Uniform
The Black Stig wore a black helmet and black Stand 21 racing suit, gloves and shoes. The White Stig (MkI) uniform consists of a white Alpinestars racing suit with small Grand Prix Racewear logo, a white Simpson Bandit and later, Diamondback race helmet, black on white Alpinestars Tech 1-ZX gloves, and white Alpinestars Tech 1-T racing shoes. His white helmet was originally a Simpson Speedway RX model, while his shoes also began as Alpinestars Tech 1-K kart items.. The New Stig's uniform is very similar to the previous Stig but has black epaulettes.
According to the Sunday Times writing in 2006, most of the crew did not know his identity, relaying how one camera assistant once observed him eating his lunch in the back of an ambulance to avoid being spotted. Again according to The Sunday Times writing in 2009, just a few BBC production staff and other journalists knew the Stig's real identity.
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