Full Line-Up For New Top Gear Series Revealed

A "fearless speed-demon", "lifelong petrolhead" and "no-nonsense car reviewer" are among the seven new presenters for the rebooted Top Gear.

The BBC has announced the full line-up which will see motorsport guru and Formula 1 commentator Eddie Jordan, German racing driver Sabine Schmitz, motoring journalist Chris Harris and car reviewer Rory Reid join Chris Evans.

Friends actor Matt LeBlanc was announced last week, and trusty sidekick The Stig will also return.

A photo of the line-up was tweeted with the caption: "Morning from the new Top Gear team. All present and correct and smelling of eau de petrol."

Evans said: "We really do have a bit of everything for everyone.

"A fellow lifelong petrolhead from the other side of the pond in Matt; a fearless speed-demon in the irrepressible and effervescent Sabine; the encyclopedic, funny and wonderfully colourful character that is EJ; Chris, one of the world's top no-nonsense car reviewers; and Rory, who simply blew me away in his audition and fully deserves his place on the team."

Schmitz is the only woman in the line-up, and the show's first female presenter in 15 years.

She follows in the footsteps of Kate Humble, Angela Rippon and Vicki Butler-Henderson, who were presenters for the original Top Gear before its 2002 revival.

After accepting the Top Gear job in June, Evans said the presenting team would "definitely" include a woman.

Schmitz will be known to viewers after appearing in series five and 11 of the show.

She said: "I grew up next to the Nuerburgring, and have been racing for most of my life, so the chance to combine both driving and filming was too good an opportunity to pass up.

"I've appeared on Top Gear a few times in the past, so I know we're going to have a lot of fun."

Reid was recruited to Top Gear from the show's auditions last year, when members of the public were invited to apply.

With a background in journalism and appearances on CNET's Car Tech channel and Sky 1's Gadget Geeks series, he said he was proud to make it through the public auditions.

Dublin-born Jordan will bring his Formula 1 experience to the car show.

He said: "I'm giddy with excitement to be joining Chris and the team. I have such enormous respect for all my fellow presenters and I politely ask that they go easy on these old bones."

Automotive journalist and racing driver Harris has worked for car magazines including Evo, Autocar, and Jalopnik.

He also presents TV and YouTube series, and has his own car reviewing channel, Chris Harris On Cars.

Harris said: "Top Gear is the thing that helped shape my life with cars, my perception of cars and my obsession with cars, and I'm raring to give it a go."

The seven-strong presenting team replaces the old trio of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May.

Clarkson was fired from the show in March following a "fracas" with a producer, with Hammond and May quitting in solidarity.