racer named Stig? Just so called all the newbies in the school Repton, where he studied the future host of the program.
Stig on Top Gear gear is validexceptionally professional. He sets speed records on tracks and teaches other people how to handle fast cars. However, it works without removing the helmet, and appears only when needed. Yes, this guy is really unobtrusive. And this is natural, because such is his role in the tandem of the leaders.
Как уже говорилось выше, Стиг – это умелый race driver. But not many representatives of this profession are able to hold on to the camera and speak beautifully. And then the creators of "Top Gear" came to the conclusion that the Stig should become a silent character. This move proved to be justified in all respects, because it not only eliminates the “white racer” from having to talk on camera, but also allows you to maintain a veil of secrecy.
Why no one should know who Stig is
This is another conscious move by the creators of the program."Top gear". The understatement, the mystery associated with this character, intrigues the audience. In the circles of fans of the transfer and the media does not stop the debate, there are more and more new assumptions about who the Stig. Discussions and controversies are good advertising, so “Top Gear” adds interested viewers, who not only want to learn as much as possible about cars, but also hope to get an answer to the question about the identity of the mysterious racer.
But something about him is still known. This guy is a mutant robot. At least that's what Jeremy Clarkson himself says about him.
But seriously, the third Stig is already involved in the filming of the show. Who were the first two and why did they leave?
Secrets revealed
The first Top Gear Stig was black.No, it is not the color of his skin that is meant. He just wore a black suit. His identity was revealed at the end of the second season of the telecast, the secret was disclosed by The Sunday Mirror. It turned out that Stig is a British Formula One race car driver Perry McCarthy.
After the mystery of the identity of the Black Stig wasrevealed, tragedy occurred. The racer crashed right at the filming of "Top Gear" at the beginning of the third season. It happened when he tried to accelerate the Jaguar car to a speed of 175 kilometers per hour, moving on the deck of an aircraft carrier. Black Stig died, but Perry McCarthy was not injured. Yes, the death of the rider was just written in the script of the TV show.
The next Stig wore a white suit.He regularly performed his duties, and his name remained a secret to fans over the course of seven long years. The secret was revealed, as for the first time, by journalists. The following daily headline appeared in The Daily Telegraph: "We know who the Stig is!" Photo declassified character was published in the same material. Stigom was Ben Collins, a NASCAR race car driver and stuntman who dubbed James Bond himself in that episode of films about his adventures where Daniel Craig played the role of a famous special agent.
Бен Коллинс не был «убит» создателями программы, and he continued to work on the project, but already in the role of a driving instructor who does not hide his face. By the way, about his life in a white suit Stiga Collins was going to write a book. And when he became an instructor at Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson repeatedly made fun of him: “Don't tell this guy anything, otherwise he will write about your secrets in his book.”
New character
The third stig appeared on the program in the sixteenthseason. Before Christmas, an episode was shown in Top Gear in 2010 where the Stig baby was raised on a special farm. The audience was then warned that the new rider needed a month to grow up a bit and learn everything. After the Christmas holidays, the third Stig, dressed again in a white suit, appeared on the program. His identity has not yet been disclosed, and in the press and among fans of the Top Gear program, new and new guesses and assumptions still appear.
