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‘I was a tear-soaked mess’ — Richard Hammond opens up on his last Top Gear show during new race with James May

Published 07 May 2025
By Will Dron
Epic races were a trademark feature of the Top Gear TV show and now Hammond and May are back with a new challenge.

The Grand Tour finale: The time was right

A poignant and fitting tribute, but there are several moments that suggest this is absolutely the right time to end.
Published 13 September 2024
The final Grand Tour special, called One For The Road, marks the end of a TV era

May: Clarkson and Hammond partnership 'had to end'

The final Grand Tour special, called One For The Road, marks the end of a TV era.
Published 11 September 2024

Watch penultimate Grand Tour episode trailer

Clarkson, Hammond and May head to north-west Africa in luxury convertibles, battling the Sahara Desert, minefields and more in special episode.
Published 07 February 2024
James May and Jeremy Clarkson in The Grand Tour's A Scandi Flick

Clarkson and May on 'Scandi Flick' crash

Jeremy Clarkson and James May have opened up about the latter's horror crash into a rock face while recording a new film, dubbed "A Scandi Flick"
Published 11 September 2022
James May to host virtual pub quiz tomorrow evening

James May has an e-scooter

James May has been breaking the law by riding his electric scooter on the road, on footpaths and in cycle lanes.
Published 14 June 2022
Drivetribe website closing down

DriveTribe is shutting down

DriveTribe, the automotive website founded by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, is to shut down at the end of January.
Published 12 January 2022
The Grand Tour presents: Lochdown

The Grand Tour hits Scotland in new trailer

Scotland is the destination for the latest The Grand Tour adventure starring Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond.
Published 15 July 2021
James May is selling his Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car

James May is selling his Toyota Mirai

James May has revealed that he is getting rid of his Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car.
Published 08 March 2021
James May has written a hydrogen manifesto instead of reviewing his Toyota Mirai

James May on battery vs hydrogen electric cars

Grand Tour host James May has written about his love of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) in a piece for the Sunday Times Magazine. 
Published 28 February 2021
Madagascar special was The Grand Tour's "toughest trip yet", says Jeremy Clarkson

Clarkson: Madagascar special 'toughest trip yet'

Jeremy Clarkson has said that the upcoming Grand Tour Special set in Madagascar was the most difficult trip he has filmed for the show.
Published 06 December 2020
Grand Tour Madagascar special release date revealed

New Grand Tour special release date revealed

The release date for The Grand Tour Madagascar special has been revealed.
Published 18 November 2020
James May: Yellow Ferraris are still cool, right?

James May: Yellow Ferraris are still cool, right?

The F8 is the ninth in Ferrari's series of two-seater V8s, which have always looked best in yellow, says James May.
Published 16 August 2020