James May didn’t like new Top Gear

James May thinks Top Gear bosses should have their “a***s kicked” if
they can’t make the show a hit again after the first season failed to impress fans.

Chris Evans / James May (Photos: WENN)

When asked if the BBC and new presenter Matt LeBlanc can bring the show back from the dead, following the slump in ratings that led Jeremy Clarkson’s replacement Chris Evans to quit, he said: “I think they deserve to have their a***s kicked if they don’t, because it must be possible.”

James - who was one third of the former presenting team alongside Jeremy and Richard Hammond - believes Top Gear needs to make bigger and more “ruthless” changes to win viewers back.

He said: “I don’t think it went drastically well. They should reinvent it a little more ruthlessly. There must be another way of making a car show.”

Matt LeBlanc Top Gear teaser trailer (Supplied by WENN)

And he insists he’ll only keep watching if it improves.

He told Event magazine: “I’d like Top Gear to do well, because I’d like to be able to watch it.”