Top Gear host feared show 'wouldn't end well' when Freddie Flintoff was made presenter before horror crash - and said putting TV and sports stars in the driving seat 'could be a problem'

An ex-Top Gear host said he feared the show 'wouldn't end well' when TV bosses added TV and sports stars - Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff and Paddy McGuinness - to the roster. Ex-Top Gear host Rory Reid feared the show would not 'end well' when Freddie Flintoff and Paddy McGuinness were announced as hosts Freddie Flintoff on a motorised trike while filming a series of BBC programme Top Gear He confessed he thought it issues would arise as the likes of McGuinness and Flintoff lacked the experience to 'be able to do some of the thing the BBC was asking to do.' He was concerned when BBC added celebrities to the hosting roster as he worried they lacked the driving experience England cricketer and ex-host Flintoff, was badly injured in an accident whilst filming the show at Dunsfold Aerodrome in December 2022, where he flipped a three-wheeled car Flintoff quit Top Gear and reached a £9million settlement with the BBC following the crash. It comes as Top Gear presenter Chris Harris claimed he warned BBC bosses before Freddie Flintoff's high-speed car crash.