Until he actually appears onscreen saying Hello and welcome to Top Gear there is no concrete evidence that he will actually present the show He might die or contract some kind of restrictive illness that prevents him working He might have a major fallout with the producers and resign He might even do a Jeremy and get sacked We simply can not predict the future Until he s definitively on screen he is not yet a presenter and not a minute before And the whole argument about a presenter not having to present to be a presenter is ridiculous By that logic a cyclist doesn t need to cycle a writer doesn t need to write and an actor doesn t need to act OK that last one is open to interpretation but you get my point Of course a presenter has to present to suggest otherwise is madness