James May lifts lid on Top Gear ending punch and if he still speaks to Jeremy Clarkson

Top Gear trio Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond near the BBC amusement aft an on-set altercation betwixt Jeremy and a shaper caused the palmy epoch of the amusement to end

Top Gear star, James May, reckons his exit from the amusement was avoidable contempt his co-host, Jeremy Clarkso n, punching the programme's producer.

James, Jeremy and Richard Hammond near Top Gear aft an on-set altercation successful 2015 saw the Clarkson's Farm prima punch Oisin Tymon implicit an alleged enactment astir the deficiency of blistery nutrient connected bid aft a agelong day's filming successful Yorkshire.

Following the incident, an probe was launched and Jeremy near the show. Meanwhile, co-stars James and Richard refused to motion caller contracts with the BBC, causing the palmy epoch of the bid to end.

Opening up astir 'punch gate' aft spending a decennary connected Top Gear, James, who continued moving with Jeremy and Richard connected Amazon's Grand Tour successful 2015, said: "I thought it was precise unfortunate and I don't really deliberation our Top Gear had to extremity due to the fact that of it. I deliberation it could person been patched up and enactment down to a spot of precocious accent and flightiness, to beryllium honest."

Speaking to the Sunday Times, helium continued: "It happened. It's regrettable and it's unfortunate, but it didn't request to pb to the illness of thing precise successful."

Despite spending years moving and travelling the world together, Jeremy reportedly banned James from his newly-opened posh boozer successful Oxfordshire. Lifting the lid connected the pair's relationship now, James admits it's not the aforesaid arsenic it erstwhile was.

While insisting helium doesn't privation to spell to the Farmer's Dog due to the fact that it's 80 miles distant from his home, the petrolhead said helium did interaction Jeremy aft his caller bosom onslaught and the brace saw each different astatine a ceremonial not agelong ago.

James shared: "I did really spot him a fewer weeks ago, astatine a funeral, unfortunately, of idiosyncratic we some knew. He seemed each right. We conscionable look older."

The celebrated trio person present ended up successful antithetic places with Jeremy impressing viewers connected Prime Video’s Clarkson’s Farm, James successful James May and the Dull Men, shown connected Discovery+ and Richard connected his car restoration amusement Richard Hammond’s Workshop.

Like James, Richard has besides known Jeremy for years, nevertheless giving an penetration into the pair's relationship, helium joked that helium besides wanted to beryllium banned from the presenter's pub.

Speaking connected The Chris Moyles Show connected Radio X, helium said: "No, I haven’t been yet. I privation to spell and get banned. So I’ve got to summon the vigor to bash that. I don’t deliberation it’ll beryllium that difficult. I deliberation he’s already banned James."

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