Chris Evans’s Top Gear really isn’t getting off to the best start. The first episode has yet to broadcast and already there have been complaints about Matt LeBlanc’s ‘disrespectful’ cenotaph stunt, reports of the hosts’ relationship being heated, and now Evans allegedly swearing at the studio audience.

Filming for the first episode of the newly revamped show took place at Dunsfold Aerodrome on Thursday, with mixed reports coming in soon after.

On the one hand, The Guardian's source reported a positive response from the audience, the pair’s “on-screen banter and one-liners” going “down well”.

However, they also noted Evans only really relaxed in the interview segment of the show and decided to end things with Jeremy Clarkson's famous line "on that bombshell".

Meet the new Top Gear presenters Show all 7 1 /7 Meet the new Top Gear presenters Meet the new Top Gear presenters Chris Evans Chris Evans said of his new Top Gear gang: “We really do have a bit of everything for everyone. A fellow lifelong petrolhead from the other side of the pond in Matt; a fearless speed-demon in the irrepressible and effervescent Sabine; the encyclopedic, funny and wonderfully colourful character that is EJ; Chris, one of the world’s top no-nonsense car reviewers; and Rory, who simply blew me away in his audition and fully deserves his place on the team" Meet the new Top Gear presenters Matt LeBlanc LeBlanc, best known for playing Joey in Friends, set the fastest celebrity lap time in the reasonably priced car on the former Top Gear hosted by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. He recently presented the standalone spin-off Top Gear: The Races, where he reminded fans of the most memorable moments from the past 22 series. He will be Top Gear's first non-British host. 2015 Getty Images Meet the new Top Gear presenters The Stig The Stig, clearly not wanting to be left out of today’s announcement, sent the following reply via electronic communication: “-.-. .... . .-- .. . --..-- / .-- . .----. .-. . / .... --- -- . .-.-.-“ <static text> Meet the new Top Gear presenters Sabine Schmitz Sabine Schmitz is a German racing driver who is already well known to fans of Top Gear. She grew up in her parents’ hotel just 300m from the legendary Nurburgring track and has spent her life surrounded by cars and racing. She became the first woman to win the prestigious Nurburgring 24 hours in 1996 and repeated the feat a year later. Sabine became known as the ‘World’s fastest taxi driver’ by driving passengers around the track in a BMW M5 and has since presented several motoring shows for German TV. She has appeared on Top Gear several times over the years, becoming a firm favourite with viewers. She still races successfully today and runs her own race team Meet the new Top Gear presenters Eddie Jordan Eddie Jordan is an Irish former racing driver, team owner and entrepreneur whom a host of drivers owe their breaks to Eddie as a champion of young talent including Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello and Eddie Irvine. Having suffered a number of major accidents whilst competing in racing himself Eddie retired to set up his Jordan team in 1980. The team went on to be champions in Formula 3 with Johnny Herbert in 1987, Formula 3000 in 1989 with Jean Alesi - and in 1990 Eddie established Jordan Grand Prix and entered Formula 1. He sold Jordan Grand Prix in January 2005 and has since developed a portfolio of business interests as well as presenting the BBC's coverage of Formula 1. He has been inducted into the Irish Motorsport Hall of Fame and in 2012 he was awarded an honorary OBE by Her Majesty The Queen in recognition of his services to charity and motor racing 2015 Getty Images Meet the new Top Gear presenters Rory Reid Rory Reid is an award-winning journalist of eighteen years specialising in cars. Rory has written and presented for the likes of CNET UK, where he launched the company's popular Car Tech channel, receiving a prestigious Association of Online Publishers (AOP) award for ‘Best Use of Video’ in the process. Rory has featured in a number of car-focused television shows and had a starring role in the Gadget Geeks series on Sky 1, where he reviewed cars and consumer tech. He was also a presenter on the hugely successful Fast Furious & Funny YouTube channel. He is editor-in-chief of Recombu, specialising in producing car reviews Meet the new Top Gear presenters Chris Harris Chris Harris is probably best known for his popular YouTube channel, Chris Harris on Cars which he launched in 2014, established with the help longtime friend Neil Carey. It has already amassed over a quarter of a million subscribers and the content has been viewed over 20 million times. Chris began his career in motoring journalism at UK-based Autocar magazine, becoming their official road-test editor. This gave him the opportunity to do some “racing and skidding” before starting a website for fast cars the week Lehman Brothers went under in 2008, which obviously ended badly. He then looked to solve his new found indebtedness at Evo magazine and then became a member of the Pistonheads.com crew, as well as a regular feature on YouTube’s DRIVE channel

The Sun, meanwhile, has reported how Evans grew impatient with the audience, swearing at them, saying: “Don't fold your arms, don't have your hands in your pockets. F***, f***, f***, f***, f***. Don't be quiet. Talk among yourselves. Jesus Christ! Can you all hear me?”

According to both reports, filming took almost four times longer than intended, Evans having previously mocked Clarkson for taking three hours to film Top Gear (the same amount of time he ended up taking).

There was also annoyance on set after Brad Pitt pulled out of his interview, being replaced by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey and Batman v Superman star Jesse Eisenberg.

The BBC's Mark Linsey, Director, issued the statement: "We don't recognise The Sun's account of Top Gear's first studio recording on Thursday. Chris and Matt were consummate, and, clearly much loved, professionals throughout. They both had great chemistry with the audience and we can't wait to share all new Top Gear with viewers come May 29th."

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