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词条 Ben Collins (racing driver)
释义

  1. Personal life

  2. Racing

  3. Collins Autosport

     Top Gear  The Stig  Autobiography publication  Fifth Gear  Other work 

  4. Racing career

     24 Hours of Le Mans results  Complete V8 Supercar results 

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Use British English|date=December 2012}}{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Ben Collins
| image = Ben Collins.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| caption = Signing autographs in 2009
| nationality = {{flagicon|GBR}} British
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|02|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bristol, England
| prev series = {{Plainlist}}
  • BTCC
  • V8 Supercars
  • FIA GT3
  • Le Mans Series
  • British GT Championship
  • ASCAR
  • FIA Sportscars
  • French Formula Three
  • Indy Lights
  • Int'l Sports Racing
  • FIA GT Championship
  • British Formula 3
  • Formula Vauxhall Junior
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| prev series years = {{Plainlist}}
  • 2010
  • 2009
  • 2006–07
  • 2006, 2010–11
  • 2005
  • 2003
  • 2001
  • 2000
  • 1999
  • 1998
  • 1997
  • 1996–98, 2000–01
  • 1995
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| titles = ASCAR
| title years = 2003
| module =
|child=yes
|Years = {{24hLM|2001}}, {{24hLM|2002}}, {{24hLM|2011}}, {{24hLM|2014}}
|Team(s) = Team Ascari, RML
|Best Finish = 12th
|Class Wins = 0
}}Ben Lievesley Collins (born 13 February 1975)[1][2] is a racing car driver from Bristol, England. He has competed in motor racing since 1994 in many categories, from Formula Three and Indy Lights to sportscars, GT racing and stock cars.[3][4][5]

Collins was placed second in the Marlboro Masters Formula 3 championship event in 2000. He set the pace at the 2001 Le Mans 24 hours race in his first season for approximately four hours during the rain at night. After winning the European Stock Car Championship in 2003 ASCAR stock car racing he was signed by PDM Racing to do selected rounds of the 2004 Indy Racing League, but the car never appeared. In 2005, he competed in the British GT Championship in a Porsche 996 GT3, winning races on the way before moving up to the FIA GT Series with Ascari where he led races and scored several pole positions.

In addition to racing, Collins' company Collins Autosport Limited provides precision and stunt driving services, particularly for BBC Television, including Top Gear[3][7][8][9] and Top Gear Live, as well as for the film industry, such as driving James Bond's car in Quantum of Solace[3] and Casino Royale, and Eve Moneypenny's car in Skyfall.

In August 2010, several British national newspapers reported on an allegation made by The Sunday Times that Collins may be one of the identities of The Stig—an otherwise unidentified presenter on the Top Gear show—on the basis of financial filing made by the Collins Autosport company.[3][9] On 1 September 2010 the BBC was refused a court injunction preventing Collins from publishing an autobiography revealing himself to be The Stig.[4] On 1 October 2010, it was announced that Collins would join Fifth Gear as a presenter.[5] In 2012 Collins joined as co-presenter of Polish TVN's Automaniak.[6] In February 2014, he was added to the 'Drivers Club' of the newly formed Formula E series, but did not compete in the inaugural 2014–15 season.[7]

Personal life

Collins was born in Bristol, but spent the first ten years of his life in California in the USA, where his father worked for a distribution company. Collins was educated at Blundell's School and after studying law at the University of Exeter,[8] he spent around four years serving in the British Army, serving some of his time as a Special Forces driving instructor.[9][10] His racing career started in 1994.[9] He worked for Hornby as brand manager of the Scalextric model slot car division.[9][22] {{As of|2010}} Collins continued to live in Bristol.[11]

Racing

Collins has competed in motorsport since 1994.[12] In 1995 he competed in Formula Vauxhall Junior, finishing third overall with two wins and eight podiums. He also competed in the Formula Opel Winter Series, placing second overall driving for Sir Jackie Stewart who commented in Autosport Magazine, "When you see the likes of Ben Collins in Formula One, remember you saw them here first".[13]

Collins moved onto the British Formula 3 Championship in 1996. In 1997, he finished eighth in the standings driving for Fortec Motorsport, and also finished eighth in the Macau Grand Prix.[14] After another year in Formula Three in 1998, Collins raced in the American Indy Lights series in 1999, finishing thirteen in the standings.[14] For 2000, he returned to British F3 to drive for Carlin Motorsport, once again finishing eighth. He also finished second in the 2000 Masters of Formula 3 race at Zandvoort.

