 For the first two seasons, The Stig was Perry McCarthy, a former  Formula One driver as well as a test driver for three F1 teams. A  new Stig took over from McCarthy after the original Stigs "demise"  at the beginning of Season 3. On the 18 March 2006 the former Stig,  Perry McCarthy, revealed that currently there is no one single test  driver, but multiple test drivers who masquerade as the Stig; he  said this when he appeared at a Palmer Sport activity day in  Bedfordshire, UK. Rumours have it that one of the new Stigs is Damon  Hill and occasionally Colin McRae. And in January 2006, the Daily  Express claimed that the identity of The Stig is former Formula 1  driver Julian Bailey.