'The American' Has Been Dropped By The Grand Tour

As the show's arguably least popular character, and one that managed to rub a lot of people up the wrong way, The American, played by Mike Skinner, has been dropped by The Grand Tour ahead of series 2
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After we got our first – and excellent – trailer for the second series of The Grand Tour last week, we can bring you a second piece of news: The American will not be in it.

Mike Skinner, the NASCAR driver whose impossible task was to follow on from the silent Stig, who is officially the property of the BBC and couldn’t migrate to Amazon with the three stooges Clarkson, Hammond and May, has Tweeted that he won’t be involved in the new series.

His was a divisive character right from the get-go, with a lot of people finding him either not funny, deeply awkward or out of balance with the rest of the show. In some cases, all three.

But Skinner himself says that his character ‘wasn’t developed the way he was told.’ Either way, it didn’t work for us, didn’t work for Americans who didn’t appreciate his stereotyping, and hasn’t worked out for the unfortunate Skinner.

'The American' Has Been Dropped By The Grand Tour

It remains to be seen whether there’s going to be a fast lap section of the show at all, because the Eboladrome, the trio’s test track near Swindon, England, doesn’t feature in the show’s first trailer. We’ll have to wait and see.

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Anonymous

Bring Ben Collins to The Grand Tour!

11/08/2017 - 15:56 |
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Matt Kimberley

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Genuinely not the worst idea.

11/08/2017 - 15:58 |
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Joshua Lue

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Logical decision. It coukd happen because as its Amazon and not the BBC

11/08/2017 - 16:01 |
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Jopel

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Go one better and have Phil Collins

11/08/2017 - 16:02 |
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Anonymous

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He was a member of the fifth gear cast a few years back but i always felt like he just wasn’t a natural presenter, seemed like he liked the charisma of the successful presenters, could have been a good reason why he was silent originally. I feel like there are current talented drivers (touring car drivers etc) who would fill the role and add more personality as well

11/08/2017 - 18:31 |
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Jorge Migguel

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I heard Jenson Button isn’t doing much these days…

11/08/2017 - 18:37 |
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Nishant Dash

Damnit… I found him funny! Way better than the celebrity braincrash sh¡t.

11/08/2017 - 15:56 |
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Well, that was a tough one to call. Let’s hope they ditch the brain crash thing as well. It was a joke aimed at the BBC but it ran its course after the second episode of season one. Felt pained after that.

11/08/2017 - 15:59 |
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Joshua Lue

Yeeee Hawwwww … Oh wait

11/08/2017 - 16:01 |
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i preffered the stig
he was badass and quiet
like a ninja

11/08/2017 - 16:01 |
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German Perfectionist

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I prefered him as well.

11/08/2017 - 16:14 |
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They can’t have it as bbc own the stig

11/08/2017 - 21:23 |
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Anonymous

Yes he was a bit cheesy but this gives NASCAR an even worse name. As a huge NASCAR fan I find this kind of sad.

11/08/2017 - 16:01 |
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KPS Lucky - Inactive

I actually found him very entertaining. I also don’t mind Mike Skinner. I remember watching him race in his NASCAR truck.

11/08/2017 - 16:01 |
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FLixy Madfox

Cmon GT!

11/08/2017 - 16:08 |
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German Perfectionist

The Grand Tour needs a Stig!

11/08/2017 - 16:15 |
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Pierce Tolar

Thank you, no offense to him but thank you.

11/08/2017 - 16:19 |
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Mason Smith 🇺🇸(Mustang Life)(Crowd Killer)

Now they just need to drop celebrity brain crash

11/08/2017 - 16:25 |
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