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Sorry, something went wrong Please try again. Harris's knowledge of cars - and his driving ability - comes largely from his own racing career. He's driven in a variety of race cars and types of races, achieving success in a Formula Palmer Audi in His driving experience has also included endurance races, including the 24 Hours Nurburgring, in which he last competed in Rory Reid has been recruited to Top Gear from the show's public auditions, but he's no novice when it comes to cars or presenting.
On hearing he'd got the job, Reid said: "I've been a Top Gear fan for decades, but more than that, I live and breathe cars in a way that is perfectly compatible with the show. Reid is an award-winning journalist, with 18 years experience specialising in cars. He is editor-in-chief of Recombu, specialising in producing car reviews. Reid has featured in a number of other car-focused television shows and had a starring role in the Gadget Geeks series on Sky 1, where he reviewed cars and consumer technology.
Chris Evans. Evans is very much in the driving seat of the Top Gear team and has been heavily involved in all aspects of rebooting the show. He has had a long love affair with cars, amassing a huge personal collection, from Ferraris to Ford Escorts. He also founded the CarFest events, held twice a year to celebrate motoring and raise money for Children in Need. He will be juggling his early morning starts with his Top Gear duties. There was great excitement with the surprise announcement that US actor LeBlanc was joining Top Gear, although not all fans of the show were happy.
The star is best known for playing Joey in Friends for 10 seasons, winning fans around the world as the hapless lothario. The Stig's primary role, apart from being the butt of jokes, is to test the cars to their limits and instruct the celebrity guests how to handle the track in the popular "Star in the Reasonably Priced Car" segment of the show.
Schmitz had become synonymous with the Nurburgring Nordschleife, the mile circuit in Germany that is renowned as the toughest in the world. She won the hour touring car race at the track twice, in and , driving a BMW M3. She became known as the "Queen of the Nurburgring" and estimated she had driven around the track more than 20, times. Schmitz later gained acclaim for an appearance on Top Gear in in which she drove a van around the track, and subsequently became a presenter on the show alongside Chris Evans in This Sunday's episode of Top Gear will be dedicated to Schmitz, with Clare Pizey, executive producer, saying: "Sabine was a beloved member of the Top Gear family and presenting team since , having first appeared on the show in , and everyone who had the pleasure of working with her on the team is in shock at this news.
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