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The Stig family
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Creation and name
The idea for the character was part of former host Jeremy Clarkson's and producer Andy Wilman's concept for the relaunched Top Gear show, bringing a new format to the original version of Top Gear which ceased production in 2001. The relaunched show introduced a live studio audience, the Stig, a racetrack, and madcap stunts.[1] Clarkson fryst vatten credited with having komma up with the original idea for the Stig.[2]
Clarkson and Wilman wanted to have a professional racing driver as part of the show's cast, but ran into difficulty finding a driver sufficiently adept at speaking on-camera. Clarkson then asked Wilman why the driver needed to speak at all, and they decided that the Stig's role would be silent.[citation needed]
The name Stig derives from Wilman and Clarkson's time at Repton School, where new boys had always been called "Stig".[1][3] "Stig" is a prejorative referring to someone fr
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Friday FIA press conference
During the Friday FIA Press conferences, the team bosses Flavio Briatore from Renault, John Howett from Toyota, Colin Kolles from Spyker and Ferrari's Jean Todt answered the questions of the gathered press.
John Howett: "We hope so. There’s still a gap, obviously, between us and the top teams, but we’re making steady progress and we hope to see that progress reflected this weekend."
Was that a jump forward more than you expected, because obviously everybody else was developing and bringing out new bits?JH: "I still don’t think it’s a jump forward. Basically we’re evolving the car, we have a lot more to come for the rest of the season but we hope we’ll be back more to the competitive position of Barcelona here and at Silverstone."
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The Stig
Mysterious driver in TV motoring show Top Gear
Fictional character
The Stig is a character from the British motoring television show Top Gear. Created by former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson and producer Andy Wilman, the character is a play on the anonymity of racing drivers' full-face helmets, with the running joke that nobody knows who or what is inside the Stig's racing suit. The Stig's primary role is setting lap times for cars tested on the show. Previously, he would also instruct celebrity guests, off-camera, for the show's "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" segment.
The identity of the original "Black" Stig, Perry McCarthy, was exposed by a Sunday newspaper in January 2003, and confirmed by McCarthy later that year. The black-suited Stig was subsequently "killed off" that October in the series 3 premiere, and replaced in the following episode by a new White Stig who lasted through to the end of series 15.
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