Well, this is something I’ve been looking forward to sharing! 🎬

The secret’s finally out! I had the privilege of sharing screen time with Richard Hammond himself, while the Mitsuoka got some well-deserved attention at The Smallest Cog!

Here’s a little clip from the show. The new series is out now on Discovery+ and Quest, and I highly recommend giving it a watch to see the fantastic work they’ve done on the Mitsuoka, alongside some of the other brilliant projects that have rolled through the workshop doors. 🙌

The Telegraph did a wide-ranging interview with Richard Hammond, who has a new series of his Workshop show now available. Here’s how he says life is going for him so far:

“Yeah, quite a lot’s happened,” he concedes today, “but they’re the things that happen to people in their 50s, aren’t they? I think we are designed to deal with those things. And coming in here, there’s an air of optimism around the workshop now.”

(Usual disclaimers apply.)

He speaks for all of us. No one is watching to see a celebrity bop on track, we’re here for the racing not this celeb talk show

Tried to find original raw clip but it's removed by sky sports

For what it’s worth, if Jeremy Clarkson and Andy Wilman ever decide to a weekly podcast with their F1 analyses, I would subscribe to it.

No idea if these pictures were taken before or after Clarkson made his comments on Sky Sports F1 yesterday, but it appears that they all had a good time. 🙂

I was looking on james engelsmans insta story today which came across this image of him, thomas holland and francis bourgeois sat in a restaurant in toronto which means could the next season be more focused filming in canada rather than the UK?

Francis Bourgeois went on the Fuelling Around podcast earlier this month to discuss how he secured the hosting gig for The Grand Tour. Full disclosure, one of the podcast hosts (Vicki Butler-Henderson) is married to Phil Churchward, The Grand Tour’s executive producer and director. Enjoy!

From video description: “The Grand Tour presenter and social media star Francis Bourgeois, is the latest guest on this brand-new series of our award-winning podcast Fuelling Around. 

“The 26-year-old who's best known for his love of trains, sat down with hosts Vicki Butler-Henderson and Dave Vitty to discuss his love of four-wheels, car spotting as a child, and his new dream job that sees him following in the footsteps of Clarkson, Hammond and May!”

Looks like someone managed to create an article about Jeremy Clarkson’s appearance on Sky Sports F1. I couldn’t find the whole video online due to broadcast rights restrictions (his appearance can be found in the US GP Qualifying feed from Sky Sports on Apple TV for those based in the United States), but this article did have the relevant quotes.

(By the way, that’s the original headline from the article.)

“Franco’s got a grid penalty for being Argentinian. Probably. Well, I’d give him one for that. But anyway, that’s just because of what happened when we went there,” the 66-year-old Briton said. 

Jeremy Clarkson does his best to stimulate the economy in his part of the UK through his business operations, yet he continues to run into his old enemy, the council. He also has to deal with public input, which the council takes into account in whether his projects ultimately get approved or rejected. Here's a preview:

"There’s no doubt that the planning system in this country is broken, and I suspect it’s because far too many people are invited to have an opinion on each application. When we wanted the restaurant, we even had to ask the police what they thought. And then you have to ask the Environment Agency and Historic England and Natural England and the parish council and your local water company and the highways department and the county council and they’re all going to chime in, because if they don’t, they’re admitting their jobs are pointless."

(Usual disclaimers apply as always.)

It's quite fitting that Jeremy Clarkson is reviewing the Corvette, especially since he's in Texas to observe the F1 at the United States Grand Prix. He submitted that review before going there. Here's a preview:

"...I noticed something interesting: the engine is not turbocharged and nor is it fitted with any sort of electrical assistance. It’s just a good old-fashioned, flat-plane crank 5.5-litre V8. The sort of power unit Lando Norris wants to see back in Formula 1. The sort of power unit I thought had gone for good."

(Clarkson's car reviews also get the usual disclaimers.)

This is just a short clip from Sky Sports on Twitter/X, but he’s currently in Austin, Texas to watch the F1. He was on the broadcast for about 10 minutes.

>! So the golden rule is to ride a motorcycle 👍!<

I finally got a pen that allows pressure settings again and that’s a big game changer for me! To commemorate, I had a go at drawing everybody including the new presenters as some people have asked to see them in my style. You may be able to tell, I had a lot of trouble drawing the Throttle House boys. I also think it’s funny how Thomas and James are closer in height to Richard than to James and Jeremy, but for the sake of comedy nobody can be Richard’s size but Richard.

miss them so much