Saturday, December 06, 2008

Who is The Stig?

I am not a fan of Top Gear, but those who are may be interested in this snippet from the Guardian earlier this week:

It is widely known that Top Gear parted company with Perry McCarthy, a former minor formula one driver, after he exposed himself, although not in the John Barrowman sense.

Ben Collins, a former NASCAR driver, was later revealed by the Health and Safety Executive as Top Gear's "high-performance driver" in a report into the Richard Hammond crash of 2006.

Now Digger has been reliably informed by F1 sources that Heikki Kovalainen, left, took up the role during a Top Gear testing at Renault's base.

The HSE report is on the internet.
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8 comments:

  1. Jennie Rigg07 December, 2008 01:51

    Way to get the dude the sack, Jonathan. Classy.

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  2. Jonathan Calder07 December, 2008 13:09

    Do you really think the BBC does not monitor press coverage of its programmes?

    1.51 a.m.. Hmmm.

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  3. Jennie Rigg07 December, 2008 13:11

    True, but if I complain at the Graun, they won't listen (and yes, I WAS mildly tipsy last night ;))

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  4. Jonathan Calder07 December, 2008 22:16

    You could write to their readers' editor and be patronised.

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  5. Jennie Rigg07 December, 2008 22:44

    But it's much more fun to be patronised by you, darling!

    (also, your prove-you're-a-human thing is being very rude to me - it's asking me to type "twatacid"!)

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  6. Anonymous23 December, 2008 18:42

    I think if you investigate more closely, you'll see that you're jumping to conclusions.

    The HSE ACTUALLY said Collins "worked closely with Top Gear as a high performance driver and consultant" which is not the same as what you implied.

    Reading for comprehension is fun, you should try it.

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  7. Jonathan Calder23 December, 2008 21:06

    High. Performance. Driver.

    Never mind.

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  8. Anonymous13 February, 2009 14:49

    Hmm, they could always send him up on another Top Gear space shuttle...

    Haha.

    But the stig's just given a new press conference. Found it on this site:

    http://cogito.faii.net/stig-press-conference/

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