Top Gear presenter Chris Evans was seemingly taken ill whilst filming scenes for the long awaited comeback of the motoring show – after suffering from car sickness whilst a passenger in a fast car!

Doesn’t bode very well!

Pictures show the host doubled over at the side of an Audi R8 V10 and The Sun reports that he was retching after apparently finding the speed of the vehicle a little too much.

It had been driven on a track in Monterey, California by his co-host Sabine Schmitz, who was forced to stop and allow Evans to step out of the car.


Evans talking to his co-star Sabine Schmitz, who is a professional racing driver for BMW and Porsche known in her home country of Germany as Queen of the Nurburgring (Picture: FameFlyNet)

The show has already been at the centre of reports, which were denied, that the new presenter, who took over from sacked Jeremy Clarkson, struggled to talk while driving – we can imagine this is made even harder when you’re on the verge of vomiting.



A source said: ‘It would be unfair to expect him to be perfect right from the word go. But how can someone who gets car sick possibly host Top Gear?’

A spokesperson for Top Gear declined to comment when approached by Metro.co.uk.

The revamped series is expected to return later this year and will be in competition with Clarkson’s Amazon Prime show. At the moment, Evans’ predecessor may not be TOO worried…

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