Some say...Who is The Stig?

23 January 2009

As Top Gear�s tame racing driver is claimed to have been revealed, Vijay Pattni rounds up the funniest introductions to motoring�s greatest mystery�

Nobody does it better than Clarkson and co. The outspoken Top Gear presenter � along with co-hosts Richard Hammond and James May � has introduced the �tame� racing driver with some of the funniest lines in television.

But is he still a mystery?

The nation is buzzing with the name of Ben Collins � a former Formula 3 and GT racer, who has appeared on the show before�as himself.

Nobody has confirmed Ben Collins as the real Stig, and this could all be a hoax � few people really know the identity of The Stig.

But whoever he, she, or it, really is, we�ve rounded up the very best introductions, including one which reveals how he swims�

Some people think Jamiroquai frontman Jay Kay is The Stig. He's the fastest celebrity around the Top Gear track, and has owned some of the world's hottest motors...

Or maybe it's the 2008 Formula 1 world champion - our very own Captain Fantastic, Lewis Hamilton? After all, he does dream about one of the world's rarest and most expensive supercars ever built...

It could be seven-time Formula 1 champ and Ferrari specialist Michael Schumacher - see if his mullet can fit inside The Stig's white helmet...

Maybe Top Gear's resident 'Hamster' - Richard Hammond - is the man behind the mask? Some say, The Stig wrestled an elephant to the ground with the help of an 'alarming hairstyle'. See if Hamster's hair has the power to topple a giant...