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Top Gear - Chris Evans leaves after one season
December 25, 2015 at
11:46 PM
Guess they realized they needed at least three decent car people to offset the idiocy of Evans. I think they made some good choices, but still won't watch the show as long as Evans is on it, the guy is an asshat.
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*snip* British former Formula One driver David Coulthard, German motor racing driver Sabine Schmitz and British motoring journalist Chris Harris will join Chris Evans as the show's new presenters [thesun.co.uk], The Sun reported. *snip* However, long-time fans will recognise Schmitz, a BMW and Porsche driver, from her past appearances alongside Clarkson. The pair took part in a Top Gear challenge in 2004, that saw each drive a Jaguar S-Type diesel around Germany's Nürburgring, with Schmitz beating Clarkson's time by 47 seconds. She later returned to make good on a promise to race a van around the track in a time similar to Clarkson's. The British motoring series was originally hosted by Angela Rippon from 1977 to 1979, and since then has had many female presenters, including Sue Baker in the 1980s and Julia Bradbury in the 1990s. Harris is a journalist who has written for many car publications, the Daily Mail reported. He also has his own car review channel on YouTube [youtube.com], with 321,000 subscribers. Coulthard drove for Williams in F1 during 1994 and 1995. From 1996-2004 he drove from McLaren after which he joined Red Bull. He retired from Formula One in 2008, and has since become a BBC motorsport commentator. The news coincided with two senior staff quitting: executive producer Lisa Clark and script editor Tom Ford. *snip* http://www.smh.com.au/entertainme...l |
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From what I remember of it, she was really good on the shows.
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According to several sources, Chris Evans wrecked a loaner Jaguar on his first trip around the track.
Then while being driven by Sabine Schmidt, Evans became car sick and had to get out to throw up on the side of the road.
Plus he's driving the crew crazy as he can't seem to talk while driving, so he keeps flubbing his lines.
http://jalopnik.com/top-gears-chr...175373753
DAVID COULTHARD will head up Channel 4's Formula One coverage this season after snubbing Top Gear and jumping ship from the BBC.
http://www.thesun.co.u
I can see the rational at the BBC, 'He was on a comedy show, so he'll be a funny guy to add some wit to the show'.
No, he's an actor who read lines on a comedy show, it's not the same thing BBC.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetw...r-car-show