Top Gear's Matt LeBlanc has admitted that the chemistry between the presenters could "take a while" to reach the heights of their predecessors.

Following the departure of Chris Evans after just one series, LeBlanc will host the revamped BBC show with Chris Harris and Rory Reid.

However, reflecting on Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May's run on the show, the host said (via SNAP.PA): "What people forget is for the three guys that were on the show before us, it took them a while to build up a rapport.

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"This is now the first season for the three of us and it does take a little while.

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He added: "You take the three people, put them together in a room and say, 'It's in your interest to get along', and everyone is open to getting along but it takes a little while to speed up the shorthand.

"But what's great is we are now getting to a point where we are really starting to click. We are having so much fun together!"

LeBlanc and co are set to return to the show in a few weeks' time, and the BBC has already given us a trailer showing the three hosts' sitting uncomfortably through a car insurance interview.

While LeBlanc decided to stick with the show for two new series as he had "such a great time" filming the first series, it was not the case for Evans.

The Friends star previously told Digital Spy that he found out that Evans had quit through the news in the paper like everyone else.

He added of expectations for Top Gear: "I'm excited [for the new series] but the show seems to be surrounded by huge controversy, and I don't really know why. Maybe it's because of the history of the show but boy, being on that show is like being in a fishbowl. Everybody is after you.

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"Everybody is waiting for you to put a foot wrong and that's tough but, you know, I like cars. I know a little bit about cars. I can say some funny things about cars. Hopefully people will watch it."

Top Gear returns on Sunday, March 5 at 8pm on BBC Two.

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