Chris Evans Quit Top Gear After Just Six Episodes

Chris Evans who joined Top Gear alongside Matt Le Blanc and four other hosts after the controversial departure of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, Now on his Twitter he drop the bomb.

Stepping down from Top Gear. Gave it my best shot but sometimes that's not enough. The team are beyond brilliant, I wish them all the best.

— Chris Evans (@achrisevans) July 4, 2016

The Radio Times reports that the BBC will not replace Chris Evans, leaving the five other presenters in place, with LeBlanc stepping into more of a starring role.

The final episode of the latest series was watched live by 1.9 million TV users in the UK – a series low for ratings.

Chris Evans joined the show after Jeremy Clarkson was sacked for punching a producer, with May and Hammond leaving alongside him to start a new show, The Grand Tour, for Amazon.

Top Gear was among the most popular TV programmes in the world, broadcast in over 100 countries but after the departure of the incredible trio Season 26 was seeing the lowest ratings of all times.