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Top Gear puts viewers in the driving seat via Facebook

Top Gear's the Stig: ready to rock your world
Top Gear's the Stig: ready to rock your world. Photograph: BBC

Ever fancied being Top Gear's Star in a Reasonably Priced Car, doing a lap with the Stig in the passenger seat? Maybe not – but if you have, the boffins at BBC Worldwide have given you the chance to put your face in the driving seat using an app on the show's Facebook page. Those of you thinking about putting one of Jeremy Clarkson's adversaries such as Piers Morgan in the driving seat – the former Mirror editor tweeted somewhat pompously last year "I don't drive reasonably priced cars" – may be disappointed, however: sadly you have to use one of your own profile pics for the photo.

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