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After the sad passing of former Top Gear host, Sabine Schmitz, the team has confirmed they will honour her in a special tribute during the hit show. The German racer was known as the Queen of the Nurburgring and passed away after being diagnosed with cancer in 2017.

Top Gear, as he refers to the BBC programme as “Top something or other”, after leaving the show back in 2016.The motoring expert stepped down with co-star James May, and the pair went on to develop The Grand Tour with Amazon alongside Jeremy Clarkson.However, it appears as though Richard has not forgotten his time on Top Gear, as he still holds on to a keepsake from the BBC show.Appearing on camera for YouTube channel DriveTribe beside a vintage car, Richard said: “You might know him, he’s a 1963 Opal Kadett, which I bought in Botswana for a challenge in a TV show I used to do… Top something or another,” he mumbled off.Continuing with his train of thought, he added: “Anyway I like to think he became the star of that show, because of the

Jeremy Clarkson, 60, has admitted he has discovered the “lowest point in a man’s life”, as he discussed his struggles with working on his new house.The former Top Gear host revealed “being dragged” to buy toilet handles for his bathrooms was the worst part of the process, comparing it to his hatred of trying on trousers in a shop.Jeremy began working on his home, which has been built on his Diddly Squat Farm estate, located near Chadlington in west Oxfordshire, from scratch after he blew up his former home for an episode of The Grand Tour alongside co-hosts James May and Richard Hammond.The Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? presenter acknowledged that although working on your own home would be considered a dream come true for most people, it

Top Gear presenter James May, 58, has been quizzed on the "most memorable moment" he has experienced during one of his many adventures overseas.The Grand Tour host recalled the time he visited Japan and tucked into a noodle dish which left him "popping".Speaking on the Food Tribe podcast with host Rachael Hogg, James shared the details of the many cuisines he has enjoyed while travelling.The small-screen star visited Japan over two decades ago, where the presenter believes he may have eaten magic mushrooms."The year was about 1997 and I was in Japan with my mate Steve, who is a photographer," James recalled."It was for a travel article for a magazine and we went to a small Japanese village."He continued: "We found this very old-school,

The Grand Tour star James May, 58, bought half a pub in a village near his home in Swallowcliffe, Wiltshire last year, which is currently closed due to lockdown.

Grand Tour hosts Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond recently finished up filming in Scotland, and fans have been waiting patiently to find out when they'll be able to see the results.Presenter Jeremy has hinted that the Scotland special will hit our screens this summer.The 60-year-old teased fans that the latest edition of the Amazon Prime Video series may hit screens in June.

The Grand Tour star Richard Hammond told fans that music had always been “very important” to him, so much so, that he was “heartbroken” when his favourite singer JJ Cale died.The American guitarist and songwriter, who was best known for tracks Crazy Mama, After Midnight and Call Me The Breeze, died following a heart attack in 2013, at the age of 74.In a new interview, Richard spoke about the singer’s death and his love of “folksy” music.He made his comments to this week's Radio Times magazine, ahead of the release of his new Amazon show The Great Escapists.The 51-year-old presenter, who is usually seen on TV with Jeremy Clarkson and James May, will appear in a new programme on the streaming service without his co-stars.Stranded on a desert

The Grand Tour star James May, 58, joined DriveTribe presenter Mike Fernie to discuss the RBW EV Roadster, following a comment he made about disliking classic car ownership.

Adrian Chiles slammed by partner for taking washing to mum's houseAdmiring the gift, he said: “Not quite what I was expecting, that’s rather special isn’t it.“I don’t have any other kitchen knives that I keep in a fairytale glass top box.”James then discovered the box included a plaque as well as a nice message in a letter for him.Reading the letter out loud, he began to say on Food Tribe’s YouTube page: “‘Dear Mr May, I have been entertained by you for decades and I hope this small token of appreciation'…“I wouldn’t call it small, it’s a handmade knife,” he added in response to the fan’s kind gesture.Continuing to read the letter, he went on to say: “'[I hope] this will serve as a reminder of how much positivity you bring to folk all over

Jeremy Clarkson has become a religious idol completely by accident.

The Grand Tour host James May, 57, took a step back from his usual car-testing duties with Jeremy Clarkson, 60, and Richard Hammond, 51, to put his culinary skills to the test for his brand new cooking series.

Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond happily snorkeled in the "exact spot" of a shark attack hours before.The trio were shooting for The Grand Tour presents: A Massive Hunt in Réunion, off the coast of Madagascar, at the time.The latest instalment for Amazon Prime sees them hunt for pirate treasure.However, it was on a day off that saw the presenters risk serious injury, after a misunderstanding by Richard, 50.Thinking his French was up to scratch, he rented snorkeling equipment for them, but it is thought he missed some vital information.He and his co-star Jeremy, 60, have recalled discovering why no one else was going into the water.He commented: "We had a day of sorting ourselves out and we all met on the beach, and Hammond

James May, 56, today launches his new cooking series Oh Cook! on Amazon Prime and has revealed that he found it difficult making the programme at times.