Collins has been a test driver for racing manufacturer Ascari during Ascari A10 development,[15] and undertaken testing of Formula One cars.[5]

In 2001, Collins raced in the FIA Sportscar Championship for Team Ascari, with Werner Lupberger, the pair winning at Donington Park and finishing joint sixth in the standings. The team also raced at the 2001 24 Hours of Le Mans. Collins also finished sixth at the 2002 12 Hours of Sebring for Ascari.

In 2003, Collins raced in the ASCAR European Oval racing series with RML, winning six races on his way to being crowned champion. He continued racing in the series in 2004.

Collins returned to sportscars in 2005 to race in the British GT Championship and FIA GT Championship with Embassy Racing.

In 2006 he rejoined Ascari, racing in the FIA GT3 European Championship.

In 2007 Collins tested a NASCAR Cup Series car at Lakeland Speedway with the Red Bull Racing Team.

In 2009 Collins was named as an endurance driver for Australian V8 Supercars team, Kelly Racing/Jack Daniel's Racing, partnering with Nathan Pretty.[16]

In the 2010 Le Mans Series season, he was racing for RML AD Group. His first race for the team was the 2010 1000 km of Algarve, finishing fourth overall and winning the LMP2 class.[17] He remained with the team for the next round, the 2010 1000 km of Hungaroring, where they finished fourth in both class and overall.

Collins competed in the final meeting of the 2010 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship, driving a BMW for the Motorbase Performance team. He finished his first race in 14th and bettered that with a 12th in his second. However he retired in the third and he never returned the following season.

Collins Autosport

Collins is a regular writer for Autosport Magazine testing the latest racing cars, has written for The Sunday Times, fronted Sky Sports' televised NASCAR coverage, along with appearances on the British car-focused television programmes Top Gear (BBC Two), Pulling Power (ITV1) and driven (Channel 4).[22]

He worked as a precision-driver in the film Book of Secrets where he doubled for the actor Nicolas Cage and drove in some of the high-speed sequences in London.[18][19] As a precision-driver in the 2008-film Quantum of Solace, Collins drove James Bond's Aston Martin DBS as a stunt double for Daniel Craig in the lead role.[3][5][7][9][20] He has also worked as a stunt driver on Skyfall and Spectre.

He also holds a World Record for the maximum distance of driving a car on two wheels (a manoeuvre called "skiing").[20]

Collins presented television programme Xtreme Teen Drivers,[20] shown on BBC Three on 15 December 2007; as an advanced driving instructor within the programme, he was trying to teach a young boy racer to drive more safely.

Collins' company Ben Collins Auto-sport has provided its logistics and third-party liability insurance for prize-winner track day events promoted by Top Gear magazine.[21]

Top Gear

Collins has appeared on the popular BBC television programme Top Gear as himself,[22] with his company providing drivers[9] and driving services since December 2003.[23] In Series 2 Episode 10, Collins appeared as one member of BBC Top Gear-team in the 24-hour Citroën 2CV racing event. The team finished thirteenth, out of thirty four cars, 24 laps behind the leaders, with Collins setting fastest lap.

In 2004, Collins made an appearance during the fourth season of Top Gear, alongside parachutist Tim Carter.[24] The stunt involved Carter and an aerial cameraman jumping out of a Cessna light aircraft then landing in the open-topped Mercedes car being driven at a speed by Collins.[25] The open-top car was introduced as belonging to Collins and had earlier been used, driven by The Stig, during a wig test in Series 3 Episode 5.

In 2004, the driver featured during series five, driving a Lancer Evo VII and then a Bowler Wildcat vehicle in a rally race against mountain boarding world champion Tom Kirkman.[26][25][27][28]

At the start of series six, Collins appeared with other British Touring Car Championship racing and stunt drivers for a Five-a-side football game using a fleet of Toyota Aygo cars.[25] Collins played in a team captained by Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond. The other drivers were Paul Swift, Tim Harvey and Tom Chilton (blue team); playing against James May, Russ Swift, Matt Neal, Dan Eaves and Rob Huff (red team).

Collins could be seen driving the Honda Civic Type-R against Jeremy Clarkson in Episode 6 of Season 10.[29]

The sixth episode of series seventeen of Top Gear featured a team of amputee soldiers training driving a Bowler Wildcat and being trained by Collins to take part in the Dakar Rally.[30]

Collins also appeared in the Top Gear Special, '50 Years of Bond Cars', on the set of Skyfall. Collins, who worked as a stunt driver on the film was interviewed by Richard Hammond.

