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 success in F1 during the team's existence from 1991 and 2006 - has most recently been seen as part of BBC's line up for its F1 coverage after it took over from IT🌊V in 2009.

However, with the BBC losing the TV rights to F1, Joꦬrdan has opted to stick with the corporat🍌ion 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 assau😼lting a crew member. His exit would also prompt fellow presenters Richard Hammond and James May to leave too.

"I have such enormous respect for all my fel💖low presenters and I politely ask 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, the show 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 r🦄ole.

Clarkson, Hammoond and May will now lau⭕nch their own rival show on🏅 the Amazon Prime streaming service.