RedRobin Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 [ QUOTE ] ....you can't just jump into a F1 car! [/ QUOTE ] ....bazza can!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamD Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Most amusingly (for me anyway) someone asked me if I was "The Stig" last weekend. No I wasn't wearing a white racing suit and helmet, but merely my Top Gear T-Shirt which says "I am the Stig" on the front. The waiter in the curry house asked for my autograph, when I asked why he said "because you are the Stig". A most odd experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Sounds like you should try wearing one of those T-shirts Spike wore in the movie 'Notting Hill' - "I think you are the most beautiful girl in the world" on the front and "Do you fancy a f*ck?" on the back. Nothing to do with TG lap times Rhys Ifans as Spike: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonGTI Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 the new stig is a chap called ben collins http://www.bencollinsracing.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBuer Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 This is what I just found on Google: "Julian bailey was the Stig on top gear when they did the celeb challenge on 28th April for episode 1 of the new series 7th may - i was even lucky enough to get Justin Hawkins and Les ferdinands autographs!!! damon hill was stig for gordon ramsay on show 2 and philip glenister on show 3 May. How do i know????????? i was there when he crashed the koenigzegg on show 2 record in dunsfold on 10th may. i did four weeks work in the top gear office in white city so got to go on shoots with jezza and the boys - **cking brilliant! i don't think they use more than 2 stigs. Damon is the main one and julian stands in when hes not free. I heard that some bloke called ben did it as a stand in once last year but no one in the office seemed to remember him and they used another stig in norway. so there!!!! the truth is here!! once and for all." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbetts Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 OK - Here you go. Perry McCarthy - Stig 1. Most of the time - these guys have other committments Ben Collins - Stig 2. Most of the time. Stig in F1 Car - Heikke Kovalainen http://www.renaultf1.com/en/drivers/kovalainen/ When they had the Toyota Aygo football match (the first time) most of the drivers there have been the Stig at some point or another. Top Gear is an excellent programme for entertainment - No doubt - But Top Gear Track times are an indicator only - they are not conducted to strict variables etc and one driver. For goodness sake - Some people actually believe that the M3 CSL has a cardboard floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 [ QUOTE ] shows how much better the new mk5 chassis is compared to the old r32, 3 secs faster and the power aint massively different. [/ QUOTE ] As said too many variable BUT reduce them by testing on one program were they compared all the following on the same day by the same driver with same conditions they got. (copy of a previous post of mine below) [ QUOTE ] Civic type R 1:32.8 Leon Cupra R 1:32.9 Golf GTI 1:33.7 Megan 225 1:34.0 Mini s works 1:34.2 C4 VTS 1:35.8 So it was even beaten by the Leon that was based on the mk4 chassis. The GTI may have a good 0-60 time but after that its lagging compared to more recent rivals. [/ QUOTE ] So do you now think that meens the old mk4 chassis ie SEAT Leon Cupra R is better than the mk5 chassis?. Take from the figures what you will, there meeningless imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzGTI Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 There was a relatively recent performance car comparison here in Australia. The cars were grouped into like types. There is not the range of cars available - Seat's aren't sold her for instance. Anyway the upshot of the test was that the GTi was not, according to the testers, a great track car - too soft in the front end. What the reviewer was saying was that what makes the GTI such a great drive on the road results in in it being not the best track car in the class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woppum Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 You want some propper lap times. Here they are: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonl Posted July 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 You star!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woppum Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 I dont get the fact the new Gti is only 1 second faster round the ring than the old car? That cant be right.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonl Posted July 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 look at the date, must be one of the last run out 1.8T's pushing 180hp but the Mk V is very much on par with a Clio V6, DB7, Exige , Boxster (not S), CLK 430, Cooper S Works, and a 156 GTA, nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woppum Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 And its faster than a Porka Boxter!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMC950 Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Yer, that's pretty stiff competition , but on the pace with a Boxter over a lap of the old Nurbergring or something, that's pretty impressive. Oh well, some people will never understand that Peak Power and 0-60 aren't the only figures for consideration! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonl Posted July 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 DSG must knock something off that time, a second or so surely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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