Speculation is mounting that Knockhill race driver Gordon Shedden is Top Gear’s the Stig.
Fans of the long-running BBC motoring show claim to have spotted a string of clues leading to last year’s British Touring Car Championship winner as the man behind the white race suit.
Gordon, 34, from Edinburgh, teaches drivers at Scotland’s National Motor Sport Centre at Knockhill race course in Fife.
The race ace has worked for Top Gear as a test driver and it’s thought he maintains links to the show’s presenters and staff.
Rumours that he could be the Stig grew after he demonstrated a lawnmower made by his race team Honda that can reach speeds of 135mph.
The same mower then appeared on Top Gear with Stig behind the wheel.
The BBC and Top Gear have always kept the Stig’s real identity a closely guarded secret. The mysterious racer test drives cars and coaches celebrity drivers in the show’s ‘star in a reasonably priced car’ segment.
The first Stig former F1 driver Perry McCarthy originally wore a black race suit and featured in 2002 and 2003 before being replaced by former race driver Ben Collins.
Collins was sacked in 2010 after outing himself as the Stig in a book. The current Stig took over in series 16 later that year.
Gordon Shedden did not deny he was television’s famous “tame racing driver”.
He said: “At the end of the day, it is just a person in a white suit. It’s more about the myth about Stig than who it is. It’s like trying to find Santa Claus, isn’t it?”
Gordon is a member of the Honda Team Dynamics racing team and is only the third Scot to become British Touring Car Champion.
He has been racing cars competitively since 2001 and also teaches driving skills at Knockhill.
Last week, Gordon won a world’s best taxi race driving a Hindustan Ambassador.
He joined five other touring car stars who drove taxis from Russia, South Africa, Germany, New York and Mexico.