Eddie Jordan has been confirmed as the latest addition to the new look Top Gear presenting team when it returns in May, alongside 🐲a large line-up including Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc.

The former F1 team boss, Jordan - who guided his eponymous team to sꦿuccess in F1 during the team's existence from 1991 and 2006 - has most recently been seen as part of BBC's line up f💟or its F1 coverage after it took over from ITV in 2009.

However, with the BBC losing the TV rights to F1, Jorda🍒n has opted to stick with the corporation rather than chase a switch to Channel 4 to continue covering the series.

Jordan will join a 🔴substantial line-up for BBC's new Top Gear team, which was forced to sack lead presenter Jeremy Clarkson after he was accused of assaulting a crew memb♌er. His exit would also prompt fellow presenters Richard Hammond and James May to leave too.

"I have such enormous respec🐎t for all my fellow presenters and I politely ask𝐆 that they go easy on these old bones," he said.

He was announced as part of a team that will include journalists Chris Harris and Roy Reid. However, theꦅ ꦡshow itself will be headed up by a team comprising of Friends' star LeBlanc, who was confirmed last week and also radio two presenter Evans, while 'Queen of the Nordscheife' Sabine Schmitz has also been given a role.

Clarkson, Hammoond and May will now launch the💜ir own rival show on the Amazon Prime streaming 🐲service.