The full line-up for Top Gear has been announced, with a grand total of seven presenters heading up the BBC’s flagship motoring show.
Morning from the new Top Gear team. All present and correct and smelling of eau de petrol. pic.twitter.com/y8X3uVb2uH
— Chris Evans (@achrisevans) February 11, 2016
Motorsport guru and Formula 1 pundit Eddie Jordan, German racing driver Sabine Schmitz, motoring journalist Chris Harris and car reviewer Rory Reid will join Chris Evans alongside Friends star Matt LeBlanc, who was announced last week, and trusty sidekick The Stig. Phew – that’s a lot.
Some people just couldn’t get their heads around how many people are in the presenting team.
7 Top Gear presenters now. Guess they're going back to the wildly unpopular early Top Gear format they sold to channel 5 years ago.
— Daniel Hardcastle (@DanNerdCubed) February 11, 2016
I think there are probably too many people presenting the new Top Gear, unless they are focusing on buses, which I would welcome.
— Gary Bainbridge (@Gary_Bainbridge) February 11, 2016
"In the future, everyone will be a Top Gear presenter for 15 minutes" – Andy Warhol
— Nick Pettigrew (@Nick_Pettigrew) February 11, 2016
@BBC_TopGear rookie mistake…. Way to many presenters for 1hour program! Audience won't connect. Starting to look like Fifth gear! Rip T.G
— C.L (@ColmLav) February 11, 2016
I think they'll keep adding to the Top Gear line up, until it'll be quicker to list people who aren't Top Gear presenters. #TopGear
— Chris McGuire (@McGuireski) February 11, 2016
Seven presenters on the new Top Gear 🙈
— Harry Wilson (@Wils95) February 11, 2016
There are way too many presenters on the new Top Gear for my liking, it's definitely gonna flop
— Naseem (@naseem95) February 11, 2016
7 people on top gear?! Literally the only thing it will have in common with the old top gear is the name 😒
— Bly (@AdamJBly) February 11, 2016
Thankfully for the BBC, some fans are excited for the show to return with fresh blood:
Sabine Schmitz AND Eddie Jordan? I am very interested in the new Top Gear lineup.
— Liquid (@GTPLiquid) February 11, 2016
Awesome news that @harrismonkey is going to be on @BBC_TopGear…can't wait!
— Jon Tomlinson (@jontomlinsonf1) February 11, 2016
New Top Gear team looks good. Give them a chance. The old incarnation had turned into a predictable, formulaic chat show.
— martin. (@_AkinaSpeedStar) February 11, 2016
I wasn't going to watch top gear. However, now it's official that @harrismonkey is a presenter that's changed!
— Callum Tucker (@CallumTucker) February 11, 2016
I've waited for #SabineSchmitz to become a TG presenter….
— Michael Docherty (@mikedoc90) February 11, 2016
The full, seven-strong Top Gear line up (BBC)
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