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The Stig lands job at taxi firm

Ben Collins will help train drivers at Addison Lee

Ben Collins played The Stig for 7 years

The man who played Top Gear driver The Stig has got a new job - at a taxi firm.

Ben Collins - who now appears unmasked on rival show Fifth Gear - will help train the cabbies at Addison Lee. 

'Ben has spent 15 years driving at the highest level,' a spokesperson for the firm tells the Sunday People.

'We're delighted he'll be passing on his expertise to our top drivers.' 

Ben was unveiled as The Stig last month after the BBC lost a High Court bid to block the publication of his autobiography, in which he outted himself.

He is the second driver to take on the role - he slipped into the hot seat vacated by Formula 1's Perry McCarthy, 49, in 2003.