Top Gear began in 1977 and became one of the BBC’s biggest hits in the hands of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May in the 2000s.
They were replaced by broadcaster Chris Evans and Friends star Matt LeBlanc, before Flintoff, McGuinness and Harris took over in 2018.
The BBC apologised and paid compensation to Flintoff following his crash.
He has described being dragged face-down underneath the Morgan Super 3 car for about 50 metres. “I thought I was dead,” he told a Disney+ documentary last year.
Paul Rees, a racing driver and expert adviser who was in the car with Flintoff, has sued BBC Studios for up to £150,000 for personal injury. BBC Studios has said: “We dispute this claim and are defending it.”
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