Jeremy Clarkson exit not fatal to ‘Top Gear’, says Chris Evans

Axing Jeremy Clarkson as host of Top Gear is not a “fatal blow” for the show, Chris Evans has said, as he again ruled himself out from taking over.

The BBC Radio 2 DJ, who remains among bookmakers’ favourites to take Clarkson’s place on the show despite his repeated denials, hit back at suggestions that the hit BBC2 motoring show would need to be “reinvented”.

And he added rumours that co-hosts James May and Richard Hammond were also considering their positions were wrong, backing the pair to keep the series going.