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The former presenter of Top Gear, Chris Harris, has claimed that he warned the BBC about serious safety concerns before Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff’s crash in 2022. Speaking to Joe Rogan’s podcast, Harris revealed that he had told the BBC three months before the accident that there could be a “serious injury” or “fatality” if safety standards were not improved. The show is currently on hiatus after Flintoff sustained serious injuries while filming at the show’s track at Dunsfold.
While BBC Studios, the company behind Top Gear, told an independent investigation in 2023 that the show had complied with industry best practice and complied with policies, there were “learnings which would need to be rigorously applied” if Top Gear returned. Harris claimed that while Flintoff and fellow presenter Paddy McGuinness were “brilliant entertainers,” they lacked the experience to make safe decisions about driving.
Harris also described how Flintoff had been driving a three-wheeled supercar at the time of the accident and suggested that the vehicle’s limitations may have been difficult for the former cricketer to navigate. Harris also criticised the production for not involving the most experienced drivers, including himself, in the filming of Flintoff’s drive.
In a statement, BBC Studios reiterated that a Health and Safety production review of Top Gear had found “important learnings” that would be implemented in future productions. Flintoff has since returned to screens in his new BBC series Field of Dreams, where he discussed the anxiety and nightmares that he has experienced following his accident. Harris, meanwhile, is set to present a new road trip series alongside McGuinness for the BBC
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