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Old Sep 2, 2010 | 11:22 AM
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This is all a fiasco! Ben Collins is not the Stig. This is all just media...getting people to talk, watch and buy as well as believe. Of course I could be wrong
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Old Sep 2, 2010 | 11:41 AM
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I am the Stig!
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Old Sep 2, 2010 | 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by ashtray
This is all a fiasco! Ben Collins is not the Stig. This is all just media...getting people to talk, watch and buy as well as believe. Of course I could be wrong
If he is not the stig then can you explain why he was walking out of the court minutes after the judgment came down. I think you may be wrong on this one
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Old Sep 2, 2010 | 03:23 PM
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If he is not the stig then can you explain why he was walking out of the court minutes after the judgment came down. I think you may be wrong on this one
Coincidence all just a coincidence that the media is having fun with
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Old Sep 3, 2010 | 12:09 PM
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ashtray, why are you convinced he ISN"T the stig?
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Old Sep 3, 2010 | 02:29 PM
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Default The Stig may get cut from Top Gear

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...-replaced.html


He and his fellow hosts Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson may even give the race ace a BEATING first.

And James has vowed to take back the famous white overalls, helmet and gloves.

It follows SAS hero Ben Collins' unmasking as The Stig - after a legal victory allowing him to tell all about his role in a book.

James, 47, said The Stig will be ousted in the same manner as his predecessor.

The black Stig - racing driver Perry McCarthy - was last seen by viewers driving off a cliff in 2003.


Unmasked ... Ben is The Stig
The mop-haired host explained producer Andy Wilman was furious with Ben, 35, for writing a book about his show adventures.

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He told Absolute Radio's breakfast host Christian O'Connell: "There was black-overalls Stig, who had to be dealt with by Andy.

"And then we got white-overalls Stig, who will be dealt with.


Exclusive ... Sun's front page
"We start some filming next week. We've had some thoughts - driving to The Stig's house and nailing his head to the table was one.

"And getting our overalls back because they're not his.

"And those stupid, poncy shoes he wears. They're ours. And the gloves."

Collins was axed from the show on Wednesday after the BBC's failed licence payer-funded High Court battle against HarperCollins, who publish The Man In The White Suit in two weeks.

Top Gear returns for its 16th series later this year.
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Old Sep 3, 2010 | 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by ashtray
Coincidence all just a coincidence that the media is having fun with
read the article and watch the video . It is Ben Collins
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Old Sep 3, 2010 | 03:07 PM
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cant wait for red stig. then blue then green. oooooh pink for a chick?
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Old Sep 3, 2010 | 03:44 PM
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I already applied to be the new Stig. If you guys see an obnoxious, big, fat Stig in season 16, with a Soviet flag, you know who it is
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Old Sep 4, 2010 | 01:08 PM
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i don't know who ben collins is, never even heard of him, therefore I technically still don't know who the stig actually is. ignorance is bliss?
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Old Sep 4, 2010 | 01:52 PM
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Too bad I thought the idea was that there was a single driver wringing out all those cars. Now with a new driver the board is null
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