Who is the sting on top gear?
The Stig is the mysterious “tame racing driver” of the popular BBC motoring show Top Gear. His name derives from presenter Jeremy Clarkson’s schooldays at Repton School: “New boys at Repton were always called Stig”. All shots of the Stig show the same racing overalls (black in the first two series, white from series 3 and onward) and a helmet (of matching colour), but never reveal his identity. The Stig’s primary function on the show is to serve as an unbiased standard on which to test cars. His major role is driving various cars around the Top Gear test circuit. The times he sets with these cars are kept on a scoreboard that keeps track of the fastest cars that have been tested. The easy listening, prog rock and baroque music the Stig supposedly listens to in the car is a perennial source of amusement to the presenters — in Series 8, the Stig also listens to language tapes, currently Greek ones. His second duty is the training of whoever is the show’s “Star In A Reasonably-Priced Car”
