Stig is 'sacked': Clarkson

Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson says outed Stig Ben Collins has been "sacked" from the popular motoring show.
The Formula 3 driver was revealed as the mystery white-suited driver after the BBC failed to stop him publishing his memoirs last week.
"It was such a shock," Clarkson told little-known English community news service WitneyTV.

Article here <------read the comments!

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I love all this uninformed crap that's spewing out from newspapers and media outlets who pretend they know what they are talking about.

The Formula 3 driver

He hasn't driven F3 in almost 10 years.

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Im supprised at the reaction from all 3 presenters...

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

yeah dave, more like FORMERULA 3! am i right?!?

PS mortal, you make mention of reading the comments, I saw a similar article on the sydney morning herald's site this morning, and the comments on that are just absurd. I'd have thought there'd be a filter of sorts in terms of the calibre of people that find their way voluntarily to a news site and proffer an opinion, but no, this country is filled with absolute morons.

MikaHalpinen Wrote:
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> PS mortal, you make mention of reading the
> comments, I saw a similar article on the sydney
> morning herald's site this morning, and the
> comments on that are just absurd. I'd have thought
> there'd be a filter of sorts in terms of the
> calibre of people that find their way voluntarily
> to a news site and proffer an opinion, but no,
> this country is filled with absolute morons.


Nah, we get those idiots too over here sadly as well




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From the comments in the article: "i reckon Ayrton Senna should give it go - he is already in the white uniform and he is my favourite all time racer." - dear oh dear.

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> From the comments in the article: "i reckon Ayrton
> Senna should give it go - he is already in the
> white uniform and he is my favourite all time
> racer." - dear oh dear.

Some parts of Australia haven't heard the news yet

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Surely it can't be that hard to find another driver who's completely unknown but bloody good, then make them the next Stig but with a tighter contract. Problem solved.

Is it really that simple, or am I missing something?

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Anthony Davidson, you heard it here first .

Davidson would fit too well - little stig!


Jenson drives it like he owns it; Lewis drives it like he stole it

Or get Perry McCarthy back. Who'd suspect that?

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Surely it can't be that hard to find another driver who's completely unknown but bloody good, then make them the next Stig but with a tighter contract. Problem solved.

The good thing about Ben Collins wasn't only the driver himself, but his company could provide other drivers, either for when more than 1 driver was needed or when he himself was unavailable. Not many could boast such a flexible service and remain cost effective. I have read plenty of calls for Sabine Schmitz to become a base for 'pink stig', and while that would be an excellent choice in my opinion, she's not exactly got a load of time on her hands, and it would be rather a waste to have such an infectious smile hidden behind a costume.

Still, I'll believe the sacking it's confirmed. Top Gear is big enough to need to make an official statement on the matter, so while I'm not necessarily doubting them, I'm not going to take as gospel what an apparently small Australian media source has quoted until I see something more concrete from TG themselves - it's not like they don't have a very active website or popular magazine through which to announce it, so Clarkson letting slip to a tabloid makes little sense. Not that it would be unexpected, but still.

Still, I'm also of the opinion that TG will implode soon. Increasing audiences are their very weakness, feeling the need to pander to the wider viewer, and I feel the show is becoming much weaker as a result, to the point where it can be excruciating viewing now. TG has always been scripted, but always in a less obvious manner. It's now become centred around that staging and it's so blatantly scripted it's actually insulting.

Hammond has lost all sense of appeal - I don't know if it's to his accident or whether he's doing too much or if it's plain ageing, but he's not annoying or interesting or funny any longer... he's boring - The Vietnam and Polar specials aside - in the Polar special he was epic.

Clarkson, while hardly a creature of vast intelligence, is actually playing up to this created character of a fat buffoon who can only ever be ham-fisted or shout "power" at everything. He's funnier than that. He's brighter than that. He's more interesting than that.

May is the only one holding the show together at the moment.

I apply for Pink Stig xxxxx

Kx
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TG has always been scripted, but always in a less obvious manner. It's now become centred around that staging and it's so blatantly scripted it's actually insulting.

I actually said that a few years back and a few people (including yourself) said it's a comedy show based around cars, not a documentary. So..yeah :P

May is the only one holding the show together at the moment

May is awesome, but his script isn't. The over use of him getting "lost" and all the rest of it is just as bad as Hammond pretending cars with 6 foot spoilers are awesome. Clarkson for me is still the strongest.

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