Chris Evans quits Top Gear after one series

Chris Evans has quit Top Gear a day after his first series in charge of the BBC2 motoring show finished with its lowest ratings since 2002.

The Radio 2 breakfast show presenter, who took charge after Jeremy Clarkson was axed last year, said he had given it his best shot but “sometimes that’s not enough”.

The revamped show has been plagued by executive departures and reports of tension on the Top Gear set, not least with Evans’s co-presenter Matt LeBlanc.