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Jordan takes on BBC Top Gear role

Eddie Jordan will take on a role with BBC show Top Gear following the end of the broadcaster's F1 coverage.

The BBC has been putting together a new Top Gear team following the departures of the show's previous presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. It has now been confirmed that former F1 team owner Jordan will join main presenter Chris Evans as well as a pool of other contributors made up of Sabine Schmitz, Chris Harris, Matt LeBlanc and Rory Reid.

“I have such enormous respect for all my fellow presenters and I politely ask that they go easy on these old bones,” Jordan told the BBC.

The Irishman had been a pundit on the BBC's coverage since 2009 until the BBC terminated its deal to cover Formula 1 early, with Channel 4 taking over free-to-air rights in the UK in December.

While David Coulthard will be part of the Channel 4 coverage, former presenter Suzi Perry has already confirmed she will not be part of either the F1 coverage or the new Top Gear.

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Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.