James May breaks silence on future of BBC’s Top Gear following Freddie Flintoff’s horror car crash

JAMES May has urged the BBC to reboot Top Gear following Freddie Flintoff’s horror crash.

The former presenter, 60, hopes the motoring show, which is on hold following the former cricket star’s accident in December, will go on.

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He said: “Maybe it’ll be another enforced reinvention of Top Gear.

“It happens now and then, and it’s no bad thing.

“That’s a big, difficult question for the BBC.”

James, who quit the show in 2015 to present Grand Tour with Jeremy Clarkson, 63, and Richard Hammond, 53, told City AM Freddie’s accident was “deeply unfortunate”.

He added: “Whether or not it’ll keep going, I don’t know.

“I watched it as a kid so I wouldn’t want it to disappear.”

Freddie, 45, suffered serious facial and rib injuries in the 130mph crash in an open-top three-wheeler car.