The Man in the White Suit_ The Stig, Le Mans, The Fast Lane and Me - Ben Collins [159]
Vettel, Sebastian 315
Villeneuve, Gilles 22
Volkswagen 196, 198, 200, 201
Polo Bluemotion 301
Touareg 262–3
Wahlberg, Mark 145
Wakeman, Rick 155–6
Wales 73–5, 116
Walliams, David 150–1
Wardrop, Grant 153, 157, 162, 181, 182, 233, 234, 235, 237, 315, 322
Watkins, Sid 241
Webber, Mark 39, 40, 110, 153, 275, 315
Welch, Madison 179, 180, 181
White, Colin 133, 134
White, Colonel 100
Whiteley, Richard 163, 165, 166, 167
Wilkinson, Jonny 131
Williams 233
Willis, Bruce 196
Wilman, Andy 69, 77, 174, 175, 188, 197, 285
Ben Collins audition for Stig, role in 3–9, 65, 66
damage to cars, reaction to 209
Ferrari 430 Scuderia test and 278
jet car accident and 238
Kew Gardens to City Airport
race and 253, 254
Koenigsegg CCX test and 209, 211–12, 213
parachute jump into moving Mercedes CLK55, reaction to
idea of 139
reasonably priced car, filming of 71, 108, 156, 157, 161, 163, 164, 166, 319
revamp of Top Gear, role in 66
Stig’s anonymity and 68, 307, 311
Top Gear Live 78, 79
Wilson, Justin 31, 33, 38, 58, 59
Wiseman, Jim 66, 67, 69, 70
Bugatti Veyron test, involvement in 197
Koenigsegg CCX test, involvement in 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210, 211
lap record and 110, 111
parachute jump into a moving Mercedes CLK55, involvement in 141, 142
star in a reasonably priced bar
feature, involvement in 106, 107, 108, 109, 146, 151, 152, 154, 155, 157, 158
Wogan, Terry 166, 167, 168
Woodley, Mark 236
World Sportscar Championship, FIA 44–6
Wright, Ian 155
X-1 177
Yeager, Chuck 177
Zandvoort 41, 188
Zwart, Klaas 44, 51, 59, 188, 191, 243
All plate section images photographs are courtesy of the author with the following exceptions:
Marc Serota (MarcSerota.com), p2 (upper-middle left and bottom left); Peter May (pmimages.net), p3 (upper-middle left); Kelly Racing, p3 (bottom); Chris Leavers (www.capturedindigital.co.uk), p3 (bottom inset); Rod Fountain, p6 (bottom), p11 (top left), p12, p13 (middle and bottom), p14 (middle left and bottom left), p16 (top and middle); Algenon Brinton (www.algybrinton.com), p8 (bottom), p9 (middle left and bottom); Andy Ford (www.infiniteskydiving.co.uk), p9 (top left); Chris Doney, p10 (bottom left and bottom right)
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