Yeah the Beeb had no choice on this one even if he wasn't already on his last, last, last warning to behave.
Predictions
The BBC will probably keep co-producing the international versions of TG but give the UK version a rest for a few years.
Then maybe they might do a show about cars that can be afforded by more than 1% of the population.
Clarkson, Hammond and May will probably go to ITV, thats usually where BBC talent goes to die.
Or maybe any new show could go straight to Dave in the UK (which basically wall to wall TG most days anyway) and then the international sales could pay for most of the budget.
Interesting to see what will happen.