‘You are allowed to kick him in the throat’: Top Gear's James May and Richard Hammond rib journalist after question about future

Both men indicated last week that they would not be returning to the show without Jeremy Clarkson

Hammond and May ridiculed the journalist for asking about their futures at the Motorbike show (Ruptly)

With the future of Top Gear still unknown following the sacking of former host Jeremy Clarkson, fellow presenters James May and Richard Hammond have been exploring alternative career options after signalling their intentions not to return to the show last week.

Following the recent release of YouTube videos that show Hammond herding sheep and May instructing internet users on how to make the perfect shepherd’s pie, this weekend saw the pair attempting to sell classic motorbikes at the Carole Nash International Classic MotorCycle Show in Staffordshire.

Before turning to Hammond and saying, “Right, you are allowed to kick him in the throat now that was the deal.”

The pair continued to rib the journalist, and responded sarcastically after he asked a question about their fellow presenter and long-term friend Jeremy Clarkson.

May said that Clarkson had “lost his paper round, while suggesting that he had “lost his job in the pub”.

Hammond added: "I messed up the till in the shop that I work in which means I don't have a job anymore."

The two men were at the 37th Carole Nash International Classic MotorCycle Show to sell motorcycles from their own collections, with May putting eight up for auction and Hammond offering four.

The pair managed to sell everything, with one of Hammond’s bikes being bought for over £15,000.

Neither one of the men’s exits from the show has been confirmed yet by the BBC, and a representative of May said that conversations regarding Top Gear were “ongoing” and that May continued to be “100 per cent involved in conversations” with the broadcaster.