# Michael Schumacker isn't the stig. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 21, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-schumacker-isnt-the-stig/500501 "2009-06-21T19:42:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-schumacker-isnt-the-stig/500501/1 "2009-06-21T19:42:47Z")
Or there is more than one Stig. Below is a picture I took of the guy after he took off his helmet in his lift away from where he was. He was at Douglas Head in the Isle of Man drive-testing [these](http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/misc/?action=view¤t=IMG_0287.jpg) [![](https://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/misc/?action=view¤t=stig.jpg) ](https://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/misc/?action=view¤t=stig.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-schumacker-isnt-the-stig/500501/2 "2009-06-21T22:42:24Z")
That’s not the Stig. Everyone knows the Stig wears white. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-schumacker-isnt-the-stig/500501/3 "2009-06-21T22:50:18Z")
I know you’re joking. but I want to explain (anyway) that I watched the white-overalled, white helmeted man get into a car and take off his helmet. And it may only be due to the imperfect nature of human memory that I have failed to remember if he took off his overalls too or just unzipped and lowered them. I did not pay attention to his (obviously not white) shoulders until now… but this is definitely the guy who, until that point, appeared exactly like the stig. And I know this was officially a top-gear thing because I googled it. Also any fan of top gear will hopefully know that they have often been to the Isle of Man, and less, (but still a few) may know that Jerremy has a place here. (He dislikes seeing bearded men with dogs, so he made previously public areas near his house private) All that said, I still know you were joking 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-schumacker-isnt-the-stig/500501/4 "2009-06-22T01:00:49Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Or there is more than one Stig. Below is a picture I took of the guy after he took off his helmet in his lift away from where he was. He was at Douglas Head in the Isle of Man drive-testing [these](http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/misc/?action=view¤t=IMG_0287.jpg) > > [Photo Storage](http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/misc/?action=view¤t=stig.jpg) I thought it was well established that there is more than one driver who plays The Stig. One of them was outed a few months ago. [Link to a somewhat relevant article](http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=333676). I don’t believe Schumacker really is The Stig - I mean, would it really be worth paying the sort of money he could command, when all you really need is a fairly competent race driver? The “unmasking” (unhelmeting?) on Top Gear is almost certainly just a Clarkson joke. Edited to add: Well done on getting that photo. I wonder whether you could sell it to a British paper.