Perry McCarthy as a Formula One driver Perry McCarthy Top Gear’s original stig and ex Formula One racer Perry McCarthy’s journey into sports car racing was far from conventional or easy: as a ...

PADDY MCGUINESS has opened up about his experience of working alongside Formula One drivers in the new series of Top Gear.

The Stig has become a motoring icon since first appearing on Top Gear in 2002, but the mystery driver was nearly given a very different - and embarrassing - name ...