The Pagani Huayra was quite fast on the Top Gear track

The power of tortellini, tango and beer all came together to propel the steampunk hypercar to an impressive lap time on the Top Gear power board.

Sebastian Vettel on Top Gear Test Track

...tune in/ Torrent Top Gear tonight to find out!

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The Stig is a state of mind, not a person....

That being said the BBC should probably have paid this guy better...



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Axis of Limos.

Did you notice the final lap time? Seriously, Porsche needs to go back to the drawing board with the Turbo if it can only run .2 faster on a wet track than a 5000 pound, long wheel base, rear wheel drive executive limousine!







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On Sliding...

Recently, a reader complained bitterly that our philosophy of trying to get as much fun out of every corner possible was wrong and that sliding the car is inefficient and a measure of how little control the driver has...not to mention a waste of rubber. To that reader we say, you are probably right about the rubber but you know what, life's too short not to have fun with it!

To illustrate my point I call upon that bishop of bloviation, that master of mirth Jeremy Clarkson and the Supreme Being of Oversteer, the Stig. This is from JC's "DUEL" DVD. Top Gear's new season kicks off tomorrow night.

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Clarkson - Duel [DVD] [2009]



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It's like the All-Star game....

Pre-order from Amazon UK (and support A.o.O!)
Clarkson - Duel [DVD] [2009]



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Upside Down Stig

With all the excitement over the "unmasking" of the Stig, let me remind you the Axis feels The Stig is not a person but a state on mind.

With that let's take a look at this clip our friend, Upside Down Stig sent us. We are at Eastern Creek, a beautiful track just outside of Sydney and our Antipodean Stiggy has had a qualifying issue. He finds himself tenth on the grid...



(Stig Richards)



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The Stig pulverizes the Top Gear lap record and then takes his helmet off...

In a black Ferrari FXX, the Stig puts the hammer down like Odin and wipes everything else off the legendary Power Laps board.

Just watch.



After the jump, this Stig takes his helmet off...






Michael Schumacher is the Stig..... Well, at least for this week he was.



For those who care, the ultimate Top Gear lap record belongs to Renault. The R25 lapped in 59 seconds. They never said who The Stig was that day...


(TopGear.com)
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The Stig revealed tonight.

The identity of the white Stig is supposed to be revealed in tonight's episode of Top Gear. Anyone want to venture a guess?
When we know the answer, it will be added after the jump.

And the Stig is....
(msn.uk)



And here is the rest of it.

This " true identity of the Stig" thing....

While other publications have gleefully jumped on supposed revelations of the Stig's identity, like snarky parents telling their children there is no Santa Claus, we chose not to comment before now.

Some say that anyone revealed to be The Stig is, by definition, not The Stig. We believe the Stig is not a person but a state of mind. Long live The Stig!








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