There Are Eight Stigs - the story that won't go away

 There Are Eight Stigs - the story that wont go away
Top Gear Stig - eight / Jalopnik.com

Stunt drivers and F1 racers named

The identity of the Stig is a story that simply won't die and according to the latest reports from the UK eight drivers have donned the white suit and helmet to portray Top Gear's legendary speed demon.

While two of the Stigs were not named in the Daily Mail's article, one of them reportedly spilled the beans and told the reporter who else has played the infamous driver. Among the many Stigs he named are F1 drivers Heikki Kovalainen and Julian Bailey, former GT world championship driver Chris Goodwin, stunt drivers Terry Grant and Russ Swift, and Swede Dan Lang who preformed a snow mobile jump in the show's winter Olympic special.

While it does make sense that a variety of Stigs are needed to film certain stunts, it seems slightly odd that there are so many of them. With Clarkson's mocking of the recent round of speculation, don't expect any official comment from the Top Gear hosts or the BBC anytime soon.

 

Source: dailymail.co.uk via jalopnik.com

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 mightywhelk mightywhelk
I don't know about you but i'm getting rather bored of it all now...
January 28, 2009 10:48 am
Heikki drove the Renault ING F1 around the circuit. So he was once a Stig.
January 28, 2009 10:59 am
 ayoub ayoub
i am the Stig
January 28, 2009 11:30 am
 jagervw jagervw
Of course the Stig is multiple persons...so logical given that scheduals of high-end racers are so all over the place.
January 28, 2009 12:30 pm
 stickzilla stickzilla
from my point of view the driving style is quite the same in every eps. so i think its only 1 person being the stig~~~
January 28, 2009 1:00 pm
 roadrazer roadrazer
Please leave Stig alone.. We don´t care who he is, all we know is that he´s called the Stig
January 28, 2009 1:17 pm
 Beetle Beetle
It cant be the same person , there are small things like different watches on left and right arms , black hair on the neck and sometimes blonde , and how he stands sometimes . I still think its Sabine Schmitt. Good edit button BTW thanks
January 28, 2009 2:08 pm
 saz saz
I do n't know why all the people in the earth so interesteing with stig let him one of humanity mystery and all the people love that
January 28, 2009 3:31 pm
 _M7_ _M7_
they forgot teh American STIG JAJAJAJA
January 28, 2009 3:49 pm
 WildMaverick1200 WildMaverick1200
So eight stigs will get killed off? haha....
January 28, 2009 4:49 pm
 adz612 adz612
Oh for goodness sakes. I agree with roadrazer. Leave the manthing be!
January 28, 2009 7:30 pm
 shadow_man shadow_man
They have now turned it into a means to get media attention. Nothing more. Let it rest. People really don't care.
January 28, 2009 8:35 pm
 Ash Ash
OH the STIGMA of being the STIG!!!
January 28, 2009 11:25 pm
 James2911 James2911
African Stig is still the best! :D
January 29, 2009 12:44 am
 Bremen_Koenigsegg Bremen_Koenigsegg
He protected the important bits!
January 29, 2009 12:48 am