I know who the STIG is!

I know who the STIG is!

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ant111s

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455 posts

199 months

Monday 22nd June 2009
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Anyone watch the new top gear last night where they revealed the stig as Michael ShoeSmacker?

Loved that ferrari going round the track and it didnt just make top time it killed it! sounded sweet going round that track. Was good to see the highlights of whats coming up aswell some good episodes coming our way by the looks of it!

Conian

8,030 posts

216 months

Monday 22nd June 2009
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well done, you found that out all by yourself and was the first to post it on here. Oh wait...

ant111s

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455 posts

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Monday 22nd June 2009
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Conian said:
well done, you found that out all by yourself and was the first to post it on here. Oh wait...
i know i thought id share my knowledge with the world! thought it would be abit selfish to keep it all to myself!

Edited by ant111s on Monday 22 June 10:38

Conian

8,030 posts

216 months

Monday 22nd June 2009
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smile you're a saint, thats what you is!

ant111s

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Monday 22nd June 2009
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Conian said:
smile you're a saint, thats what you is!
i try my best biggrin

Karlos69

900 posts

204 months

Monday 22nd June 2009
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Must have Ferrari FXX cloud9

It absolutely destroyed the lap record bow truly an awesome machine. Schumacher gag was good too.

ant111s

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455 posts

199 months

Monday 22nd June 2009
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Karlos69 said:
Must have Ferrari FXX cloud9

It absolutely destroyed the lap record bow truly an awesome machine. Schumacher gag was good too.
That car.. Mmm i want one! but for 1 million and have to ask ferrari to use it? wtf! Liked the comment about it looking like batman on a track was quite funny!

GKP

15,099 posts

256 months

Monday 22nd June 2009
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Karlos69 said:
Must have Ferrari FXX cloud9

It absolutely destroyed the lap record bow truly an awesome machine. Schumacher gag was good too.
No it didn't. The Aston was quicker, but it doesn't have numberplates either. I suspect the FXX will be discarded from the leaderboard next week.

ant111s

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455 posts

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Monday 22nd June 2009
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Oh yea totally forgot about that car.. That was an awsome machine aswell!! Nice fantasy garage with both them sat in there! DROOLING!!!

dwilkie

2,222 posts

201 months

Monday 22nd June 2009
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To be fair though, the FXX DID destroy the record, but then it was one of the worlds most talented drivers driving his own car, so it wouldn't surprise me if a chunk of that was down to the combination rather than the car...

Stig has Dark hair - Shoesmacker doesn't. Ergo it's not him tongue out Plus of course when they changed from black stig to white stig, he was still racing F1.

It was good to have it back on again though, something good to watch on a Sunday night at last biggrin

ant111s

Original Poster:

455 posts

199 months

Monday 22nd June 2009
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dwilkie said:
To be fair though, the FXX DID destroy the record, but then it was one of the worlds most talented drivers driving his own car, so it wouldn't surprise me if a chunk of that was down to the combination rather than the car...

Stig has Dark hair - Shoesmacker doesn't. Ergo it's not him tongue out Plus of course when they changed from black stig to white stig, he was still racing F1.

It was good to have it back on again though, something good to watch on a Sunday night at last biggrin
Go you sherlock holmes! good lookout! yea is nice to have it back on then watched the space thing with james may straight afterwards which was pretty interesting

sadlerj

855 posts

299 months

Monday 22nd June 2009
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How may laps did he do I wonder...Those Ceramic Brakes would take a few laps to get that bloody hot....love the glow of brakes...one of the best sights in motor sport... Mr Collins would have been a bit slower in the FXX I'm sure. No number plates, not getting over speed bumps will make it be taken off..also the caparo was quicker (1:10.6)...but that got chucked off due to the speed bump thing..and I bet the normal stig (Ben) was not driving that then and it was Phil Bennet in a white suit and Arai..

Edited by sadlerj on Monday 22 June 14:26

Karlos69

900 posts

204 months

Monday 22nd June 2009
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Ah yes I forgot about the speed bump rule. Goodbye FXX then frown

I remember that car at FoS 2006 - one of the best sounding cars there that year, and the only one that routinely spat flames out the exhaust all the way up the hillclimb!

zs

3,141 posts

252 months

Monday 22nd June 2009
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Stig isn't one person

dwilkie

2,222 posts

201 months

Monday 22nd June 2009
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Or is that just misinformation put about to throw us of the scent? scratchchin

ant111s

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Monday 22nd June 2009
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dwilkie said:
Or is that just misinformation put about to throw us of the scent? scratchchin
i think so!

Stig

11,823 posts

299 months

Monday 22nd June 2009
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dwilkie said:
Or is that just misinformation put about to throw us of the scent? scratchchin
No, it's fact.

ant111s

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Monday 22nd June 2009
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i mean.. i dont think its just one person!

Stig

11,823 posts

299 months

Monday 22nd June 2009
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ant111s said:
i mean.. i dont think its just one person!
You are correct

ant111s

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Monday 22nd June 2009
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Stig said:
ant111s said:
i mean.. i dont think its just one person!
You are correct
shoesmacker was in good spirit though playing along with it and stuff.. I thought they would have asked him loads of stig questions like how did you find driving the 24 hour race and the likes..

but just asked him loads of f1 questions.. the pics were pretty good of him smashed after races LOL. The drink driving vid with the opera singers and the mud on the windscreen was a little weird!

Edited by ant111s on Monday 22 June 15:42