Richard Hammond feels ‘bad’ about James May’s treatment on Top Gear as trio ‘end their partnership’ after 21 years

Richard Hammond has said he feels “bad” about the treatment of James May as their famous trio with Jeremy Clarkson “ends” after 21 years.

Of course, these three stars are best known for presenting Top gear before we get to The big trip.

With the premiere of the final episode of the Prime Video motoring show now behind us, news has emerged that Clarkson, Hammond and May have dissolved their production company.

They collaborated on their series The Big Trip since 2016, presenting Top gear together since 2003.

However, as reported by MailOnline, on June 11 they dissolved their production company W Chump and Sons, which was produced by Andy Wilman.

The group has filed an application with Companies House, the official government body that approves startups and new business ventures, as well as ruling on company dissolutions.

Now, with the production company having departed, this final episode of The Grand Tour may be the last time we see this trio together on screen.

May previously told UNILAD that he thinks they “should call it quits” as a trio, but there could be occasional reunion shows in the future.

Either way, whether you love them or hate them, most of us grew up watching these three guys on TV taking on crazy challenges, talking about cars, and often making fun of each other.

Well, let’s be honest, May actually was the butt of the other two’s jokes at times.

In previous episode Who are we now podcast, Hammond spoke with anxiety disorder expert Josh Fletcher about obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

He admitted that while they were working together he downplayed OCD at May’s expense.

The NHS defines the mental health condition as a condition in which a person has intrusive thoughts and compulsive behaviours.

“We used to – and I feel bad talking to you about it now, Josh, because I’m like, ‘Wait a minute, we were part of this’ – we’re trivializing what is, for some people, a really, really serious condition. We used to go at James with this all the time,” Hammond admitted.

Hammond and Clarkson used to call May “Mr. OCD” Top gearalthough May never said whether he had been diagnosed with the disease.

The star also mentioned a certain joke she played on her co-host.

“If you stand next to James and this watch that I’m wearing has a ring; you know, a little bit on the edge. And if I put it so that it’s not straight up, and he and I were sitting (we had a lot of time sitting in cars and being bored),” he said.

“And I set it up that way on purpose. The only thing is that now I’ve got it out of alignment and it’s kind of annoying me, but then I can straighten it out and I’m happy, so it’s not OCD, right, because it hasn’t triggered any…? I’m not unhappy.”