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Michael Schumacher was unmasked as the BBC car programme Top Gear's mysterious 'The Stig' on Sunday night. Well, sort of.

The enigmatic white-overalled, gloved and helmeted figure, who for years has anonymously tested cars for the TV show, appeared on the floor of the British programme after breaking its test-track record at the wheel of the Ferrari FXX supercar.

Asked by host Jeremy Clarkson to take off his helmet, The Stig reluctantly obliged, revealing F1's now 40-year-old seven time world champion Schumacher.

Clarkson jokingly asked the famous German what his name was before he became famous as The Stig, but Schumacher answered: "You have to have some secrets."

However, the true identity of The Stig was unmasked by the press earlier this year as 33-year-old Ben Collins, although the speculation was not confirmed by the BBC and it remains rumoured that the character is actually played by multiple drivers.

A spokesman for the British broadcaster, meanwhile, confirmed that Schumacher was The Stig for the Ferrari segment, but that otherwise the truth would remain ‘a mystery’.

“I don’t think Michael Schumacher is The Stig. I think we made it up,” said Clarkson.

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Michael Schumacher was unmasked after breaking its test-track record at the wheel of the Ferrari FXX supercar.

No suprise there...

and it remains rumoured that the character is actually played by multiple drivers.

Or there....

How easily we forget...

Feb 27 2008

http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=43016

Jan 20 2009

http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=53653

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Look - your all wrong...

Its really me, just ask Reg, his seen some small amount of my skills behind the wheel... that's all im saying...

Isn't that right Reg?

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On a serious note - I bet its a mix of a number of drivers, all the above are more then likely true, and prob more then just this few names...

Anyways, just my thoughts...

Stig?

or...

STIG'S?

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I always thought it was Ben Collins...

This little stunt has been enough to cement MS in the minds of most people. They simply CANNOT be told it's all just a stunt.

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