R.I.P. Top Gear

That article posted by TtT speculates that Clarkson may have a non-compete clause in his contract, so that might not be possible at this time. If Clarkson has non-compete language in his deal, I would expect Hammond and May would have similar language.

 

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I don't think Clarkson was fired, his contract was not renewed.

 

Can a clause from a contract that expired be enforced?

 

Yes. In fact, that's exactly how a non-compete clause is intended to work. It prevents the employee from working for a competitor AFTER the contract ends and the employee is no longer working for the employer.

 

There was a fresh round of rumors o FB recently about Hammond and May turning down BBC2 and pursuing a Netflix deal with Clarkson.

Please let this come true.

Please.

 

The three of them are up to something this week, from their twitter posts

 

We'll see how it goes.

 

...or the other two are having some fun trolling Clarkson.

 

All three tweets made within less than a minute of each other. Seems unlikely Jezza made a serious tweet and both Hammond and May came up with such a similar troll response within a few seconds. More likely they were all together and decided to send the tweets.

 

I'll be deleting the season pass after the 28-June show.

 

Did the planned speed challenge between the LaFerrari, the 918 Spyder, and the P1 ever get filmed? Last I remember the manufacturers had all agreed on terms and the only thing holding it up was Porsche providing a car.

 

That's about the best outcome I can think of.

It's funny that they chose someone who also has a controversial past with the BBC

 

Chris who?

 

That's the one thing I was most looking forward to for Series 22. Bummed that it never happened.

IIRC, there was an episode a few years back where May went to Chris Evans' house and borrowed Evans' vintage 60s Ferarri convertible for the day.