White Stig
After the Black Stig was “killed off”, a new “White Stig” was introduced, wearing white overalls and helmet. White Stig has been featured in Top Gear beyond just the Power Lap segment. His work has included driving cars in other segments of Top Gear, and racing against the hosts (Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond). He has also been recruited to undertake other tests.
White Stig has also appeared outside Top Gear in some of Jeremy Clarkson’s motoring specials, such as 2005’s Heaven and Hell, 2006’s The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, 2007’s Supercar Showdown, and 2008’s Thriller.
The White Stig also collected Top Gear’s third award for Best factual programme at the 2008 British National Television Awards. The Stig did not speak, but supplied an acceptance letter from the rest of the Top Gear crew that was read out by Griff Rhys Jones.
White Stig posted the fastest lap time of 1:44.4 around the Top Gear test track for the Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car segment.
You can read more here about various incarnations of The Stig.
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