New Top Gear presenter Chris Evans has hinted TT hero Guy Martin is in the running to join the show.
The popular broadcaster has also told how he will be looking to audition ordinary members of the public for the car-madshow.
And perhaps the strongest hint yet appeared yesterday afternoon (Thursday) when a message appeared on the
@guymartinracing Twitter account saying: ‘I’ve got 2 admit I do have an extra job in the offing, driving something pretty trick it was too hard to turn down.’
Since ginger-haired BBC Radio 2 breakfast show host Evans was named as former island resident Jeremy Clarkson’s successor, there has been a great deal of speculation about who will join him.
Model Jodie Kidd has been tipped to be a presenter.
And some bookmakers have the Isle of Man TT race ace and popular character Guy Martin as the favourite male candidate to join the hit show.
And on his Radio 2 show yesterday morning (Thursday), Evans did little to dampen the speculation.
And acknowledging how well-loved Guy Martin is, Evans said: ‘The thing about Guy is, does he want to do it?’
Guy has previously appeared on Evans’ breakfast show and when asked earlier this year about speculation linking him to Top Gear, he said: ‘Never say never.’
Guy’s autobiography continues to be in the best-seller’s list more than a year after it first came out.
Meanwhile Chris Evans has also announced he will be looking to audition members of the public to join his new team to host the show.
The presenter says the only criterion is to have a ‘real appetite’ for cars. He told viewers on BBC1’s One Show on Wednesday: ‘Male, female, old, young, it doesn’t matter.
‘The one thing that does matter is you’ve got to have a real appetite for cars, and you’ve got to know something about cars. You can be a mechanic, you can be an amateur racing car driver, you can be a guy who’s a fireman but who’s been building his own Land Rover in his garage, but you’ve got to know about cars.’