Who is the stig on top gear?

Question

The 2008 series?

I'd like to know.

And also, how did Richard Hammond crash? What happened to the tyre?

Answer 1

the original stig who wore black was perry mc carthy, who got the sack for revealing in his autobiography that he was the stig,

his replacement who wares white is ben collins, who drove in ascar, nascar, & touring car , and currently races for ascari.

collins also appeared on the show as himself several times, racing a kid on a skateboard down a hill, catching a parachutist while driving a convertable, & playing car football in toyota aygo's, and he was visable to fans of the show at the 24 hour race at silverstone last year.

he also took part in a race involving citreon 2 cv's with hammond.

the accident report from richard hammond's high speed crash states that collins "worked closely with top gear as a high performance driver and consultant".

it is also rumoured that some car manufacturers use their own test drivers for insurance purposes

the renault F1 car, driven around the track in 59 sec's was driven by heikki kovalainen

the skidoo jump was performed by dan lang.

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZyGMKpgyH...

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=-9AKp35gDc...

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=yeQwi-8bCE...

Answer 2

God = the stig

If you watch the episode where he comes back Jeremy talks about how he crashed

Noooo they cant change presenters but i heard Richard and James might leave unless they get paid the same as Jeremy  

Answer 3

You can see the crash here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=036mgrDKU...

Supposedly he hit a nail piece of metal.