James May says Top Gear was ‘very much of its time’ and needs to change - The BBC show is being ‘rested’ after the crash injuring presenter Andrew Flintoff.

James May has said his former show Top Gear was ‘very much of its time’, and suggested that a change to the format would be needed to bring the motoring series back to TV. The BBC ‘rested’ Top Gear for the foreseeable future after Freddie Flintoff was injured in a crash on the test track at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey during filming in December 2022.

"It was a view of the world, distorted through the eyes of people who were unreasonably concerned about cars."

Former Top Gear presenter James May has suggested that the show's format would need some alteration if it were to return. May presented the BBC motoring show with Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond until 2015 when they left to host Prime Video’s The Grand Tour which concluded this year.