Ben Collins: Razlika med redakcijama

Collins je od leta 1994 tekmoval v različnih kategorijah motošporta, od [[Formula 3|Formule 3]] in [[Indy Lights]] do športnih dirkalnikov, GR in serijskih avtomobilov.<ref name="syson">{{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. avgust 2010|accessdate=23. avgusta 2010|language=en}}</ref><ref name="bloxham">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/7958512/Stig-mystery-financial-documents-suggest-identity-of-Top-Gear-driver.html|title=Stig mystery: financial documents suggest identity of Top Gear driver|first=Andy|last=Bloxham|work=Telegraph|date=22. avgust 2010|accessdate=23. avgusta 2010 | location=London| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20100823233438/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/7958512/Stig-mystery-financial-documents-suggest-identity-of-Top-Gear-driver.html| archivedate= 23 August 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurlurl-status= nolive|language=en}}</ref><ref name="haroon">{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/aug/22/top-gear-bbc-stig-memoirs|title=

Top Gear driver unmasked as Sunday Times lifts helmet on Stig's identity|first=Haroon|last=Siddique|work=The Guardian|date=22. avgust 2010|accessdate=23. avgusta 2010|quote=In December 2003, .. based partly on "driving services provided for the BBC, mainly in the Top Gear programme". | location=London| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20100824221304/http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/aug/22/top-gear-bbc-stig-memoirs| archivedate= 24 August 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurlurl-status= nolive|language=en}}</ref>

Ob dirkanju je njegovo podjetje ''Collins Autosport'' ponujalo storitve natančne in kaskaderske vožnje, predvsem za [[BBC]], v oddajah ''[[Top Gear]]''<ref name="syson"/><ref name="telegraph-outing">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/4286448/Who-is-the-Stig-The-answer.html|title=Who is the Stig? The answer|date=19. januar 2009|accessdate=19. januarja 2009|work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK | archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20090121211442/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/4286448/Who-is-the-Stig-The-answer.html| archivedate= 21. januarja 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurlurl-status= nolive|language=en}}</ref><ref name="times-open-secret">{{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. januar 2009|accessdate=19. januarja 2009|work=The Times |location=UK|language=en}}</ref><ref name="kelly">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1305162/Top-Gear-star-The-Stig-unmasked-company-accounts.html|title=The Stig unmasked... by his own company accounts|first=Tom|last=Kelly|work=Daily Mail|date=23. avgust 2010|accessdate=23. avgusta 2010 | location=London| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20100823202048/http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1305162/Top-Gear-star-The-Stig-unmasked-company-accounts.html| archivedate= 23. avgusta 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurlurl-status= nolive|language=en}}</ref>, ''Top Gear Live'', ter kot voznik avtomobila [[James Bond|Jamesa Bonda]] v filmih ''[[Quantum of Solace]]''<ref name="syson"/> in ''[[Casino Royale (2006)|Casino Royale]]'' ter [[Eve Moneypenny]] v filmu ''[[Skyfall]]''. Kot prvi beli Stig v oddaji ''Top Gear'' je nastopal med letoma 2003 in 2010.

Avgusta 2010 je več britanskih časopisov poročalo o odkritju ''[[The Sunday Times]]'', da naj bi Collins bil ena od skrivnih identitet Stiga, skrivnostnega in neznanega dirkača, ki se v oddaji ''Top Gear'' pojavi le oblečen v polno dirkaško obleko, na podlagi finančnih izpiskov podjetja ''Collins Autosport''.<ref name="syson"/><ref name="kelly"/> 1. septembra 2010 je BBC neuspešno poskušal z nalogom sodišča preprečiti objavo Collinsove avtobiografije, ki jo je objavil [[HarperCollins]].<ref>{{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. septembra 2010|publisher=[[Sky News]]|date=1. september 2010| archiveurl= http://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. septembra 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurlurl-status= nolive|language=en}}</ref> 1. oktobra 2010 se je Collins pridružil oddaji ''[[Fifth Gear]]'' kot voditelj.<ref name="Sweney-10-01">{{cite news|last=Sweney|first=Mark |title='The Stig' joins Channel 5's Fifth Gear|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/oct/01/the-stig-top-gear-channel-5|accessdate=1. oktobra 2010|newspaper=The Guardian|date=1. oktober 2010| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20101001133637/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/oct/01/the-stig-top-gear-channel-5| archivedate= 1. oktobra 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurlurl-status= nolive|language=en}}</ref>