Clarkson, Hammond, May begin filming new Amazon show – LaFerrari, McLaren P1, Porsche 918 Hybrid!

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Missing your fill of Top Gear since Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May have been removed from the show? Well, get your credit cards ready, as it appears that the trio have just begun filming for their new motoring show on the Amazon Prime Video streaming service!

And it looks to be a right treat – a photo tweeted by Clarkson shows them in front the latest and greatest hybrid hypercar brigade, consisting of the LaFerrari, McLaren P1 and Porsche 918 Spyder. Behind them sits what Clarkson termed a “skeleton crew”: several crew members (including what appear to be Ferrari, McLaren and Porsche personnel), two large lorries and a camera chase car.

The new show – produced by former Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman – was confirmed late July, and will make its debut next fall. Three seasons have been finalised, consisting of 12 one-hour episodes each.


Wilman told The Hollywood Reporter that the show featuring the trio will be similar to Top Gear but will incorporate “lots of newness” including a “new look, new elements, [and a] new home.” There were other offers on the table for sure, but they were won over by Amazon’s “money, freedom and a love of quality,” Wilman said. Sounds to us like it’s gonna be very exciting indeed – what do you guys think?

Meanwhile, the original Top Gear is gearing up for its own relaunch next May – the BBC has brought on Chris Evans (the British radio host, that is, not Captain America) as lead presenter and retained the show’s “tame racing driver,” the Stig for two 16-episode seasons. Global auditions for new hosts have concluded, and Evans has recently confirmed that the show will not replicate the previous three-presenter format.

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  • DonkeyKong on Oct 08, 2015 at 10:52 am

    Top Gear with this trio is a winning combination because of their chemistry and the often unusual ideas that are on the show. Even a similar program like Fifth Gear does not have the same chemistry and humor. I don’t think Chris Evans will be able to take Top Gear back to where it was. On the other hand, Amazon’s definitely got a winner in its hands.

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  • FIST (Member) on Oct 08, 2015 at 12:28 pm

    bring stiggy over!!

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    • They can’t due to TG owning rights to the stig even though it was Clarkson’s brainchild. Saddddd

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  • The world was wrong. It DOES pays to be an a$$h0le and treat your colleagues like slaves!

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    • kadajawi (Member) on Oct 09, 2015 at 10:08 pm

      Well, I said that firing Clarkson would hurt everyone but Clarkson, did I? That he would find a new, much better paid home was very obvious. Keeping him at the BBC would have been more of a punishment to him. They should have made him make shows he would hate to do. But noooooo… well, who knows if the BBC will go away in the end. They are after all fighting for survival now, and firing Clarkson didn’t help.

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  • Anyone know which track is in the picture ?

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  • Milodon on Oct 09, 2015 at 12:00 am

    That is COTA (Circuit Of The Americas) In Austin Texas!

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  • Adam W on Oct 09, 2015 at 4:27 am

    Definitely not the COTA pit lane. Its the Algarve circuit in Portugal.

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  • Cheers to the death of top gear!

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