Tiff Needell said Top Gear put 'non-racing drivers into racing situations' (Alamy)Marc Wainwright Photography As BBC “rested” Top Gear for the foreseeable future after the Freddie Flintoff crash, former presenter Tiff Needell has reflected on the legacy it leaves behind and how the show changed over the years where they “got non-racing drivers to go into racing situations”. Former Formula One racing driver Needell — who absolutely loved his time presenting on Top Gear — admitted he would have re
He had to bend to the producers to act a certain way. In his various youtube channels it was just Chris and Neil, a car, a track and some tires.
On TG he had a script, and was paid to stick to it. Admittedly it came across as … not genuine? Forced? Matt Leblanc was way better with the script for example but for those who knew Chris’ dry, often dark and sardonic humour, the chipper-chap character the producers forced him into felt disingenuous