On a separate occasion, following an accident involving Richard Hammond in September 2006, the Health & Safety Executive report into the event recorded that Collins had "worked closely with Top Gear as a high-performance driver and consultant" and had prepared a briefing for Richard Hammond preceding the event.[31]

The Stig

On 19 January 2009, British newspaper The Daily Telegraph ran a story claiming that they had "outed" Collins as being one of the people behind the white-suit incarnation of The Stig, at the same time noting that "Collins, from Bristol, has always denied being the Stig".[32]

The Times, in a follow-up article, stated that the "identity of the white-suited Stig ... has been an open secret within the motoring world for some years, with newspapers refraining from publishing his name, to uphold the spirit of the programme" which concluded that "a newspaper broke with the convention to out Mr Collins, 33, after following up a story in a Bristol newspaper".[33]

Similar allegations were repeated by The Sunday Times during August 2010.

Two Bristol-based local newspapers had published articles a week before The Times in January 2009, on the basis of information leaked from a local art gallery. Collins had previously commissioned a Clifton-based business in September 2008, to produce a limited-edition run of 450 poster prints to be sold for £318 each.[58] Collins had initially portrayed himself as a BBC marketing executive[58] and only confirmed a more detailed connection to the Top Gear show after the signing of confidentiality agreements by the business owners.[34][35]

The signed poster image showed a salt flat scene, with The Stig positioned standing on it.[25][35][36]

However, at the time Top Gear presenter James May claimed that the Stig's identity had not been outed. There had been speculation that there may have been more than one person who plays the Stig.[37]

Autobiography publication

{{main|BBC v HarperCollins Publishers Ltd}}

During August to September 2010 the BBC and HarperCollins started legal proceedings against each other, with the BBC attempting to obtain a High Court injunction to prevent the publishing of a book entitled The Man in The White Suit, apparently authored by Collins. The injunction was quashed by the High Court, allowing the possibility of the book being published on its intended release date of 16 September 2010 in the United Kingdom and 1 October 2010 in Australia.[38]

In an exclusive interview with WitneyTV recorded on 3 September 2010 and broadcast on 7 September 2010, Top Gear-presenter Jeremy Clarkson confirmed that Collins had worked as The Stig, and that Collins was "history as far as we're concerned, he's sacked".[39] On 7/8 September 2010, The Guardian, The Sun and other papers re-reported Clarkson's assertions in the interview that Collins had been fired from his role on the television show.[40][41] Collins stated that he had started writing an autobiography during Christmas 2009[42] as he feared that he might lose his contract on the show.[43] Collins stated that he had gone to great lengths in order to conceal his work on the television show, including parking in separate locations and wearing a balaclava while travelling to the filming sites.[44]

In the fifteenth series Christmas special, Top Gear presenters referred to the Stig as "The Splitter" and publicly ridiculed the Stig, using the picture of the Stig for drive-by shooting targets.

During Collins' appearance with the military amputees broadcast in July 2011, Collins was introduced and acknowledged by Top Gear-presenter Richard Hammond as "ex-Stig ... Ben Collins".[30] Though Hammond still referred to Collins as a "romantic novelist", he said that "to be honest, [he was] quite glad to see 'the old Splitter' back, and [he does] know how much giving these guys a hand means to him. So this is all right."

In his appearance in the Top Gear Special, '50 Years of Bond Cars', Collins was wearing a T-shirt on which was printed the words, "I AM THE STIG." Richard Hammond, (who interviewed Collins) reacted, saying to him, "Nice T-shirt by the way." Collins admitted that he needs to "update that a bit", pointing to the word "AM", to which Hammond exclaimed, "Was." After hearing about some of what Collins had been doing for the film, Hammond remarked, "You should write a book."

Fifth Gear

Collins joined the presenting staff of Channel 5's Fifth Gear in Series 18, participating in racing challenges on several occasions. He did not return to the cast for Series 19.

Other work

Despite his removal from Top Gear, Collins has subsequently appeared on the "Top Gear Live" touring show. He appeared onstage in a show in Poland and also served as a racing driver for at least one pre-recorded clip.[45] Introducing him, Clarkson joked Collins' was "living rough", in a racing track paddock, as Collins was shown to be sleeping on cardboard with a shopping trolley with books and Daniel Craig face cuttouts for his possessions. Collins' role was identical to his previous one as the Stig, except wearing an open face helmet and he was referred to as "The Ben Collins" by Clarkson. He has written a second book, How To Drive: The Ultimate Guide, from the Man Who Was The Stig, published in 2014.

