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Get rid of the "American"


Please, please, please replace the god awful "American" for the next series. I realize they can't use the stig, but this new guy is a complete dick and irritating as fvck. Get a more professional acting driver for the love of god. If they think this guys quips are funny or something, they aren't. Who's with me on this?

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How about the German girl who raced a transit around the track with Hammond a few years back? Can't remember her name but she was great to watch and I bet she could put some of these cars through their paces.

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That was Sabine Schmitz and she would have been great, having already worked with the three. She is working on Top Gear though.

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I logged in just to say the same thing.

He's an annoying little turd that needs to be scraped from the shoe of TGT.

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I hate how millennials seem to be so offended by any kind of humor. It's like this company is turning into Germany, but without the hard work ethic.

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He himself isn't meant to be funny or likeable, hence Jeremy criticizing every single thing he says, its meant to be a dig at Americans, which for some reason many of us Brits still think is funny.

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The problem with changing the driver is that it invalidates the times.

I mean sure, they've done it with Top Gear but not just after a year.

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amazon is a us firm - but clearly very still inexperienced at broadcasting 0 i cant see how this american appeals to anyone in U'S or Europe - maybe asian markets i dunno.

but all the same i dont watch that segment i play on my phone or something - its yawn inducing - i want a stig (professional) crushing a car around a track

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its yawn inducing - i want a stig (professional) crushing a car around a track


Ok, I dislike the character of "the american" he's just not funny. To say he's a bad driver is false though. He "crushes" the cars around the track. It's yawn inducing because the track doesn't come off as exciting as the old top gear test track.

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I guess lots of comments go against the American, so they started circulating info about contractual obligation to use him. So at least we can see an end to it.

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