Michael Schumacher is the Stig!
A new series of Top Gear is due to start in the UK on Sunday, and it looks like the TG team are starting the hype to get things moving. We soon get used to there be nothing much worth a watch on TV on Sunday evenings, and I know we usually end up trying to catch the re-run of the first in the series as we’ve forgotten to set the Sky+. So it’s sensible to run a few daft stories that hit the headlines so we all know Top Gear is back.
And they’ve excelled themselves this time. During the time Top Gear has been off-air, we’ve had ‘Jeremy Clarkson to be replaced by a Woman‘ and ‘Top Gear Budget Slashed‘ as headlines to keep up the interest. We’ve also run a piece on Top Gear in UAE with Supercars. But today’s is great. The Stig is Michael Schumacher!
The story seems to have started on Jalopnik, which reports an audience member at the recording of this week’s show saying:
I was at the top gear recording earlier on today for the first episode of the new series, and the Stig was revealed to be… Michael Schumacher!! This was very unexpected, but totally believable in the end. His full unmasking will be shown on BBC 1 on Sunday at 9pm in the UK!
But it seems much more likely that the TG team have planted this, or it’s just someone playing silly buggers. If there is truth to this it will no doubt revolve around Schumacher being a guest and persuaded to ‘Play Stig’ for the day.
But it’s got the hype going for the new show!
Source: Jalopnik
jack thorpe says
i can prove that he is not the stig.
Remember in the older episodes, top gear were not allowed to test drive the Enzo, they had to borrow some ones.
Ferrari would never let top gear test that new ferrari that was on the first episode of the new series, Michael can drive it because he works for Ferrari, and he properly has one him self.
And its obvious that he isnt the stig, hes to famous, to busy, and he would be to expensive (top gear couldnt afford him)
so, the only way that top gear would be allowed to drive that ferrari was if Michael did it, so they got him to drive it and made him be the stig for a day.
Conrad says
Let’s talk about torque. Does Jeremy Clarkson know that there is no plural for torque, horsepower or RPM.
It makes me cringe when I hear him referring to “torques”, “RPMs” and “horsepowers”.
I wonder if the BBC powers that be are just horseing about, or planning a new revolution in their talks about the show ?
victor says
Hi I really enjoyed the show on sunday,the audience really showed their appreciation for Michael.I had wondered if he was just there because of the ferrari.