Collins served as a consultant during the development of Project CARS[46] and Project CARS 2.[47]

Racing career

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class LapsPos.|Overall positionClass
Pos.|Class position
2001{{flagicon|GBR}} Team Ascari{{flagicon|ZAF}} Werner Lupberger
{{flagicon|FIN}} Harri Toivonen
Ascari A410-Judd LMP900 134 DNF DNF
2002{{flagicon|GBR}} Team Ascari{{flagicon|ZAF}} Werner Lupberger
{{flagicon|USA}} T. J. Bell
Ascari KZR-1-Judd LMP1 17 DNF DNF
2011{{flagicon|GBR}} RML{{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Newton
{{flagicon|BRA}} Thomas Erdos
HPD ARX-01d LMP2 314 12th 4th
2014{{flagicon|USA}} Krohn Racing{{flagicon|USA}} Tracy Krohn
{{flagicon|SWE}} Niclas Jönsson
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTE
Am
325 30th 10th

Complete V8 Supercar results

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Final Pos Points
2009 Kelly RacingADE
R1
ADE
R2
HAM
R3
HAM
R4
WIN
R5
WIN
R6
SYM
R7
SYM
R8
HDV
R9
HDV
R10
TOW
R11
TOW
R12
SAN
R13
SAN
R14
QLD
R15
QLD
R16
PHI
Q
{{small|13}}
PHI
R17
{{small|18}}
BAT
R18
{{small|20}}
SUR
R19
SUR
R20
PHI
R21
PHI
R22
PTH
R23
PTH
R22
SYD
R23
SYD
R24
50th 180

