Me and My Motor: James May on being sacked, and a Ferrari he couldn’t afford

AS ONE of the three presenters who made Top Gear the world’s most popular factual television programme, James May earned the nickname “Captain Slow”. He was the cerebral, bumbling enthusiast who practised “Christian motoring” — driving within the speed limit and letting people out at junctions — the counterweight to Jeremy Clarkson’s laddishness. View the … Continue reading Me and My Motor: James May on being sacked, and a Ferrari he couldn’t afford