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[Rear window]

So Friends star Matt LeBlanc is the new presenter of Top Gear.



Let's hope he doesn't get stuck in second gear

[Dazzle]

So Friends star Matt LeBlanc is the new presenter of Top Gear.



Let's hope he doesn't get stuck in second gear

Very funny!

[Rear window]

Very funny!

I won't claim the credit for it. My husband cut and paste it off somewhere else.

[Rear window]

Very funny!

I won't claim the credit for it. My husband cut and paste it off somewhere else.

[Dazzle]

I won't claim the credit for it. My husband cut and paste it off somewhere else.

That's very honest of you!

[Siobhan]

Actually think it would be great if he did the show as Joey.. sees a nice car "How you doing?"

[thestud2k7]

its quite smart move by bbc when you think about it. LeBlanc is worldwide star unlike evans

[Dazzle]

its quite smart move by bbc when you think about it. LeBlanc is worldwide star unlike evans

They may just have outmanoeuvred Amazon and their deal with Clarkson et al.

[Perdita]

Chris Evans has polished off the hosting lineup for the new-look Top Gear - and they're now a Magnificent SEVEN.

As previously rumoured, ex-Formula 1 boss Eddie Jordan and German racing driver Sabine Schmitz will help front the series opposite Evans and Friends favourite Matt LeBlanc.

They will be joined by YouTube star Chris Harris and journalist Rory Reid - who won his place through those public auditions that took place last year.

"We really do have a bit of everything for everyone," explained Evans, who made the announcement on his BBC Radio 2 breakfast show.

Eddie Jordan
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"A fellow lifelong petrolhead from the other side of the pond in Matt; a fearless speed-demon in the irrepressible and effervescent Sabine; the encyclopedic, funny and wonderfully colourful character that is EJ; Chris, one of the world's top no-nonsense car reviewers; and Rory, who simply blew me away in his audition and fully deserves his place on the team."

BBC Top Gear new series: Chris Evans, Matt LeBlanc plus new presenters, start date and everything you need to know
Jordan, who has served as an analyst on the BBC's F1 coverage since 2009, said of his new role: "I have such enormous respect for all my fellow presenters and I politely ask that they go easy on these old bones."

Schmitz has famously appeared on Top Gear in the past - scorching around the Nürburgring in a Transit van - and she is already said to have filmed a particularly gruelling high-speed sequence with Evans for the new series.

https://youtu.be/5KiC03_wVjc

"I grew up next to the Nürburgring and have been racing for most of my life, so the chance to combine both driving and filming was too good an opportunity to pass up," Schmitz added.

The new presenters are, of course, joined by everyone's favourite masked entity The Stig.

Top Gear is due to return to screens in May.

[Siobhan]

Think there is just too many people to have that closeness that Clarkson, Hammond and May had. Not sure if this format will work