Top Gear's new presenter Chris Evans drops hint he may not always have a co-host

Top Gear's Chris Evans drops hint over no co-presenter. Credit: PA

Top Gear is set to return next May with two series made up of eight episodes each, ITV News understands.

The motoring show's new presenter Chris Evans has dropped a hint which suggest that he may not always have co-hosts with him at all times throughout the show.

The old format, which saw Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May front the show, may not always be used in the new show, Evans said.

Speaking at the annual trade show MIPCOM (International Market of Communications Programmes) in Cannes, he added: "They're the Three Stooges, they are the Bee Gees, they are that and I'm not, I'm me. I'm a solo artist at the moment, I'm on my own, so do I form a band or not?"

Evans may go solo. Credit: PA

Earlier this year, Evans called on Top Gear fans to send in short audition clips, with the aim of finding presenters to join him.