You’re now looking at the site and forums on the new webserver. The OS change on the database server hasn’t taken place yet, so for the moment the database is on this server as well, but at some point it will be moved back onto it’s sister server so that we can handle the increased load when Top Gear returns.

Anyway, thanks for sticking with us during the downtime and while we finish up the move.

A kickass and really powerful new webserver will be installed on the 26th and the database server will also be taken down for some work then, so don’t be worried when we go down for a couple hours sometime on the 26th.

EDIT: Sorry to everyone for the lack of downtime that day, we had a few issues with the server preventing us from installing it. We are in the process of reloading and configuring the system, so it is on target to be installed tomorrow, the 30th. ~Quiky

Richard won’t be on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross until tomorrow, but BBC News has a preview up now. I’ve taken the liberty of ripping it and uploading it to YouTube for you all:

Mininova has pruned a lot of torrents, so if you go and try to download one and you get a “Torrent does not exist” message, please click the “Click here to report a broken download link” link on the episode’s page here to let me know that I need to reupload it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/richard_hammond_thanks.shtml

Hammond says thanks

After the accident you flooded us with messages of support and in some cases, offered body parts (including a testicle or two), should Richard need them. As it turned out, Richard had no use for an extra testicle (his were unharmed in the crash). He did however appreciate all your messages.

“I’d just like to say a sincere thank you to everyone. If you send a ‘get well soon’ message to someone who’s on the telly, it’s easy to think it doesn’t matter. But it DOES make it difference. When I was in hospital lying there all propped up, the cards and well-wishes I received really did make a huge difference. Thank you again very, very much.”

The last episode of the season is up. Look for Fifth Gear to return sometime near the end of March probably.

EDIT: Mininova seems to have just taken a crap, so here’s a backup link.

EDIT 11:05: Mininova’s back, but they had lost the torrent. Just reuploaded it and fixed the link on our site.

Yeah, this article is a few days old, but I still thought I’d point it out to those of you who haven’t seen it (I forget that not everyone visits our forums).

Richard Hammond celebrated his first day of filming for the new series of Top Gear by attending the TG Cars of the Year Awards last Thursday.

Lego’s Andy Woodman presented Richard with a scale model of the infamous Vampire jet car and a Lego version of the Top Gear studio set, complete with presenters and, of course, a tiny Stig. This followed Richard’s recent announcement that playing with Lego blocks had aided his swift recovery.

More details and pictures at TopGear.com.

It’s now been officially confirmed that Top Gear will be back on January 28th. I can’t wait! Can you? :)

12/15 00:53: We’ve switched to using a different server for hosting the images. All should be well now. ;)

The server we currently are using to serve all of the images located on the site and forums (they are hosted on a separate, high-bandwidth server) is currently overloaded with connections. This is resulting in some broken images.

We are aware of the issue and are currently working on resolving the problem. Please stick with us and thanks for your patience.

Decided to throw up some Top Gear told hold you over. Enjoy.