THE ORIGINAL Top Gear Stig has spoken out backing Jeremy Clarkson who has been suspended from the show after a ‘fracas’ with a producer.

In a television interview Perry McCarthy, who lives in Mountnessing, said: “This could have been handled behind closed doors.

“It’s a complete overreaction. “I’m completely irritated by the decision to suspend Jeremy and take the show off the air.

“I find it really difficult to associate Top Gear without Jeremy, he brings a show about cars alive.”