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Perry McCarthy

Ex-Formula One Driver and the Original "Stig" on BBC's Top Gear

Perry McCarthy
  • With no experience and no sponsors, Perry embarked on a journey to make it in the world most expensive sport: Formula 1
  • Telling an inspiring story of determination and grit, Perry has lived his motto, “Whatever it takes”
  • After his Formula 1 career, Perry became the original “Stig” on BBC’s Top Gear
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Perry McCarthy’s incredible story is legendary.

He is a championship winning racing driver, best-selling author and was ‘The Stig’ from the BBC Top Gear motoring show. With over 1500 corporate appearances to date, Perry is in high demand to deliver inspirational and motivational speeches linking his unique experience and attitude to the world of business and its requirements.

From working 14 hours per day 7 days a week on North Sea oil rigs to fund his early career, to finally becoming a Grand Prix driver, he constantly overcame huge hurdles, including serious injury, to pursue his dream. Starting late in life and with no money, Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone told McCarthy that his chances of making it to F1 were about a million to one against.

However, Perry’s bubbly character coupled with his determination, resilience, and absolute refusal to concede defeat beat those odds and has made him a highly popular personality within the sport.

Perry McCarthy entertains and engages audiences by speaking with passion and his famous humour and about the fiercely competitive demands of international motor racing and what it takes as an individual to beat the odds and create opportunities.

The Telegraph headlined him as ‘a new cult hero’ and America’s Sunday Express called him ‘a comedian locked inside a racing driver’s body.

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Perry is extremely bright and witty. He has two traits I admire: the ability to simplify complicated explanations; and the ability to make people laugh.

Richard Farleigh - TV’s Dragons’ Den

Thanks for your flexibility last week, the team really enjoyed having you there. Dinner and the event were great and I will not forget meeting the ‘original STIG!’.

Bayer

Perry’s talks never fail to impress, amuse and delight the audience … is there no end to this man’s library of tales?

Bang & Olufsen

Perry was superb speaker at our recent business conference and mixed the perfect dose of fast-paced humour, interest, business messages, and fun! The delegates loved it and bombarded him with over half an hour of questions during the open session at the end of his speech! I am not sure how we will top this for next year!

De La Rue Identity Systems

Thanks Perry: like all good men, you rose to the occasion on the night! A spot-on speech, beautifully crafted with just the right amount of humour. Not only did an international audience welcome having you there as ‘anchor-man’, but our client appreciated the way you understood the message they wanted to deliver, and integrated this with top audience entertainment. And from our point of view, you were a (diamond) pleasure to work with.

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