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Ben Collins (racing driver)

British racing driver (born 1975)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 9, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Benjamin Lievesley Immi Collins is a British racing driver. He has competed in motor racing since 1994 in many categories, from Formula Three and Indy Lights to sportscars, GT racing and stock cars. In his role as The Stig, he co-presented the British motoring television programme Top Gear from 2003 to 2010.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ben Collins (racing driver)” as british racing driver (born 1975). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1994, 2003, 2010—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Collins, racing and driver can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as british racing driver (born 1975). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 9, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1994, 2003 and 2010.

Critical limits

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This entry incorporates text from “Ben Collins (racing driver)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.