The CEO of Clarkson, Hammond, and May's social media platform has just confirmed that he has stepped down as CEO. This happened only six months after launch.

He says "all's well" and that he still remains an "active shareholder" to the company as well as an adviser.

This comes as a massive shock as DriveTribe, as a form of social media, is doing so well, ranking the 10,168th most popular website in the world. I know that seems like a high number, but considering it's only been going six months, it's not bad at all. Although of course, where would it be without our trio's faces on the website banner?

Ernesto Schmitt - Former CEO of DriveTribe Ernesto Schmitt - Former CEO of DriveTribe

Apparently Schmitt has been gone since February, but only this week has Companies House published their 'termination of appointment' allowing the information to be viewed by the public. Schmitt was one of the original investors, with The Grand Tour's Andy Wilman, Fox, and the trio themselves also putting large amounts of money into the business.

DriveTribe is now on the hunt for a new CEO...

Wilman said it was Schmitt's decision to step down and it's all "happy families" at the company. He says:

"The thing that he brought was what kind of tech and approach we should take. He opened our eyes to what we could do. But he wanted to set it up and then move on. That's been done."

DriveTribe is now on the hunt for a new CEO, but don't get your hopes up as the headhunt is being conducted by a professional, not Clarkson, Hammond, May and Wilman. Even though they'd love to, Wilman states that it would be better for someone who knows what they're doing to take that role of finding the new big boss.

Wilman is still extremely happy about the way DriveTribe is progressing, and says that it is now sustainable and not relying on the faces of The Grand Tour hosts.

Well, what can we say? I met Ernesto a couple of times and he was a friendly, extremely intelligent guy. We wish him the best of luck and thank him for producing this incredible new home of motoring!