Anyone who knows cars, and I mean is a real gearhead, watched Top Gear and reveres the Stig as the greatest driver ever. The man, if he is one, is a maestro when it comes to making a car do what it was meant to do.

So when I found out that The Stig, the man I always hoped to meet one day, had finally revealed himself, I was shocked.

For months people have been claiming that a not very clear picture showed that The Stig was actually Ben Cross, an American stunt car driver. That seemed a little ridiculous to me. How would Ben Cross still be at the top of the Formula One leaderboard after Jensen Button and Lewis Hamilton had both been on the track?

And Jeremy made this crack about Stig being a better driver than Michael Schumacher once that made me think he meant that Stig was Michael Schumacher.

Since then, I've been convinced that Michael Schumacher had to be The Stig because no one else could be that good that consistently without having beat Michael SWchumacher very publicly. Which has never really happened, that's why Michael is the best.

So, the very first episode of the 13th Season, The Stig removed his helmet to reveal...

But now that we know, for certain, who the Stig is, some of the fun is gone. Trying to figure it all out was a gearhead pastime. Now they'll either have to find a new Stig or just have Michael Schumacher himself drive the cars without the suit.

Unless they just pretend like it never happened next week. Of course, I have to wait several months before BBC America will play this episode over here.