Mat Leblanc Top Gear

The next series of top gear matt s last promises to be something very special and we have great plans to welcome a new co host to join the team for 2019 and beyond leblanc s last series will.

Mat leblanc top gear. The friends and episodes star began presenting the bbc two show alongside chris evans in 2016. Given that matt leblanc is an american actor best known for his role in the long running sitcom the choice to bring him on to the top gear team might have come as a surprise to many. Ladies and gentlemen please be upstanding for your new top gear host mr matt leblanc yes the fastest ever star in a reasonably priced car he famously set an as yet unbeaten lap time of 1m. To celebrate the announcement that iconic american actor matt leblanc has today been revealed as one of the new presenters of top gear we re taking you back.

Ahead of the 27th series of its modern day incarnation top gear host chris harris has revealed that former colleague matt leblanc reluctantly walked away from the show. Lapping at 1 42 1 he beat the show s previous recordholder rowan atkinson by 0 1 seconds. In february 2012 leblanc appeared in the second episode of the eighteenth series of top gear where he set the fastest lap time in the star in a reasonably priced car segment in a kia cee d. Matt leblanc is to leave top gear after the next series.

However if we take a closer look its easy to see why the bbc wanted to bring him on. The friends icon joined the bbc motoring show ahead of its 23rd series co hosting with broadcaster chris evans at first before going on to helm three more series alongside. Chris evans to be new top gear presenter.