A busy weekend at TopGear towers. Jeremy’s now somewhere in Johannesberg waving one of the Stig’s vuvuzela prototypes around, while script editor Richard Porter (your regular correspondent) is on his way home from the Grand Prix with half of the office, having successfully avoided the many grandees he’s offended over the years.
And the Stig. After witnessing Rubens Barrichello’s time in the Liana at the studio this week, he immediately requisitioned a passing Ferrari 458 Italia and disappeared to perma-lap the TopGear track. He was still there when we left. We hope he – and the Ferrari – are OK.
Meanwhile, here’s some extra stuff from the show filming for you. First up, a short film on the magic of Rubens and Andy Wilman’s lucky pants:
And here’s what happened when we met a charming wizardly ginger chap with lots of money and an orange Range Rover Sport:
And if you did actually watch the show instead of the football, let us know your thoughts on Hammond’s muscle car madness and your winner of the Rapide/Quattroporte/Panamera showdown in that convenient space just below…
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What do you think?
joe lemusei commented on this article
Thursday July 22, 2010 at 8:39 pm
cant wait for bugatti veyron super sport test
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joe lemusei commented on this article
Thursday July 22, 2010 at 8:40 pm
look at di shiny shiny
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The Twig commented on this article
Friday July 23, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Rubens is the STIG.
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The Twig commented on this article
Friday July 23, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Oops…
Rubens likes the STIG. Sorry.
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Jim commented on this article
Monday July 26, 2010 at 9:37 am
I wonder why Rubes is not painting anymore
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witto commented on this article
Thursday July 29, 2010 at 11:06 am
i wonder is this the first time rubens has beeten the stig ?or did he do it when the stig was driving for ferarri without team orders as some say michael shcumacker.?
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i commented on this article
Thursday August 5, 2010 at 2:33 pm
finally beated Xd
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SCHUMIGIRL1956 commented on this article
Friday August 6, 2010 at 2:04 pm
I know who is The Stig and i am not going to say wwho it is and even if Rubens did beat The Stigs time he will never be as good as Michael Schumacher how much at the moment Michael is going through a bad season with Mercedes-Benz. i cant see Rubens ever be World Champion.
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Mark B. commented on this article
Friday August 6, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Quattroporte, without a doubt.
So Rubens is not the Stig?
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gabriel commented on this article
Friday August 6, 2010 at 9:58 pm
directly from Brasil here!!!
I’ve always knew that Rubens had talent and without the team to be in his way… well.. you all see what happens!
Plus Rubens shown Schumacher on last race how it is done! By the way where Shummy managed to almost transform it into an accident.
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Space Jas commented on this article
Saturday August 7, 2010 at 1:49 am
Julia Gillard is NOT The Stig. That narrows it down…
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Ayman commented on this article
Saturday August 7, 2010 at 10:47 am
“One of the Stig’s Vuvuzela prototypes” That made me chuckle.
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TERRY A. commented on this article
Saturday August 7, 2010 at 5:13 pm
I AM THE STIG AND I DRIVE A VERY FAST G.T.I.
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John B commented on this article
Tuesday August 10, 2010 at 10:48 pm
When will we see Lewis Hamilton have a go in the dry?
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sennafan commented on this article
Tuesday November 2, 2010 at 1:12 am
Rubens is a great driver, the stig they could not afford Michael shcumacker lets think about this ay, the stig wants to write his auto, if was MS would not be wanting to he ed be doing, but Rubens is a great driver he just stopped at Jordan to long. Senna we all miss you so very much.
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