The Stig :: Automobilizam ~ Formula 1 ~ Karting ~ Moto sport

The first Stig (2002/3) was racing driver Perry McCarthy. Smile

The first Stig wore black overalls and helmet. He was introduced in the first episode by Jeremy Clarkson as a substitute, as they could not get a professional racing driver to set consistent, fast times. Clarkson noted that "we don't know its name, we really don't know its name, nobody knows its name, and we don't wanna know, cause it's a racing driver." Clarkson then described The Stig as having a very small brain, who had worthless opinions, and suffered from "Mansell Syndrome". Its job description was to just go out there and drive fast.

The White Stig is more involved in the series than the Black Stig. Some of his work beyond the Power Laps and Star in a Reasonably Priced Car segments has included driving other cars in various segments, including finding a winner between the Aston Martin V8 Vantage, BMW M6 and Porsche 911 Carrera S on the Isle of Man,[5] determining a winner in a dispute between an Austin-Healey Sprite and a modified Peugeot 306,[6] acting as a police constable in a Vauxhall Astra police car against the hosts in a white van man challenge,[7] and racing against the hosts in a bid to see who would cross the starting line at a race track; White Stig driving a Caterham Seven kit car from Caterham, Surrey to the racetrack in Scotland against the hosts in assembling an identical car from the ground up;[8] the Stig was arrested for speeding during the challenge and did not make it to the start line.

A third Stig of sorts was introduced in episode 3 of Series 9, set in the southern United States, with the presenters given the challenge of trying to buy (and subsequently sell) a car for $1000 US (less than the price of renting one during their two week holiday).

One of the challenges given to the presenters was to have the cars set a lap time around a racetrack, for which "the Stig's American cousin" was introduced. Also wearing white overalls, he was dubbed "Big Stig" (though Hammond refers to him as "Fat Stig" later on) due to his larger girth. Clarkson commented that Big Stig's "more relaxed" driving style worked well for an ultra-soft Cadillac.

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