James May reveals what relationship with Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond is like now they’ve stopped working together

James May has spoken out about what his relationship with Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond is like now that their working relationship has come to an end.

With The Grand Tour wrapping earlier this year, and Top Gear with that trio a thing of the relevant distant past, the three car boffins have said their professional goodbyes in what was an incredibly emotional moment of 2024 television.

May has since turned his attention to a new TV show dubbed James May and The Dull Men's Club, and Clarkson has been busy filming antics at his Diddly Squat Farm and The Farmer's Dog pub.

And Hammond? He's running his restoration company, The Smallest Cog, while still appearing regularly on the trio's YouTube channel, DriveTribe.

Given many fans see them as the bestest of friends, the future will obviously look different.

Addressing how their relationship will now look with filming and doing press no longer a requirement that brings them together, May said: "I’ve spoken to them a few times and I suspect we’ll go out for a beer somewhere.

"Just because we can, not because we have to come up with some gags, plan a road trip or choose some cars, but for the hell of it.

"It’d be quite interesting."

The trio (Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty Images)

In a press event for the final ever episode of The Grand Tour, Clarkson revealed that he will miss certain things about his two former colleagues more than anything else.

"Honestly, I could make some facetious remark about how we don’t like each other, but the truth of the matter is we do," he said.

“Hammond has got one of the sharpest wits of anyone you’d ever meet. He’s an unbelievably funny guy, he really is.

"James knows how steam engines work. James is a remarkable character because he sort of never really got what The Grand Tour or Top Gear was about, and yet he fitted in incredibly well.

“He was a great person to work with and god we’ve had some laughs. I mean proper laughs mainly at Hammond’s expense but also with Hammond. He’s properly funny that guy, he really is."

Clarkson, May, and Hammond have said goodbye to their working relationship (Ian West/PA Wire)

As for what the future looks like for May, he's said his time in TV is likely to be a short-term thing.

"You've got to bear in mind that I’m now 61, so despite what the government is doing to the retirement age and I ought to be thinking a bit about winding down and indulging myself," he told LADbible.

“I suspect it won't be that long to be honest. Because I think TV tends to retire you and not the other way around, but that's okay.

"I have had a very, very decent run at it, much longer than I thought I would, so the important thing to do is to be is to be grateful for it. And I'm in the lucky position of being able to indulge my hobbies and interests."