The Man in the White Suit_ The Stig, Le Mans, The Fast Lane and Me - Ben Collins [155]
Evo 7 vs 293–9
British Grand Prix 39
Bruntingthorpe airfield 216
Bryce, James ‘Boicey’ 216, 217
Bugatti Veyron 195–202, 203–4, 317, 322–3
Burrows, Tony 316
Button, Jenson 275
Cadwell Park 28, 30
Cage, Nicolas 255, 257, 258, 260, 261, 262
Carr, Jimmy 148–9, 150, 156
Casper 111, 146, 179, 181, 189, 198, 296, 299
Castle Combe 28
Caterham kit car 175–6
Cessna 196, 197
Channel 4 63
Chevrolet:
Impala 235
Lacetti 155–6, 159–62
Chilton, Tom 216, 290
Churchill, Winston 277–8
Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona 45–6
Citroën 258
24-hour race, Snetterton 91–3
Ami 8 179, 181
Clarkson, Francie 174, 193
Clarkson, Jeremy 2, 143, 279, 325
arguing, talent for 194
Basel to Blackpool fuel economy race 301, 302, 304, 305
Britcar 24-hour race 265–6, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 279
British Army vs Evo 7 293, 298, 299
Bugatti Veyron and 196, 197
Cameron Diaz and 321
Classic Rally of Mallorca 178, 179, 180, 181
DVDs 177, 187
force of nature 232
idea of exercise 234
Kew to City airport race 254
Koenigsegg CCX test 204, 209
Mall car chase 281, 283, 286
Mercedes Benz C63 test 190, 191, 192, 193, 194
Mitsubishi Starion test 171, 174
reasonably priced car and 107, 109, 149, 150, 155, 156, 158, 161, 168, 169
Schumacher as Stig and 311, 312, 313
Top Gear Live 78, 79, 80, 223, 224, 227–8, 230, 231, 238
Classic Rally of Mallorca, 2009 178–82
Collins, Ben:
accidents/crashes 11–12, 26–7, 30, 33–5, 134, 135, 208–10, 212–13, 247–50, 253
adapt quickly to all kinds of cars, learns how to 195
America, childhood in 17–18, 103–4
anonymity, ensures 66–8, 254, 263–4, 307–13, 315, 325
Army career 63–4, 73–5, 81–5, 87–90, 93–101, 112–31, 135–7, 248, 278
audition for Top Gear 1–9, 65
childhood 11–18
children 244, 251, 273, 278
commercials 8, 161, 231
fast driving and spectacular
driving for TV, learns
difference between 69–71
father and 12, 13, 14–15, 16, 17, 20, 21–2, 26, 27, 40, 41, 42, 79, 100, 243, 249–51, 254
fighter pilot, ambition to be 16
Formula 1 car, drives 315–16
Formula First 21–2, 23–30
jobs 27, 55
journalism 273–4
law degree, studies for 31
leaves Top Gear 325
love live see Collins, Georgie
marries 244
mother and 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 40, 41, 79, 100, 107, 148, 250
‘powertest’, Top Gear 65–6
racing career 21–62, 81–5, 99–101, 123, 174, 244–50, 273, 318
sponsors, search for 28, 31, 42, 63, 123, 174, 273
as Stig see Stig, The
stunt driver, movie 254–63, 278, 279, 312
swimming 17–18
Top Gear, Series 3 65–71, 91–3, 103–12
Top Gear, Series 4 131–2, 139–44, 146, 152
Top Gear, Series 5 147–8
Top Gear, Series 6 149–50, 171–6
Top Gear, Series 7 148–9, 150–1, 152–5, 195–202
Top Gear, Series 8 155–8, 159–60, 204–11, 215–19, 233–42
Top Gear, Series 10 160, 185–94, 253–4, 265–75
Top Gear, Series 11 161–2, 211–13
Top Gear, Series 12 203–4, 281–6, 287–91, 301–5
Top Gear, Series 13 160–1, 178–82, 293–9, 308–13
Top Gear, Series 14 316–17
Top Gear, Series 15 319–23
Top Gear episodes, races and challenges see Top Gear
training, physical 46, 63, 73–5, 87–90, 95–8, 101, 113–23, 124–30, 135–7
Collins, Georgie (wife) 27, 29, 30, 31, 75, 90, 144, 244, 250, 251, 264, 265, 273, 278, 325
Cooper, Gordon 177
Corvette 244, 281–6
ZR1 316–17
Coulthard, David 316
Cowell, Simon 106–10, 148, 161, 162
Cox, Randy 274
Crowe, Russell 257
Cruise, Tom 319–21, 322–3
Cunningham, Neil 227
Daily Star 307
Dallaglio, Lawrence 160
Dalton, Timothy 187
Davies, Alan 155
Dawson, Ian 59
Daytona, Rolex 24 Hours of 55–7
Dee, Jack 149–50
Dent, Steve 254, 260
Diaz, Cameron 321–2
Die Hard 196
Dixon, Scott 41
Donington Park 32–8, 44–6
Craner Curves 32–3, 37
Old Hairpin 32–3, 38
Redgate 38
Doyle, Pat 203, 282, 285, 286
Dunlop 58, 59
Dunsfold 63, 103, 147, 160, 163, 172, 188, 192, 203, 204, 205, 211–12, 219, 238, 287, 309, 311, 316, 317, 325 see also track, Top Gear
EA Sports 161
Earnhardt, Dale 273–4
Eaves, Dan 216
Edwards Air Force Base 177
Elvington 236–42
Enfield, Harry 156
Enjolras, Sebastian 44
Euphoria Race Team 227, 269
European Le Mans