The Grand Tour’s ‘younger & cooler’ new line up revealed after Jeremy Clarkson quit – including HUGE social media star
THE Grand Tour’s replacements for Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May have been revealed by insiders.
Prime Video bosses have turned to petrol-head YouTube stars Thomas Holland and James Engelsman, plus social media sensation Francis Bourgeois.
A source said: “Thomas and James are as knowledgeable about motors as Jeremy, Richard and James — the only difference is they’re younger, cooler and a lot more social media savvy.
“Francis became famous for his love of trainspotting and will be bringing his humour to the show.”
Canadian Thomas and Brit James’ Throttle House brand has 3.2million subscribers.
Biology graduate Thomas launched the channel in 2015 “out of boredom” and fan James joined three years later after meeting in Toronto.
Their videos, including road tests and reviews, regularly get more than 2.5million views.
The Sun revealed London-born Francis, 24, was in talks to join the line-up in March.
His trainspotting videos went viral in 2021 and he has interviewed stars including Jesse Lingard, AJ Tracey, Tom Daley and Louis Theroux.
Francis, real name Luke Magnus Nicolson, has 2.4million followers on Instagram and another 3.3million on TikTok.
Among them are the Prince and Princess of Wales.
Jeremy, Richard and James filmed their final episode last year after six series.
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