Jeremy Clarkson, 60, and Richard Hammond, 50, if they attempted to cook together.The former Top Gear presenter admitted he is reluctant to let his pals get involved in his new move into cooking for his upcoming Amazon Prime Video series, Oh Cook!, because of his fears that they would end up “stabbing each other”.James insisted as a result that Jeremy and Richard won’t be appearing alongside him for the project, which sees him taking on some delicious recipes.He divulged: “I wouldn’t actually want to be working in the kitchen with them because we’d stab each other within about 10 minutes.“It would be quite interesting, I suppose if we each had to cook for the other two, but even if Jeremy Clarkson turned out something worthy of the River

James May admits Clarkson 'fracas' could've been resolved 'cleaner'“I’m shouting, 'Lads! You've not thought this through! Get her below deck!"And she's clinging to the nearest passerby.

Richard Hammond forced to sell Ferrari to pay rent on family home"I've been doing some weight lifting," to which Tom replied: "I was just too astonished!"He went on to ask James why he has taken it up."Was this something to do with the training you were doing in Germany?""No, it's because I had a stiff back and somebody said if you lift weights, a couple of 10 pound dumbbells, you stand up straight and do basic weight lifts every morning, it will straighten your back out," James admitted."That's what I was expecting to do, but all I've done is hurt my arm, so now I've got delirium tremens of the right arm as a result of trying to straighten my back out."It comes after James fell "ill" after taking a trip to Germany with his long-term

James May, 56, admitted after going on Top Gear Live Tour in 2015 that he, Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond would often find themselves screaming at each other while out in public having a meal together.The motor expert explained the trio would make a “horrible racket” whilst among other diners after feeling “fired up” and “excitable” from hosting shows up and down the county.James said: “We used to make a horrible racket you know, when we used to go on our live tours, we used to go out and I used to think, ‘God.'“If you were in the restaurant we were in, you would want your money back because we were so excitable.“Because we had been doing a live show so we would be really fired up. “We would be blowing off because we did this live show

James May falls 'ill' after break with partner 'Not want to hear this'She went on to say: “I bought medium, I shouldn't have, I should’ve got large.“I was stood there and all of a sudden they just rolled down to my knees and I was in front of this audience.“I had to stand and at the end when this thing had finished, I just didn’t move, it must’ve looked like I needed the loo.”Demonstrating her walk off stage to her audience, she added: “I was like, what am I going to do here? And I just walked off the stage like, ‘Thank you everybody’.”Steph told the story on a recent episode of her new Channel 4 show.The presenter debuted her new programme from a studio in Leeds last month after previously presenting it from her home during lockdown.Last

the much loved food item from his home in Hampshire. James explained: "I had the pasta machine at the restaurant, so when we went into lockdown, I took the machine back home.“Then, of course, a week later everyone's moaning they can't get pasta.“Luckily I managed to keep the suppliers going.”James went on to say the response to his pasta was “massive” from village locals.James May falls 'ill' after break with partner 'Not want to hear this'He added: “What was great was you'd make the pasta, put it out in the village and families would come along and take a bag for their kids, then an elderly lady that would come and swap five sticks of rhubarb for a bag of pasta.“I’d make something with the rhubarb and stick that out the following day and

James May, 56, explained that his Top Gear colleague Jeremy Clarkson, 60, got into a heated argument with a BBC producer on set after facing “huge pressure” to keep viewers, with it being “the biggest factual entertainment show in history”.The motor expert claimed that something was always going to “boil over” as he compared the Top Gear presenters to rock and roll stars. Jeremy’s contract on Top Gear was not renewed after he punched producer Oisin Tymon following his anger over dinner arrangements.The columnist was said to be infuriated that he could not order a sirloin steak after a day of filming.He is said to have called Oisin a “lazy, Irish ***” when he confronted him at a hotel in North Yorkshire. James has now said of the row between

Perth's Live Active Leisure facing some “difficult decisions” due to COVID crisis “As the sun has started to wake-up with its activity over the recent months, more and more sightings are happening over us.“This was the first show this year for the ‘dancing lights’ as they are sometimes known.“But unfortunately on this night a constant green glow could be seen throughout the northern sky as the show wasn’t strong enough to dance through the sky. The Grand Tour presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May stop off at Highland Perthshire hotel during filming “Orkney and Shetland were treated to the lights dancing due to the islands being at a higher latitude.“When I finally saw the huge green glow I was absolutely stunned as it’s