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In the past, we’ve guessed Top Gear’s test drive The Stig is Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton and even Al Bundy. Now the true identity of Stiggy can no longer be hidden – as the boys over on BBC revealed our favorite driver to be none other then Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher. But do they really expect us to believe it?

Ok, Schumacher may be one of many Stigs to come and go through the long run of Top Gear’s television series. There have been at least two (or three?) other British fellows claiming to be the famous masked racer – and once they revealed to the world what duties the job included, they were quickly fired. As Jalopnik pointed out in a recent post – The Stig has been fat, skinny, black, white, etc.

Why does Schumacher get the nod as Stiggy? And how can we prove or disprove this being his actual identity? Over th years, Top Gear has filmed throughout England, but never with live Stig appearances. We could attempt to piece together filming locations and periods and try matching them with Schumacher being off at the races. But frankly that would take too much time. We’d like to think there are at least two Stigs at any given moment – one who actually drives and another who poses for ads and emerges from an ocean covered in seaweed. We give all the folks over at BBC credit for trying to finally put this whole secret identity thing to rest. But there are too many hardcore Gear heads out there who will not rest until the REAL Stig finally comes clean about who he, she or it is. Personally, I’d like to this The Stig is really baseball icon Kenny Powers.

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