James May

James Daniel May born 16 January 1963 is an English television presenter journalist and writer May is best known as copresenter of the motoring programme Top Gear alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond May has presented a variety of other programmes on themes including science and technology childhood toys cars food and drink and the plight of manliness in modern times In addition he has released a variety of DVDs and books with similar themes and writes a weekly column for The Daily Telegraphs motoring section On Top Gear May has the nickname Captain Slow for his careful driving style a love of small underpowered cars and habit of getting lost and distracted whilst driving In a February 2007 episode of Top Gear he carried out a successful top speed test drive of a Bugatti Veyron at the EhraLessien Volkswagen test track reaching 407 kilometres per hour 253 mph In July 2010 he repeated the attempt in the updated Bugatti Veyron Super Sport reaching the vehicles top speed of 4176 kilometres per hour 2595 mph confirming that it had retaken the title as the fastest road car in production