Stig "Unmasked As Bristol Driver"
Cameron Diaz, Stig and Tom CruiseNewspaper reports claim Top Gear's Stig IS Bristol stunt driver.
It's being claimed that the seven-year mystery surrounding Top Gear's masked test driver, The Stig, appears to be over.
Speculation about his identity has ranged from former Formula one champion Michael Schumacher to Mr Bean creator Rowan Atkinson.
Reports today claim that financial documents have been unearthed which link 35-year-old Bristol racing driver and stuntman Ben Collins to the secret role.
The Stig's unmasking comes after reports last week revealed how he was locked in a legal battle with the BBC over plans to reveal his identity in his autobiography.
Lawyers warned that secrecy was essential to his role in the BBC2 programme.
The clue to his identity emerges in the accounts of his company, Collins Autosport.
It recorded a 'cornerstone year' in December 2003, a month after the white-clad Stig's first appearance on TV.
This was partly down to 'driving services provided for the BBC, mainly in the Top Gear programme', the accounts said.
Directors noted the work offered 'good long-term prospects for continuing income,' the Sunday Times reported.
Collins, who has doubled for Daniel Craig for stunts in a James Bond film, was named as a possible Stig after a builder claimed to have seen the distinctive white outfit at the driver's Bristol home.
But he has always refused to answer questions on the subject. Asked about it at the weekend, he said he was on his way to Hungary before adding: 'I can't speak to you. I'm going into a tunnel.'
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