Ben Collins has forged a career as a professional driver on a global stage
Ben Collins has forged a career as a professional driver on a global stage
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World Record Breaker, Racing Champion, James Bond Stunt Driver and famously known as THE STIG from BBC’s TOP GEAR - Ben Collins has forged a career as a professional driver on a global stage.
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Ben graduated in Law at Exeter University; he went to serve in the army for four years. The army utilised his exceptional driving ability as a Special Forces driving instructor. As a motorsport speaker, Ben describes how he became one of the most formidable racing drivers of his era, representing some of the most prestigious marques in the world
Ben had his racing debut in 1994, since then he has raced almost every aspect of the sport – from Formula Three to the Le Mans Series across Europe and NASCAR in America. Ben joined Top Gear in 2003, after eight years of pushing test cars to the limit; Ben left the show and released his autobiography, The Man in the White Suit, which became an immediate bestseller. Describing his time on the show as an after dinner speaker, Ben describes the events and people that often the camera never catches and places his audience in the hot seat of the world’s most powerful machines.
Throughout his racing career and his work with Top Gear, Ben continued a career of hidden notoriety as a stunt driver for Hollywood blockbuster movies. Some recent examples include The Dark Knight Rises, Star Wars and Han Solo. Recently, Ben began work on the current James Bond movie codenamed “B25”, marking his fourth consecutive role as 007’s stunt driver following his award-winning work on Quantum Of Solace, Skyfall, SPECTRE and No Time To Die.
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As a racing driver, Ben’s life hangs in the balance of split second decisions being made at speeds exceeding 220 mph. Ben is an expert on the mental aptitude required to be a professional in this highly competitive environment. He provides insights on what it feels like to race. A high-pressure environment where the combined value of teamwork determines success or failure, and total focus is the key to unlocking potential.
“As is so often the case in every day life, it’s the little things that count in motor racing. To go that fraction faster through a corner than the next man means stretching yourself and believing it’s possible, when everything is telling you it’s physically impossible.”
The Driver in a racing team sits at the hub of a group of experts channelling their unique skills towards the goal of winning. Every individual is linked by that shared vision and invariably it is the weakest link in the chain that determines whether the Team will win or lose. Words like camaraderie, commitment, motivation, team-work and trust find their true value when a racing car slides into the hands of the pit crew, at 3 o’clock in the morning of a 24-hour race, for a tyre change and a refuel during a monsoon.
Ben’s career was forged by competition and the search for inner strength. The Stig epitomised a superhuman quality that was effortless and matter of fact, but the man behind the mask had to dig very deep for every victory, every lap time and every inch of tarmac. His story is not one of indomitable victory, but of learning to overcome setbacks, of personal risk-taking and survival, and a little luck too.
Ben understands the complexities of the business world as well as the racing, His company continues to thrive under his leadership and provide ever greater spectacles of driving. Motor racing is a sport that thrives on new technology and is pioneering the energy systems of the future that will augment and replace the use of carbon-based fuels. Ben is working with a number of companies to develop the sustainable energy systems of the future to power our mobility.
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