THE ORIGINAL Grand Tour hosts reunited as Jeremy Clarkson and his co presenters passed the baton to the new trio for the revamped show.
Jeremy, Richard Hammond and James May have taken a back seat and been replaced for the new series which hits Amazon Prime on Friday.
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The former Top Gear favourites took a selfie with Francis Bourgeois, Thomas Holland and James Englesman.
Sun columnist Jeremy, who took last night’s picture, wrote on Instagram: “Grand Tour handover. Good luck guys. #amazonshitcarshow returns.”
Fans flocked to comment and one wrote: “Looking forward to watching the new show!”
Another added: “Can’t wait! People bashing it don’t know until theyve watched it.
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“Love how each of them is standing by the person they’re supposed to represent.”
While a third wrote: “I’m excited for the new trio. They didn’t pick random celebs, they picked genuine car Enthusiasts.
“Throttle houses youtube channel is fantastic and Francis is odd as hell and super interesting.”
Jeremy has given the new hosts of The Grand Tour his blessing – but won’t be returning the show’s famous giant tent that now sits in the grounds of his Farmer’s Dog pub.
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After taking on board the advice of the Clarkson’s Farm favourite, Prime bosses chose the three relatively unknown petrolheads to front the show, rather than celebrities.
And Jeremy was happy to give his approval — as long as they “don’t f*** it up”.
In the first episode, the young hosts film a scene where they meet Jezza in his pub and ask for the Grand Tour tent back, which he now uses as a farm shop.
Jeremy jokingly rejects their request in amusing scenes, and the exchange acts as a passing of the baton from the old guard, who will make cameo appearances throughout the series, to the delight of fans.
Jeremy, Richard and James are so in awe of their replacements because they know just as much, if not more, about cars than they do.
Francis is arguably the better known of the new trio due to his trainspotting TikTok videos but as a boy he would carry a notebook and fill it with the names of cars he saw.
This armed him with the facts and stats that so impressed producers.
While Thomas and James have an established on-screen chemistry, having hosted the popular YouTube channel Throttle House for a decade.
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The upcoming six-part series will include TV’s newest petrolhead mates driving across Colorado in a Japanese micro-car, testing out muscle motors in California and also zooming around Malaysia and Angola.
And the new hosts of The Grand Tour are on track to become firm fixtures because The Sun has exclusively revealed that their future has already been sealed.