Isiteshi se-TV ye-BBC savula "imfihlo enkulu kunazo zonke," eyayihlwitha ababukeli kokugcina. Kuleli sonto kuthiwa igama lohlelo lokuxhaswa ngokubambisana kwama-Chris Evans, ngaphambi kwaleyo ekhonjiswe imfihlo eqinile. Babe yinkanyezi yochungechunge oluthi "Abangane", Umlingisi Math Leblan. UMathe uzojoyina uChris Evans kanye ne-STOA vele esendaweni eduduzayo yokudubula. "Njengoba ngijabule kakhulu njengomuntu omkhulu we-TOP Gear Gear's fan, ngijabule kakhulu futhi ngithambekele ekutheni ngingaba yingxenye yesahluko esisha salesi sithonjana sombukiso," kusho uLeben oneminyaka engu-48. Ngesinye isikhathi, wabamba iqhaza kulolu hlelo eJeremy Clarkson, uRichard Hammond noJames Maa esihlokweni esithi "inkanyezi ngemoto yesabelomali", lapho kufakwa khona amarekhodi engxenyeni ethile yomgwaqo eKia Cee'd. Futhi manje sizokwazi ukuthunyelwa eqenjini le-Legendary endaweni yakwamalungelo okuhola.
I-BBC ibiza uLeblan "ukutholwa okugqamile". "Angikwazi ukulinda lapho sibonakala sindawonye ngokusethiwe," kusho uChris Evans. "Ngiyethemba ukuthi singafaka imibono enobuhlanya kakhulu ehlobene nezimoto, esikrinini."