The Stig is dead, long live The Stig

After the acrimonious and very public departure of Ben Collins from his job as The Stig on Top Gear, we have all been left wondering what Clarkson and the boys will do to replace him.

But the idea of using an anonymous and 'tame' racing driver has certainly not been killed off – pro skateboarder and video-game mogul Tony Hawk popped a photo of him and a mysterious white-suited man onto his Twitter yesterday.