article_snippet.sent: Clarkson and Clarkson fellow Top Gear presenters were just about to renew Jeremy Clarkson and his fellow Top Gear presenters lucrative contacts for three more years but Jeremy Clarkson and his fellow Top Gear presenters were scrapped when the star punched show's producer.
article_snippet.sent: Clarkson (right) and Jeremy Clarkson (right)
article_snippet.sent: Top Gear colleagues had been on the brink of a lucrative new contract when Clarkson's infamous 'fracas' led to the offer .
article_snippet.sent: But Clarkson, 55, was sensationally sacked by the BBC last month and Richard Hammond, 45, joined May in confirming he will not return to Top Gear this week.
article_snippet.sent: Writing in a column for the Sunday Times, James May said: 'There we were, all three of we, on the brink of a new three-year contract to make Top Gear, after which we would definitely chuck it in with dignity and hand the reins to a new generation, assuming we were still alive . '
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, Clarkson was seen talking a brand new Ferrari out of a parking ticket for a brand new Ferrari bright green Lamborghini yesterday after leaving his bright green Lamborghini parked on yellow lines in London.
article_snippet.sent: Elsewhere, Hammond told reporters at a charity bike rally that the future will be 'exciting' for The three men, but refused to speculate further on the future of Top Gear.
article_snippet.sent: There is mounting speculation the men are working on a new motoring series to be aired by Netflix, Amazon or another British broadcaster.