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Top Gear host Chris Evans seemed to get CAR SICK as the star had to hop out at the side of the racetrack during filming.

The show's incoming presenter - who replaces previous presenter Jeremy Clarkson - went for a spin in an Audi R8 V10 with co-star Sabine Schmitz and it seems it was a stomach churning experience.

Chris was the passenger as the German racing driver raced round the track in Monterey, California before she had to come to a sudden stop and let the Radio 2 DJ hop out.

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The queasy star was spotted hunched over with a bottle of water in his jeans, leather jacket and white helmet as he retched and tried to recover.

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A source told The Sun: "It would be unfair to expect him to be perfect right from the world 'go'. But how can someone who gets car sick possibly host Top Gear?"

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The pictures come after Chris revealed the atmosphere in the Top Gear offices as "apocalyptic" when he took over from sacked Jeremy Clarkson .

The 49-year-old presenter became lead host when Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and several senior production staff left the BBC motoring programme back in March.

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Evans told The Sunday Telegraph that there was 'no denying' how good the show was.

He said: "It was brilliant, there was no denying it. If the old show had never been taken off I'd still be watching it."

A rep for the BBC declined to comment.