British TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has explained why “The Grand Tour”, the motoring show he created with his former BBC colleagues Richard Hammond and James May, will no longer continue, Variety magazine reports.

In November of last year, Clarkson confirmed information that initially appeared in the trade press that The Grand Tour, a show that airs on Amazon Prime, will not have a new season.

“It was a full day. Completed Grand tour after next year, but [vor fi] much more Clarkson Farm“, he wrote on Instagram on November 30, referring to his other show on Amazon Prime.

Clarkson has now opened up more about the decision, which disappointed fans, in an interview with The London Times, saying she felt too “fat” and “old” to continue, especially as she had done everything she needed to do in the field . emissions autp.

He told The Times that doing such a show is “extremely physically demanding, especially when you’re out of shape and fat and old like I am”.

Jeremy Clarkson compares electric cars to a microwave oven

Clarkson also said he felt he had done “everything you can do with a car” with Hammond and May, the presenters he started working with at the BBC for the show Higher gear.

“I’ve driven cars at higher altitudes than anyone else and further north than anyone else. I have done everything that can be done with the car. When we had meetings to discuss what to do next, people just shrugged their shoulders,” he said.

He also reported that James May believes that, on the contrary, it has never been a more exciting time” for the car business. “He’s probably right, but I don’t think it would make for an interesting TV show,” Clarkson explained.

“An electric car is no different from a refrigerator or a microwave oven. There is no glamor or excitement,” he concluded in characteristic style.

The big tourIt premiered in 2016, a year after Clarkson was sacked by the BBC and the other two Top Gear presenters also left the show in solidarity with their colleague. The show, created for the streaming platform, largely repeated the established format of Top Gear, while the BBC show continued with a new team of presenters.

Although the new show has already ended, Amazon Prime plans to release two more special episodes The big tourone next month and one shot in Zimbabwe later this year.