The trio presented shows including BBC’s Top Gear and Amazon Prime’s The Grand Tour for 22 years together but called it quits last year.
One last special, The Grand Tour: One For The Road, was released on Prime Video in September which showed the three presenters taking a trip to Zimbabwe and Botswana.
Mr May, Mr Clarkson and Mr Hammond have now all gone their separate ways professionally with Mr Clarkson recently opening a pub in Oxfordshire called The Farmer’s Dog.
After being asked about moving on from his co-stars, 61-year-old Mr May revealed that he is not “mourning” the iconic partnership.
“I think Jeremy, Richard and I gave the format a really good thrashing and now it’s time to let a younger generation have a go,” he explained to The Times.
“There is still so much I’m interested in, things I’ve neglected while rolling my eyes at Jeremy in exotic locations.
“It needs a fresh take because the subject has never been more interesting.
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“The idea was to land the car show format safely and not fly it into a cliff. We only cleared the cliff by a few feet but I think it will survive.”
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