References

1. ^Speedsport Magazine, Race Driver Database: Ben Collins. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=X9s2ev6o8wwMME3O8CM%2BBQ&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=13 December 2016|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/3106717/F3-driver-Ben-Collins-company-links-him-to-Top-Gears-The-Stig.html|title=Ben's the Stig? That figures...|first=Neil|last=Syson|work=The Sun|date=23 August 2010|accessdate=23 August 2010}}
4. ^{{cite news|last=Hewage|first=Tim|title=Top Gear's The Stig Is Finally Unmasked|url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Top-Gears-Stig-Is-Free-To-Publish-Autobiography-After-BBC-Lose-Bid-To-Get-Injunction/Article/201009115710574?lpos=UK_News_First_UK_News_Article_Teaser_Region_2&lid=ARTICLE_15710574_Top_Gears_Stig_Is_Free_To_Publish_Autobiography_After_BBC_Lose_Bid_To_Get_Injunction|accessdate=1 September 2010|publisher=Sky News|date=1 September 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904071903/http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Top-Gears-Stig-Is-Free-To-Publish-Autobiography-After-BBC-Lose-Bid-To-Get-Injunction/Article/201009115710574?lpos=UK_News_First_UK_News_Article_Teaser_Region_2&lid=ARTICLE_15710574_Top_Gears_Stig_Is_Free_To_Publish_Autobiography_After_BBC_Lose_Bid_To_Get_Injunction|archivedate=4 September 2010|deadurl=yes|df=dmy-all}}
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6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tvn.pl/showbiz/nowy-sezon-automaniaka-z-legendarnym-benem-collinsem,38447,341,0,0.html |title=Nowy sezon "Automaniaka" z legendarnym Benem Collinsem! |publisher=Tvn.pl |date=2013-11-11 |accessdate=2015-01-31}}
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9. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/so-hes-really-the-stig-big-deal-2059348.html|title=So he's really the Stig? Big deal|first=Sean|last=O'Grady|work=Independent|date=23 August 2010|accessdate=23 August 2010 | location=London| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100824065908/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/so-hes-really-the-stig-big-deal-2059348.html| archivedate= 24 August 2010 | deadurl= no}}
10. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/business/media/13cache.html|title=BBC and News Corp. Sharpen Attacks in Top Gear Scuffle|work=New York Times|first=Eric|last=Pfanner|date=12 September 2010|accessdate=12 September 2010}}
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12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.collinsautosport.com/bencollins_biog.php|title=Collins Autosport: Racing History|work=collinsautosport.com|publisher=Collins Autosport|accessdate=24 August 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825043851/http://www.collinsautosport.com/bencollins_biog.php|archivedate=25 August 2010|deadurl=yes|df=dmy-all}}
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14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/367/career/|title=Ben Collins career statistics|work=driverdb.com|publisher=Driver Database|accessdate=24 August 2010}}
15. ^Surface Transforms Plc, Case Study: Ascari A10 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114022636/http://www.systemst.com/case-studies/Ascari/A10/ |date=14 January 2009 }}. Retrieved 12 June 2008.
16. ^{{cite web|title=Ben Collins joins Jack Daniel's Racing|url=http://www.motorsport.com/v8supercars/news/ben-collins-joins-jack-daniel-s-racing/|publisher=Motorsport|accessdate=29 October 2015}}
17. ^{{cite web|title=1000km Algarve Race results|url=http://www.automobilsport.com/race-categories--24,83378,1000km-Algarve-Race-results,news.htm|publisher=AutoMobilSport|accessdate=22 September 2017}}
18. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cg-lock.co.uk/downloads/pdf/as08-stunts.pdf|format=PDF|title=Blockbuster Movie Uses the CG-Lock|date=10 January 2007|publisher=CG-Lock}}
19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wildaboutmovies.com/movies/National-Treasure-2-Movie.php|title="National Treasure 2" AKA "National Treasure: Book Of Secrets"|publisher=Wild about Movies|quote=a contraption actually mounted on the roof of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class vehicle which allowed famed British driver Ben Collins the ability to do the actual driving, while Turteltaub and cinematographer John Schwartzman shot Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger and Justin Bartha inside of the vehicle|accessdate=24 June 2009| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090602084744/http://www.wildaboutmovies.com/movies/National-Treasure-2-Movie.php| archivedate= 2 June 2009 | deadurl= no}}
20. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cityspeakersinternational.co.uk/speakers/speaker_ben_collins.php|title=Ben Collins – Motivational Speaker|accessdate=19 January 2009|publisher=City Speakers International|quote=He will limber up for this year's racing season by doubling as James Bond...|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123062339/http://cityspeakersinternational.co.uk/speakers/speaker_ben_collins.php|archivedate=23 January 2009|deadurl=yes|df=dmy-all}}
21. ^{{cite web|url=http://traitors.topgear.com/terms/|work=Nissan Motor GB Ltd and BBC Magazines Limited Joint Promotion|title=Terms and Conditions|quote=21. Ben Collins Auto-sport has third party and public liability insurance cover for all of its operation|publisher=BBC Magazines Ltd|accessdate=14 April 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405223559/http://traitors.topgear.com/terms/|archivedate=5 April 2010|deadurl=yes|df=dmy-all}}
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28. ^{{cite web |work=www.youtube.com| title=Top Gear: Skater | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9AKp35gDco | accessdate=7 May 2008}}
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32. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/4286448/Who-is-the-Stig-The-answer.html|title=Who is the Stig? The answer|date=19 January 2009|quote=Top Gear test driver the Stig has been unmasked as professional stuntman and Le Mans racer Ben Collins.|accessdate=19 January 2009|work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090121211442/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/4286448/Who-is-the-Stig-The-answer.html| archivedate= 21 January 2009 | deadurl= no}}
33. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/article5548705.ece|title=Identity of Top Gear's The Stig revealed as Ben Collins|first=Patrick|last=Foster|date=19 January 2009|accessdate=19 January 2009|work=The Times |location=UK }}
34. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Gear-s-Stig-reveals-identity-Bristol-gallery-owners/article-589665-detail/article.html|title=Top Gear's The Stig reveals identity to Bristol gallery owners|date=6 January 2009|accessdate=19 January 2009|work=Western Daily Press|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123030059/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Gear-s-Stig-reveals-identity-Bristol-gallery-owners/article-589665-detail/article.html|archivedate=23 January 2009|deadurl=yes|df=dmy-all}}
35. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Gear-s-Stig-revealed-Bristol-firm/article-589703-detail/article.html|title=Top Gear's The Stig revealed to Bristol firm|date=6 January 2009|accessdate=19 January 2009|work=Bristol News|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123030054/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Gear-s-Stig-revealed-Bristol-firm/article-589703-detail/article.html|archivedate=23 January 2009|deadurl=yes|df=dmy-all}}
36. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1308890/Why-The-Stig-Ben-Collins-unmasked--1m-losses-frustrated-ambition.html|title=Losses of £1m, three children in three years and a lifetime of frustrated ambition... why The Stig REALLY unmasked himself|date=4 September 2010|accessdate=4 September 2010|work=Daily Mail | location=London | first=Nicole | last=Lampert| archiveurl= https://archive.is/20100906081037/http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1308890/Why-The-Stig-Ben-Collins-unmasked--1m-losses-frustrated-ambition.html| archivedate= 6 September 2010 | deadurl= no}}
37. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4321313/The-Stigs-true-identity-is-still-a-mystery-claims-Top-Gears-James-May.html|title=The Stig's true identity is still a mystery, claims Top Gear's James May|date=23 January 2009|accessdate=24 January 2009|work=Daily Telegraph | location=London | first=Nick | last=Allen| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090131224929/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4321313/The-Stigs-true-identity-is-still-a-mystery-claims-Top-Gears-James-May.html| archivedate= 31 January 2009 | deadurl= no}}
38. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/top-gear-creators-original-stig-living-in-sydney/story-e6frg6nf-1225919884394|title=Top Gear creator's original Stig living in Sydney|work=The Australian|date=13 September 2010|accessdate=12 September 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100914040100/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/top-gear-creators-original-stig-living-in-sydney/story-e6frg6nf-1225919884394| archivedate= 14 September 2010 | deadurl= no}}
39. ^{{cite episode|type=Video interview |url=http://www.witneytv.co.uk |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703122148/http://www.witneytv.co.uk/ |archivedate= 3 July 2010 |airdate=2010-09-07 |title=Jeremy Clarkson interview |series=WitneyTV |seriesno=01 |number=17 |minutes=26:56–29:10 |quote=he's history as far as we're concerned, he's sacked |deadurl=yes |df= }}
40. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/sep/07/jeremy-clarkson-stig-sacked|title=Jeremy Clarkson: the Stig is 'sacked'|work=The Guardian|first=Tara|last=Conlan|date=7 September 2010|accessdate=11 September 2010 | location=London| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100910085956/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/sep/07/jeremy-clarkson-stig-sacked| archivedate= 10 September 2010 | deadurl= no}}
41. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/3129084/TOP-Gears-Jeremy-Clarkson-confirms-Stig-aka-Ben-Collins-is-sacked.html|title=Clarkson: Stig sneak is sacked|work=The Sun|date=8 September 2010|accessdate=11 September 2010|quote=He's history as far as we are concerned. He's sacked.}}
42. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/3133311/Ben-Collins-Lifting-the-lid-on-life-as-The-Stig.html|title=The Beeb branded me a dalek and bullied me out of the Stig job|work=The Sun|first=Ben|last=Jackson|date=10 September 2010|accessdate=11 September 2010}}
43. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1311085/Stig-Ben-Collins-Jeremy-Clarkson-told-I-drive-like-homosexual--wouldnt-60-seconds-job.html|title=Stig Ben Collins: Jeremy Clarkson told me I drive like a homosexual... but he wouldn't last 60 seconds in my job|work=Daily Mail|date=11 September 2010|accessdate=11 September 2010| archiveurl= https://archive.is/20100912162327/http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1311085/Stig-Ben-Collins-Jeremy-Clarkson-told-I-drive-like-homosexual--wouldnt-60-seconds-job.html| archivedate= 12 September 2010 | deadurl= no}}
44. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1311335/The-Man-In-The-White-Suit-Ben-Collins-reveals-secrets-Top-Gears-Stig-book-BBC-tried-ban.html|title=The book the BBC tried to ban: Ben Collins on the day Top Gear's Stig met Jordan|work=Daily Mail|date=13 September 2010|accessdate=15 September 2010 | location=London| archiveurl= https://archive.is/20100915033732/http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1311335/The-Man-In-The-White-Suit-Ben-Collins-reveals-secrets-Top-Gears-Stig-book-BBC-tried-ban.html| archivedate= 15 September 2010 | deadurl= no}}
45. ^{{cite web|last1=Hammond|first1=Richard|title=Hammond, Clarkson and May found a new racing driver.|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=MYJZG5Og2yg|website=YouTube|publisher=Richard Hammond|accessdate=5 October 2016}}
46. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/ex-stig-ben-collins-talks-development-of-project-cars/|title=How The Stig traded in his white helmet for an Oculus Rift and Project Cars|date=26 May 2016|publisher=}}
47. ^{{cite web|url=https://me.askmen.com/cars/1103510/article/ben-collins-on-why-project-cars-2-is-the-best-racing-sim-yet|title=Ben Collins On Why Project Cars 2 Is The Best Racing Sim Yet|date=16 February 2017|publisher=}}

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