Role
The Stig is credited alongside Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May as a presenter of Top Gear in the end credits. The Stig's primary roles on the show centre on the Top Gear test track at the show's base at Dunsfold Aerodrome, Surrey. His two main functions are to post lap times for various featured performance cars in the 'Power Laps' segment, and to train celebrity guests to set lap times on the test track in the 'Star in a Reasonably Priced Car' segment.
The Stig's role as a test driver is described on the Top Gear website Power Laps board as follows:
Every performance road car that comes to the Top Gear test track eventually ends up in the hands of our tame racing driver...He doesn't do sponsorship, excuses or post race press-conferences. He exists for one reason alone - to wring every last drop of performance out of any car he drives, giving us a definitive lap time around our demanding test track.When first introduced, the Stig was described as the resident test driver, as the presenters could not consistently post fast times themselves. His stated mission was to "just go out there and drive fast". This was reflected by the original Stig Perry McCarthy who described in 2006 how a racing driver was intended to be used as part of the presenting team in order to produce definitive fastest lap times for tested cars.
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