The High Court has refused to ban a book which reveals that Top Gear‘s The Stig is racing driver Ben Collins.
After more than a day of legal argument in private, Mr Justice Morgan said he would not grant the BBC a temporary injunction blocking publication of Mr Collins’s autobiography. Shortly before his ruling, Mr Collins left the courtroom to return home to Bristol where his wife has recently given birth.
Asked by the media if he was The Stig, the 33-year-old James Bond stunt double said he could not talk about it. Quizzed over whether he had his trademark helmet with him, he replied: “You’re trying to tempt me into saying something I shouldn’t.”
Following the unveiling of the Stig, William Hill have opened a book on who the next Stig will be and make BBC radio 5live commentator, Anthony Davis the hot favourite at 4/1 with Nigel Mansell 10/1 and Schumacher a 100/1 shot. Ben Collins book is a 12/1 shot to be the Christmas number one book.
“We think Anthony Davidson would make a great Stig but you could be waiting for several years before the next one is unveiled,” said Hill’s spokesman Rupert Adams.
Stig Book To BE Christmas Number On Selling Book? 12/1
Who Will Be The New Stig? 4/1 Anthony Davidson, 9/2 Damon Hill, 9/2 Russ Swift, 5/1 David Coultard, 7/1 Mark Webber, 10/1 Nigel Mansell, 66/1 Lewis Hamilton, 66/1 Jenson Button, 100/1 Michael Schumacher
My question is how on earth can you bet on a secret!
