Top Gear: new Stig a she?
new Stig a she?………
Some say, he is a she! But don’t bet on Top Gear show host Jeremy Clarkson letting that little cat out of the bag when he introduces the world’s most famous television racing driver.
According to the Daily Mail, the new Stig is a woman. She is rumoured to be Sabine Schmitz, a former BMW racing driver who has featured on the show before.
Clarkson did, however, let slip that the new Stig was so tiny that his diminutive co-host Richard Hammond looked tall in comparison.
“The Stig comes up to my legs and makes Richard Hammond look like a giant. All the good racing drivers these days are very small,” joked Clarkson.
Top Gear producers decided to replace the last Stig after he revealed his identity. The BBC spent around £76 000 in a failed court attempt to stop 35-year-old Ben Collins from publishing a book about his time on the show.
But on the evidence of the new Stig’s performance, Collins is unlikely to be missed. To kickstart a new season of the popular car show, the Stig set a new circuit lap record of one minute, 15.1 seconds, driving an Ariel Atom V8.
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