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Hopefuls have been asked to submit a 30-second video of themselves
Applicants over 17 will be considered from across the world
Role turned Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May into household names

By Simon Cable Showbusiness Correspondent For The Daily Mail

Published: 20:09 EST, 17 July 2015 | Updated: 21:43 EST, 17 July 2015

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The BBC are looking for a new presenter to join Chris Evans on Top Gear

WANTED: a new presenter to join Chris Evans on Top Gear.

Requirements: Must have a thorough knowledge of cars, and, presumably, a cool head without a tendency for violence.

If that sounds like you, then good news – you stand a chance of being selected to star on the revamped version of the BBC2 motoring show.

Hopefuls have been asked to submit a 30-second video of themselves in order to be considered for the role, which helped turn former hosts Jeremy Clarkson, 55, Richard Hammond and James May into household names, not to mention millionaires.

Posted on the programme’s official BBC2 website under the heading ‘Search for a Top Gear Star’, it announces: ‘Chris Evans is looking for potential petrolhead talent to join him on the new series of Top Gear!

‘Do you live, breathe and even eat all things automotive? Can you tell a Maserati from a Mazda by the thrum – or otherwise – of its engine? Do you know more about cars than any sane, balanced human should? Then we want to hear from you!

‘All we want is you, your enthusiasm and what your relationship with cars is. You and you alone to camera. No cars, no stunts, no gimmicks. Being like you think you might be on Top Gear. That’s it.’

The advertisement says that even teenagers will be considered for the role, with the lower limit being 17 years old, while submissions are being accepted from candidates across the world. The closing date for auditions is on Monday.

Evans, 49, was named as Clarkson’s replacement on Top Gear last month. Clarkson’s role on Top Gear ended after he assaulted producer Oisin Tymon earlier this year. May, 52, and Hammond, 45, later said they would not be returning to the show following Clarkson’s departure.

It was last month that Chris Evans revealed he was going to be auditioning for new on-screen talent.

Evans added that there was ‘no guarantee’ that a member of public would form one of the final presenting team, and that it will ‘only happen if there’s anything good.’

The BBC yesterday refused to reveal how many people have so far sent auditions to the programme’s producers.

The new series is scheduled to begin in March or April next year, with model Jodie Kidd and actor Philip Glenister linked to the programme.

Dismissing suggestions that the audition process was a gimmick, Evans told the latest edition of Top Gear magazine: ‘I do not have time in my life for gimmicks anymore, and Top Gear doesn’t need gimmicks.

The role helped turn former hosts Jeremy Clarkson, 55, Richard Hammond and James May into household names, not to mention millionaires

‘The only reason I’m doing these auditions is because that’s how they found James May and Richard Hammond.

‘We know from things that have gone on in the past, whether it’s Opportunity Knocks, New Faces or The Voice or The X Factor, we know that there are some amazing people doing stuff in their bedrooms or in their garages.

‘We’d be stupid not to find those people. You don’t know who you’re going to find. You might find no one.’

Evans said he would not axe popular features on the show such as ‘star in a reasonably priced car’, adding it would be ‘silly to throw the bath out with the bathwater’.