Ex-Top Gear presenters Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson and James May are rumoured to be in talks with ITV after leaving the BBC.

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are rumoured to be in talks with ITV for a new motoring show to rival the BBC's Top Gear from which they've been ousted.

The trio were spotted heading to ITV boss Peter Fincham's west London home earlier this week for a secret meeting, the Mirror reported.

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Also present was former Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman, who quit the BBC last month, and ITV entertainment boss Elaine Bedell.

ITV, one of the BBC's biggest competitors, previously dismissed the idea that they had been negotiating with Clarkson over a new show.

However, their position was said to have changed following the departure of Hammond and May from the iconic motoring show.

An ITV spokesman told the Mirror: "We haven't commented, and aren't planning to comment, on the continual Top Gear speculation which is swirling around the television industry."

The speculation has been swirling ever since Clarkson was suspended from the BBC in March following a so-called "fracas" with Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon.

The BBC later announced they would not be renewing Clarkson's contract.