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Michael Schumacher latest to be revealed as 'The Stig'

 
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It will be interesting to see how Schumacher fares considering he is now 40 years old

It will be interesting to see how Schumacher fares considering he is now 40 years old

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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.

Asked by host Jeremy Clarkson to take off his helmet, The Stig reluctantly obliged, revealing F1's now 40-year-old seven time world champion Schumacher. Clarkson jokingly asked the famous German what his name was before he became famous as The Stig, but Schumacher answered: "You have to have some secrets".

However, the true identity of The Stig was unmasked by the press earlier this year as 33-year-old Ben Collins, although the speculation was not confirmed by the BBC and it remains rumoured that the character is actually played by multiple drivers.

A spokesman for the British broadcaster, meanwhile, confirmed that Schumacher was The Stig for the Ferrari segment, but that otherwise the truth would remain "a mystery”.



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  1. ma_maurizio avatar maurizio Posted: 6/21/2009 7:09pm PDT

    Thanks for ruining it guys. Was waiting to download it but you guys had to spill it onto the headline.
    Class act.
     
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  2. ma_gazzed avatar gazzed Posted: 6/22/2009 5:16am PDT

    I tell you it won't and will never ever happen with TopGear UK ever showing the Stig's face in public.

    It was a very good stunt to prop-up "even" more media coverage for the show and it's hosts'.
     
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  3. By  nokia akku Posted: 12/29/2009 1:09am PST

    Michael Schumacher helped Top Gear clear up a number of things. At the time Ben Collins was accused of being the Stig, and also Top Gear wished to send the Ferrari FXX around the Top Gear test track, unfortunatly for Top Gear, the Stig wasn't allowed to drive it. So they put Schuey in the FXX and also used him to clear up the fact that Ben Collins IS The Stig. Top Gear fails at this because the average intelligence of the British people is higher than the average ape.... or Americans.
     
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