Hey, gimme a break, I had no idea you weren't meant to edit an article more than 3 times in a day - five hardly seems excessive when I'm trying to revise what I'm putting in in light of criticism each time.  Besides, surely Drmargi must be over the same limit.  And I have no idea what you mean by a 'bare link', I put in 5 different links to 5 different newspaper articles, didn't realise there were stylistic rules on ho to do that.  As it is I'll just make my case here for now.

The whole of the British Press is reporting the speculation that Ben Collins is the Stig.  This is not a recent phenomena, as newspapers have been suggesting this since at least January.  However, recent articles have, for the most part, dropped specific refrences to any individual other than Ben Collins in this role.  Seeing as one of the main reasons for the Stig being mentioned in secondary sources (like the press) is due to his identity, this is some of the most important information about the role and ought to be in the lead section.  Since Ben Collins has repeatedly been linked to the role in the press (unlike anybody else), this should be clearly mentioned.  Since the speculation that the Stig is Ben Collins is highly relevant and verifiable, comment should be made of this speculation in the lead.