The Stig

Some say he drinks by sucking the moisture out of ducks, and that his crash helmet design is modelled on Britney Spears' head. All we know is, he's called The Stig.

The tiny Argentinian village of Casco Blanco holds an annual Fiesta del Stigos, a three-day long festival during which all the villagers gorge on meat, refuse to speak and attempt to over-steer their mules around a specially laid-out course.

Every time someone uses the word ‘mincemeat’, the Stig gets 25p. 

The Stig still claims that he invented Blu-Tack, even though everyone knows he is lying.

The Stig is convinced that the clouds are following him.

The Stig’s ears are not where you would expect them to be. 

If you knew what the Stig knows, you’d wake up screaming. 

The world of The Stig

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• The tiny Argentinian village of Casco Blanco holds an annual Fiesta del Stigos, a three-day long festival during which all the villagers gorge on meat, refuse to speak and attempt to over-steer their mules around a specially laid-out course.
• Every time someone uses the word ‘mincemeat’, the Stig gets 25p. 
• The Stig still claims that he invented Blu-Tack, even though everyone knows he is lying.
• The Stig is convinced that the clouds are following him.
• The Stig’s ears are not where you would expect them to be. 
• If you knew what the Stig knows, you’d wake up screaming. 
• Filming of the seventh series of Top Gear was delayed because the Stig kept being attacked by a goose. 
• The Stig has seen every single episode of 1980s sitcom The Golden Girls at least eight times. 
• When the Stig has finished lapping a car, the driver’s seat smells of hot Bovril. 
• In Thailand, it is an offence to construct a building in the shape of the Stig. Fortunately, this is a really stupid idea anyway, and no one has ever tried. 
• In parts of northwest China, the Stig is known as ‘Pang woo cheung', which translates as 'Silent man, good at drive'.
• From May 1989 until January 1990, the Stig lived exclusively on cheese. As a result, he went slightly yellow for a bit. 
The Stig thinks that Star Wars is a documentary.
• Every 27 April, the children of Arjemökk in northern Sweden celebrate Besätta Av Vitt Dag, or ‘Man Of White Day’, a quaint tradition in which the young folk of the town will share Stig-related chocolates, sweets and pornographic magazines. 
• In 1986, the Stig invented a new sort of tree. It never caught on.
• Only seven people have looked the Stig straight in the eyes. They are all dead now.
• In 2001, the Stig launched a short-lived range of men’s toiletries, including a deodorant boasting 'The great smell of pork'. It was described by GQ magazine as ‘upsetting’. 
• In 1998, the Stig was given his own chat show on Moroccan television. It lasted for just 59 episodes and was described by one local critic as ‘extremely confusing’.
•   The Stig is one of the world’s leading authorities on steam irons.