1. Perry Edward McCarthy was born on 3 March 1961 and is a British racing driver, who drove for the Andrea Moda team in Formula One in 1992, though never making it into a race, before moving into sportscars, including driving in the 24 Hours of Le Mans five times between 1996 and 2003.
Unlike most Formula One drivers, Perry McCarthy did not start racing in karts.
Perry McCarthy worked his way through the junior categories of motor sport in Europe, such as Formula Ford, Formula 3, eventually F3000 and various touring and sports car races in the US, including drives for Spice Engineering.
In 1991, Perry McCarthy was chosen to test for the Footwork Formula One team.
Finally, in the Belgian Grand Prix, Andrea Moda's final entry, Perry McCarthy was sent out for the qualifying session with a broken steering part in his car, which had been extracted from teammate Roberto Moreno's car, which would have led to a violent crash at the Raidillon curve had Perry McCarthy not managed to regain control of the car.
Perry McCarthy did not race in Formula One after 1992, but tested for both Williams and Benetton teams during the 1990s.
Perry McCarthy was denied a permanent role as test driver at Benetton because he was covering for their normal test driver, Alessandro Zanardi, who was unwell.
Perry McCarthy had little success at Williams because he did not see eye to eye with the engineers and the position was then given to David Coulthard.
Perry McCarthy was the original, black-suited Stig, who left after the first two series.
Perry McCarthy provided commentary on F1 races for the BBC in 2009.