Is Schuey the Stig

[Nosha123]

Do they really expect us to believe Schumacher is The STig?

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Showbiz-News/ Top-Gear-Is-F1-Legend-Michael-Schumacher-Reall y-The-Stig/Article/200906415314084?lpos=Showbi z_News_Second_Home_Page_Article_Teaser_Region_ 6&lid=ARTICLE_15314084_Top_Gear%3A_Is_F1_Legen d_Michael_Schumacher_Really_The_Stig

Very funny...

[jno]

no. Apparently some newspapers fell for it, though.

[another-view]

Of course not. If they were paying for Schumacher, they wouldn't hide him behind a crash hat and overalls.

[Everhelpful]

Its a load of ******** anyway.

[saxy_jag]

Of course it isn't. The body language was all wrong. This is just a nice little wind-up on TG's part.

[yogi.bear]

Hi Nosha

Just watched the programme on demand, as was out last night, and at the end of the show, had a spoof of the stig cOcking up the circuit and then saying that Shuey may NOT be the stig, so yes....a joke from TG, is all it was!!

;0)

[Mattk]

I wonder if this will be the running joke for this series with each episode bringing another candidate.

[realaleman]

Yes it really is a load of ********. They showed Clarkson shovelling coal into Tornado's firebox and you need to be really skilled to do that properly, so the crew would not let that tw@t near the boiler of a 3million quid loco! In any case Clarkson probably spent most of the trip in a Pullman car being wined and dined, but then only a sensible person would travel like that!

[mosesg]

It was a publicity stunt to get people to watch the new series

[Coobeastie]

I might be being naive but what specialist skills are required in order to shovel coal from the tender to the firebox.

[Coobeastie]

As regards the Stig I'd say they probably have various drivers who take on the role as and when required.