History Characters / TheGrandTour

* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: He communicates with the on-screen presenters mostly through telephone text messages, though he will resort to using the display screens in the studio tent to get their attention.

** Though not as often as his time on Top Gear, his exclamation of "Oh Cock!" when things go wrong.

* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: The presenters invariably refer to him on-camera as "Mister Wilman".

---> "[[IllBeInMyBunk I need some time alone.]]"

* JerkassFacade: All three of them play up the JerkAss angle. In RealLife behind the scenes, however, they're a bit different.

** "POWAAAAAAAAAAAH!" while accelerating.

* TheLancer: To Clarkson

* BerserkButton: He has a deep, passionate hatred for the Nissan Juke. He will gladly let you know about it if he sees you drive one.

The American, also known as Michael "Mike" Skinner is the racing driver for The Grand Tour after the BBC decided they wanted to hold on to the Stig. He only appeared on the show in the first season.

* InsaneTrollLogic: often comes up with theories and conclusions that make ''absolutely'' no sense.

* {{Flanderization}}: Played up more than it was on ''Series/TopGear'', at least in parts of the studio segments. Hammond is excitable, crass and prone to crashing, Clarkson is overconfident but incompetent, and May is old-fashioned, fussy, and easily annoyed.

* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Before each power lap, she says one line (such as "Let's do this" or "Let's see what she's got"), presumably to differentiate herself from [[TopGear The Stig]].

* UniversalDriversLicense: So far, they've driven almost anything they've been put behind the wheel of.

* CausticCritic: Clarkson pulls no punches when it comes to cars (or anything) he reviews, and will call vehicles out on things he finds wrong. He's angered quite a few car companies this way.
** Given that his previous criticism of Tesla caused him to be sued, he had to consult lawyers to talk about the faults of the one he reviews in Season 2. He hates every minute of it.

* InSeriesNickname: Frequently referred to with Hammond as "Pinky and Perky" by May.

The second in command: the youngest, shortest, and second-most obstreperous -- and generally agreed to be the easiest on the eyes. [[note]]He has often been noted for his similarity in appearance to Music/{{Muse}}'s Matt Bellamy, Creator/DavidTennant and [[Creator/LaurelAndHardy Stan Laurel]] [[/note]] Described by the others as the toughest physically but the most fragile emotionally. Tends to be chatty and moody. Given his choice, he generally wants a fast, powerful car, especially those made by Pagani & Porsche but the love of his life is a 1963 Opel Kadett with under 50 hp.

* CatchPhrase and LampshadeHanging:

* MrFanservice: The most conventionally good-looking of the three. Though, as of the Grand Tour, he ''is'' increasing in poundage a little...
* InSeriesNickname: Frequently referred to with Clarkson as "Pinky and Perky" by May.

* RunningGag: [[CaptainCrash If he can drive it, he will crash it.]] In "Enviro-mental", he actually lists all the crashes he's had in Yorkshire alone, culminating in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hammond#Vampire_dragster_crash infamous jet-powered dragster crash.]]
** Becomes HarsherInHindsight after he crashed a Rimac Concept One in the Swiss Alps resulting in him needing to get his knee replaced with a "Swiss Army Knee".

* CatchPhrase: During Celebrity Brain Crash "Does that mean he/she's not coming on?"

* InSeriesNickname: Clarkson has taken to calling him "the old lady."

* [[PutOnABus Put On a Racing Bus]]: The character was retired after Mike Skinner left due to his dissatisfaction with the way the American was written.

* SpeedDemon: Devoted to the principle that power is good and more power is even better, and has a particular fondness for cars like the Bugatti Chiron, which have power-to-weight ratios that are frankly terrifying.

The replacement for The American, since 'The fans hated him', for Season 2.
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: When it was announced they had a new female racing driver, everyone expected someone like frequent collaborator Sabine Schmitz. Unfortunately, due to her commitments to, of all things, Series/TopGear, they had to go with someone else.

* CatchPhrase: "And on that terrible disappointment..."

* TimTaylorTechnology: Devoted to the principle that power is good and more power is even better.

* RunningGag: If he can drive it, he will crash it. In "Enviro-mental", he actually lists all the crashes he's had in Yorkshire alone, culminating in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hammond#Vampire_dragster_crash infamous jet-powered dragster crash.]]

* IconicOutfit: His loud flowery shirts and stripey jumpers, specifically the pink and purple one.

* TheBigGuy: His height, an impressive 196cm (6'5" if you're American) is the frequent butt of jokes, and he often winds up getting stuck with the small cars for comedic purposes. He has trouble fitting through the safety frame of the Aston Martin Vulcan, and he laments being too tall (the other two jokingly add "too fat") to fit behind the wheel of the Ford [=GT40=] that May drove during his Ford vs Ferrari [=LeMans=] segment.
* BriefAccentImitation: Generally of Americans or of Hammond.

* [[PutOnABus Put On a Racing Bus]]: The character was retired after Mike Skinner left due to his dissatisfaction with the way the character was written.

The American, also known as Michael "Mike" Skinner is the racing driver for The Grand Tour after the BBC decided they wanted to hold on to the Stig.

* CaptainPatriotic: Believes all cars made overseas are "communist".
* IconicOutfit: Wears a red, white and blue track suit and a helmet.

[[quoteright:267:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TopGear-ClarksonKoenigseggisseggggnignigsegigisegggg_7533.jpg]][[caption-width-right:267:He's a nice guy...as long as you're not [[BerserkButton Piers Morgan or a TV producer.]] ]]

[[quoteright:270:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TopGear-hammondteethcrop_659.png]][[caption-width-right:270:Continues to be compared to [[Creator/DavidTennant David Tennant]].]]

[[quoteright:242:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TopGear-MayKeyboard_9238.jpg]][[caption-width-right:242:Captain Slow playing a musical instrument [[BaitAndSwitchComment while holding a keyboard]].]]

* MrFanservice: The most conventionally good-looking of the three.

* ForeignCultureFetish: For Germany. Not as potent as Hammond's for the USA but he has shown his interests in Germany more than once. He loves German cars (especially Mercedes), occasionally speaks in GratuitousGerman, likes airships, and has an interest in Germany's WorldWarII military. The only exception to this is [[RantInducingSlight The Nürburgring]].

* DramaticPause: Practically tied with William Shatner as the living personification of this trope.
* InSeriesNickname: Frequently referred to with Hammond as "Pinky and Perky" by May.

* TheBigGuy:
** His height, an impressive 196cm (6'5" if you're American) is the frequent butt of jokes, and he often winds up getting stuck with the small cars for comedic purposes. He has trouble fitting through the safety frame of the Aston Martin Vulcan, and he laments being too tall (the other two jokingly add "too fat") to fit behind the wheel of the Ford [=GT40=] that May drove during his Ford vs Ferrari [=LeMans=] segment.