STIG REVEALED? Non story?

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This STIG thing from Top Gear.

Some people have been saying its a non story; because he has been on the Internet for weeks.

Does that mean that in the age of the Internet virtually nothing can be kept secret?.

The beeb are said to have lost the injunction; so the book goes ahead.

he was named aaaaaaages ago

tis a non-story

So who IS he

Is it Ben Collins? If so it was pretty much revealed when Richard Hammand had his crash

It's vaguely interesting. Quite enjoy all the nonsense about the Stig on Top Gear.

Does anyone really give a shit ?

I mean, we are a Top Gear watching household but The Stig is such a pointless dull entity that none of of us are remotely interested in who s/he is.

Storm in a teacup

Reading his wiki page i find it hard to believe it is really him tbh.... I mean he came second in a formula three championship and that was about the highlight of his carreer; The Stig has beaten every F1 driver except Barichello... hardly sounds like the same driver to me

And on top of that, he might have been the Stig up til now but if he was he sure ain't now.... he'll have been sacked sharpish

I always assumed it was lots of different people hence the reason 'he' wore an unidentifying suit! I'm suprised it's just one person, and even more suprised that the BBC feel it's essential to conceal his identity at all costs. It doesn't detract from the show in any way. I know they like to do the "some say..." thing, but I don't think it really makes is substantially less funny if people know he is is actually (shock) a real person!

It is Ben Collins

I assumed that too gagamama. It is a total non story because who gives a shit?

I thought they were pretty tight preventing him in the first place, he probably gets paid a lot less than the rest of the cast...

I thought the Stig was Damon Hill.

well who tf is Ben collins? is anyone actually interested in him per se? isn't the Stig more interesting (if you can call it that, I'm not particularly interested either way) if no-one actually knows who he is?

But who is Ben Collins, are we supposed to have heard of him? If the stig was somebody who was already known then I suppose it might have been a story... but all that hype about who is the stig?!? If the answer is some bloke you won't have heard of before, it's a bit of an anti-climax (if you'd bought into the hype).

Heard this on the radio this afternoon and thought 'Whooooooooooooooo???'

But I suppose some ultra-keen racing types might give a toss.

So three middle aged twats who earn their cash doing car-related dick-waving on TV now revealed that there are actually four middle aged twats in the team.

Have I got that correct?

Well I'm right excited. I am.

calm yourself BalloonSlayer for heaven's sake

Totally, PosieParker, and it's hardly like he can do Morrissons adverts etc on the side is it? I assume The Stig and his outfit is a trademark of the BBC as well so it's not like he can do his own public appearances. Which is a shame because he seems to be the most genuinely skilled cast member of them all.

Anyway, yeah, total non-story and the BBC have been absolute arses about the whole thing.

I'm trying! But my heart rate has gone up to 75 FFS!!

It's all too much.

he's not middle aged, he's only 33!

that aside, the reveal seems like a definite non-story to me, yes.

I like the Stig, but it's the silent character that is funny, I don't give two shits who's actually in the suit.

Yes-for me it´s a bit "unknown driver is well, unknown driver"

I really don't give a shit and have never heard of him but DS (13) says the unveiling has completely ruined Top Gear...