Top Gear Presenters Reveal ALL In First Interview Ahead Of The New Series

The new presenters of BBC’s Top Gear have given their first interviews ahead of the new series in May.

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Chris Evans, Matt Le Blanc, Eddie Jordan, Sabine Schmitz, Rory Reid and Chris Harris answered questions on their new ‘Mastermind’ subject: Vehicles.

When asked about the ‘drive of their lives’, Matt Le Blanc highlighted: “Going through the Alps on a motorcycle with my wife on the back on our honeymoon.”

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Nothing quite like riding off into the sunset!

He then added: “We only crashed once, so all in all it was a great ride.”

In the interview with Top Gear magazine, the former Friends star ranked the My GT2 RS Porsche at the top of his ‘best cars’ list but he still didn’t think that he would be a match for The Stig on the track.

Chris Evans ruled himself and Eddie Jordan out on being the fastest, while Chris Harris thought that Evans could take the trophy – so it really could be anyone’s game!

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While on the subject, the presenters revealed the fastest speeds they have reached in a car.

Evans clocked in at more than 200mph in a McLaren 675LT when filming Top Gear and Schmitz reportedly went a hair-raising 218mph on a motorway in Germany.

Harris seemed to pip them all to the post by achieving 227mph in a Veyron near Karlsruhe.

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Journalist Harris recalled: He recalled: “When I took the car back to Bugatti next morning they’d been tracking me real-time - ‘So you went quite fast last night?’ 'Errr …“

The Stig better watch his back!

BBC’s Top Gear Magazine goes on sale from February 25th.