Top Gear is back and while many people may be disappointed that it's the same old Top Gear I for one am over the moon that it's back to being the same old Top Gear

We had a brief chance to ask Top Gear's Freddy Flintoff some questions, and with the new season in the rearview mirror here’s what he had to say.

Here’s part three of our lengthy interview with two-thirds of the Top Gear trio who’ve injected a sense of energy and charm back into the show.

Here’s part two of our lengthy interview with two thirds of the Top Gear trio who’ve injected a sense of energy and charm back into the show.

It’s a chilly morning in London, my South African is showing as I wonder if four layers of clothing will be enough for the cold and I’ve got a mission in front of me: Grill Chris Harris and Paddy McGuiness on the new season of Top Gear and find out just what fans can expect from the show. Having recently …

After proving that the back to basics approach of series 27 was no fluke, series 28 is doubling down on that theme thanks to the chemistry of its three main stars: Chris Harris, Paddy McGuinness and Freddie Flinthoff. Two thirds of the team were present for the premiere of the series 28’s first episode, which features Flinthoff taking on a challenge that would give James Bond a license to ill.

We recently had a chance to chat to Top Gear;s Freddie Flintoff, fresh off of filming series 27 and deep in production on the next season. We had questions for him, he had answers for us on everything from the most beautiful filming spots in the world to Top Gear almost losing a host in a morbid but hilarious manner. Here’s what he had to say.

Top Gear’s roster of hosts might change, there may be a new fastest car around the track on any given day of the week and the show may change with the times, but there’ll always be one constant: The Stig. Some say that his nipples are shaped like the Nurburgring and that his sweat can clean precious metals, but all we know is that Top Gear’s resident racing driver is Top Gear at its best: Focused, able to throw a million Rand's worth of car around a corner with reckless abandon and able to say a thousand words without ever opening his mouth.