Kruger
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yip smashed the lap record by 7 secs.
i was out and missed it who is the stig?
It was all a hoax mate, they made out it was Michael Schumacher, but it's not/wasn't. He drove a Ferrari though...
Well the original stig was the guy I posted. The new stig will never be revealed, and last night was a hoax. If anyone has ever seen Jenson Button doing the course, he says in his after interview, that no way could the stig be an F1 driver because of the turning apex he uses. So on that evidence alone, I would say that Schumacer is not the stig.
..............ignore this message, sorry
BBC also announced earlier, that they will never reveal who the actual stig is.
As for different driving styles, I dont think its the style, its more how they are taught to take a specific apex through a corner.
Its a wind up but fair play to Schumacher for appearing.
He is a little bit heavier and slightly shorter than last years stig.
I still stand by Ben Collins..
not sure about you, but i can take corners in several ways, dependent on the situation. cant imagine drivers of the standard you find in F1 not being able to do the same. Top F1 drivers change their style, during a race. taking into account how the car is handling. ask L Hamilton, poor guy has to do it in every race atm.BBC also announced earlier, that they will never reveal who the actual stig is.
As for different driving styles, I dont think its the style, its more how they are taught to take a specific apex through a corner.
If i remember right, Mansell took the same wide line as the stig.
The stig takes the go cart line which Schumie often did in the wet.
not sure about you, but i can take corners in several ways, dependent on the situation. cant imagine drivers of the standard you find in F1 not being able to do the same. Top F1 drivers change their style, during a race. taking into account how the car is handling. ask L Hamilton, poor guy has to do it in every race atm.
I always thought that it was Mansell. but I'm an old romantic. I'm bummed, i have found out that, for the most part, its was Collins. still a well kept secret though.
Big Nigel is still one of my favourite drivers of all time.
Quick, even with that moustache.
lol, big. thats what stopped his return from Champ car. he could not get into the Mclaren he was contracted to drive. I have a good story on J Clarkson too, with the same problem. ill tell it one day.
I wonder if its the fact that the cars he drove were, capable of driving nose to tail,. without total loss of down force. together with the Reactive suspension. allowing him and Senna to put shows on we don't see any more. but its his "save" in Australia, that will stay with me. he had a blow out at, close to, top speed, as he came into a corner. a front wheel exploded, yet he kept the car straight and true, but hit nothing. even worse, as i recall, he was just a lap or so off winning another world championship. how hard was that to take?
It was very hard for him to take, i remember reading his book and he talks about it quite openly.
The point about the reactive suspension is a very good one and had slipped my mind.
I missed Nigels titanic battles live as i only started to watch f1 just after he left, so i could only see them by season previews and such.
Was it the Britsh GP where Nigel went wheel to wheel with Senna?
If it was then that took balls.
The guy punched way above his weight with Lotus and when given a car that was worthy of his talent he showed just what he could do.
He has been a huge influence on British drivers since then and i believe he helped Coultard out very much in his early days..
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