The Stig gets his kit off and reveals how he came to be Top Gear's
iconic racing driver and so much more - including what it's like to
thrash an Aston Martin DBS, train for the Army and face the terror of
Jeremy Clarkson's underwear...
When the Black Stig disappeared off the end of an aircraft carrier in
2003, we were introduced to The White Stig. Faster. Stranger. Harder to
keep clean. And ever since, millions have wondered - who is The Man in
the White Suit? They're about to find out.
Ben Collins caught the car the bug young, kicking his dad's boss in the
balls for not giving him a company Jag. This was the attitude that
eventually led him to spend seven years sharing a cabin with Jeremy
Clarkson's underwear, James May's PhD thesis and Richard Hammond's
hairspray. Because he is The Stig.
Now he tells all about life inside the iconic white helmet. What it's
like to guide a blind ex-RAF officer around the Top Gear track; pit a
drug dealer's Mitsubishi Evo against a Trojan tank; set a Vauxhall
Monara against Chloe the dancing Ninja; and race double-decker
Routemasters against bendy buses. Not to mention all the inside stuff on
how the show's amazing driving sequences are made.
He also reveals how he got to be there - setting
a Dunsfold lap time faster than Michael Schumacher's. Breaking records
with the best of the best at Daytona and Le Mans.
It's an awesome story, told by an amazing man.
