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Schumacher revealed as Top Gear's Stig

rybo submitted on 6/21/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:14:49 PM

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Michael Schumacher was unmasked as the BBC car programme Top Gear's mysterious 'The Stig' on tonight’s episode of the long-running show.



The enigmatic white-overalled, gloved and helmeted figure, who for years has anonymously tested cars for the TV show, appeared on the floor of the British programme after breaking its test-track record at the wheel of the Ferrari FXX supercar.

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Schumacher revealed as Top Gear's Stig

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jsell

One of the greatest!!

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Posted on 6/22/2009 10:36:17 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

Brembo

I just saw that. Crazy.

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Posted on 6/22/2009 11:06:55 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

pennfootball

He was the Stig that time around, the Stig is really a collection of mythical drivers. The Stig is more like a machine that has multiple pilots. "It" is not really 1 human but the best humans for the given situation. This is why it is the STIG...and why no one on here will ever be the Stig.

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Posted on 6/22/2009 11:35:44 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 6   

xlr8

dammit I was just gonna say that! The bbc confirmed he was just the stig for that episode... london reporters have found multiple drivers that have played the stig.

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Posted on 6/22/2009 11:39:17 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5   

kablaam

That is cool and a great novelty, but, while each of them are obviously great professionals in their own right, they also drive at different levels which makes that "wall" of track times a moot point.

Not only do you have different weather conditions affecting lap times but now, as revealed, different drivers.

Oh well, entertaining show nevertheless.

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Posted on 6/22/2009 1:42:31 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

recca7

I wouldn't say it's completely moot. Whether or not it's different drivers running on the top gear test track or it's different stigs when they go shoot in different countries; one thing is for certain and that is they don't run the car once. They run it a couple of times to test teh potential of the car, then they do a couple of official laptimes, and finally they post the quickest time on their board. So I wouldn't say it's complete bs.

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Posted on 6/22/2009 1:58:38 PM | | Votes: 3   

dlin

He is too rich to spend time testing anything else other than Ferrari......

Don't be fooled.

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Posted on 6/22/2009 1:58:15 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

Htay7500

No I'm the stig.





Like I'm ever gonna believe that.

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Posted on 6/23/2009 10:22:42 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

HyundaiSmoke

Well Iam the Black Stig. YEAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

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Posted on 6/23/2009 10:19:31 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

racinghart

Hello there Perry 'HyundaiSmoke' McCarthy

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Posted on 6/25/2009 6:08:57 AM | | Votes: 1   

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