| -> | | | | stunt driving records. |
| The anonymous Stig's mission is to produce perfect | | | | We put the question to him last week and his |
| lap times in exotic supercars and execute | | | | response was: "No comment. What we... (laughs) |
| death-defying stunts with immaculate precision. | | | | what Top Gear like about the Stig is the fact that |
| With BBC's Top Gear returning to our screens this | | | | nobody knows who it is. It is not one person." |
| weekend, Auto Trader is kicking off Top Gear week | | | | Cons: He spends a lot of time out of the country |
| by tackling the biggest mystery in motoring: Who is | | | | making international motor show appearances. |
| the Stig? | | | | But that hasn't stopped him working for Top Gear in |
| Last week, stunt driver Russ Swift hinted that it | | | | the past - he taught three grannies how to do |
| could be him - and bookmaker William Hill rank him as | | | | doughnuts... |
| 2/1 favourite. Trackside's Keith Collantine surveys the | | | | Ellen MacArthur |
| field. | | | | Pros: The fastest celebrity to lap the Top Gear track |
| What do we know about the Stig? | | | | in the old Suzuki Liana. |
| Top Gear appearances suggest the Stig is male and | | | | Cons: Although MacArthur clearly lacks nothing in |
| of average build, with eclectic musical tastes. | | | | driving skills or mental fortitude, her physical stature |
| But theories abound there are actually multiple Stigs. | | | | (female, short) and the Stig's (male, tall) don't match |
| Could there be more than one man behind the mask? | | | | up. |
| Let's find out. | | | | Plus, given the enormous amount of time she spent |
| Russ Swift | | | | circumnavigating the globe in a dolled-up dinghy, it's |
| Pros: If there are two Stigs, then Russ Swift must | | | | doubtful that she could have met the filming |
| be one of them. No-one is better equipped to pull off | | | | commitments. |
| the Stig's dangerous tricks than this holder of multiple | | | | |