Who is the Stig in the transmission of Top Gear?

This question excited all those who watched from the very beginning the telecast Top Gear. Who is the Stig? This guy in the rider's equipment tests the cars on the tracks, trains 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 top "Top Gear". Who is the Stig? Do you know?

Stig is who? What does he do in Top Gear?

This image was suggested by Jeremy Clarkson, the lead show. Why the mysterious racer in a white suit got the nickname Stig? Just called all the newcomers at Repton's school, where the future presenter of the program was studying.

Stig on the transfer of "Top Gear" operates exclusively professionally. He sets high-speed records on the tracks and teaches other people to handle fast cars. In doing so, it works without removing the helmet, and appears only when you need it. Yes, this guy is really unobtrusive. And this is natural, because this is his role in the tandem leading.

As already mentioned above, the Stig is a skillful racing driver. But not many representatives of this profession are able to stick to the camera and speak beautifully. And then the creators of "Top Gear" came to the fact that the Stig must become a silent character. This move proved to be justified in all respects, because he not only relieves the "white rider" of the need to speak to the camera, but also helps to maintain the veil of secrecy.

Why no one should know who Stig is

This is another conscious move by the creators of the Top Gear program. The understatement, the mystery associated with this character, intrigues the audience. In the circles of fans of the broadcast and the media, the debate continues, new and new assumptions are voiced about who the Stig is. Discussions and disputes are good advertising, so "Top Gear" adds interesting viewers who not only want to learn as much as possible about cars, but also hope to receive an answer to the question about the personality of the mysterious rider.

But something about him is still known. This guy is a mutant robot. At least that's what Jeremy Clarkson himself talks about.

But seriously, in the filming of the transfer is already involved the third Stig. Who were the first two and why did they leave?

Disclosed secrets

The first "Top Gear" Stig was black. No, I do not mean the color of his skin. He just wore a black suit. His identity was revealed at the end of the second season of the telecast, the secret was declassified by The Sunday Mirror. It turned out that the Stig is the British racing driver of Formula 1 Perry McCarthy.

After the mystery of the personality of the Black Stig was revealed, a tragedy occurred. The driver crashed right on the set of "Top Gear" at the beginning of the third season. There was it when he tried to disperse the car "Jaguar" to speed of 175 kilometers per hour, moving on a deck of an aircraft carrier. The Black Stig was dead, but Perry McCarthy was not injured. Yes, the death of the rider was just spelled out in the TV show script.

Next Stig wore a white suit. He regularly performed his duties, and his name remained a secret for fans for a long seven years. The secret was disclosed, as for the first time, by journalists. In the newspaper The Daily Telegraph appeared the title of the following content: "We know who the Stig!". The photo of the declassified character was published in the same material. Steve was Ben Collins, a NASCAR racing driver and stuntman who dubbed James Bond himself in that series of films about his adventures, where the role of the famous special agent was played by Daniel Craig.

Ben Collins was not "killed" by the creators of the program, and he continued to work on the project, but already as a driving instructor who does not hide his face. By the way, about his life in a white suit, Stig Collins was going to write a book. And when he became an instructor on Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson repeatedly joked about him: "Do not 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 sixteenth season. Before Christmas in 2010, "Top Gear" was shown an episode where the baby Stig was raised on a special farm. The spectators were then warned that the new racer 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 personality has not yet been uncovered, and in the press and among the fans of the "Top Gear" program there are still new and new guesses and assumptions.