James May drops huge hint at Grand Tour reunion with Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond
Former Top Gear host James May has dropped a huge hint that he could be set to reunite with his Grand Tour co-presenters Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond, after admitting he always wanted to travel to Malaysia, and the Philippines for the Amazon Prime Video show.
James May has dropped a huge hint at a potential Grand Tour reunion alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond.
The 62-year-old TV presenter has sparked speculation the trio could get back together after admitting he always wanted to travel to Malaysia, and the Philippines for the Amazon Prime Video show.
Speaking to the Oxford Mail newspaper, he said: "The one bit we never really went to, and it’s a bit of the world I have never been to, is sort of everything between Southeast Asia and Australia.
"Malaysia, the Philippines and all that sort of whole strip of stuff.
"I've never been to any of that as far as I can remember, and I don't really know anything about it.
"We never came up with a good reason for going there, which is a shame really, because just about everywhere else we went."
James even had an idea for the episode - that the trio could buy the "cheapest car you could locally", because he thinks driving "terrible cars" makes much better TV than "really nice" motors.
He added: "I always wanted to do a trip where we bought the cheapest car you could locally, which is an idea that works everywhere.
"It would work in Britain, it would work in the States, and it would also work in the bits of Africa we went to, as well as Southeast Asia, India, and so on.
"There's always a subculture of incredibly knackered cars that somehow keep going, and they make the best material.
"Driving terrible cars is always much more interesting than driving really nice ones."
May, Clarkson and Hammond bowed out of The Grand Tour in September 2024 with the aptly-titled episode One for the Road, which saw them travel across Zimbabwe in cars they always wanted to own.
It marked the end of a 22-year collaboration between the former Top Gear co-hosts.
