Top Gear: Jeremy Clarkson assembling a box hailed as 'more entertaining' than new Chris Evans series

A video of Jeremy Clarkson attempting to assemble a cardboard box has been hailed as more entertaining than the new series of Top Gear.

James May shared a three minute clip of Clarkson attempting the DHL Challenge while being timed by Richard Hammond.

The clip – which sees the former Top Gear host create a ‘landing base’ before running to find a hammer – has been viewed more than 635,000 times and has amassed over 15,000 likes.

Viewers have left a string of positive reviews with many claiming the video has more entertainment value than the new Chris Evans’ fronted motoring show.

One user posted: “I laughed more watching this 3 minute video than I have with the 2 hours I've wasted so far on new Top Gear.”

Another wrote: “When these three blokes are more entertaining while folding a box than the new presenter during your show, you know you've f****d up BBC (sic).”

One pointed out that the video only needs to secure just over two million more views to beat the 2.8 million who tuned in to watch the latest Top Gear episode.

They wrote: “The funny thing is, if this video gets about 3 million views. It has officially had more views than the last episode of 'New' Top Gear.”

The video comes days after the revamped series was dealt another blow when the second episode lost 1.5 million viewers.

The BBC2 show was eclipsed by ITV’s Soccer Aid which attracted 2.7 million viewers and 1.4 million on ITV HD and BBC1’s Antiques Roadshow which was watched by an average of 4.1 million.

Evans branded a focus on viewing figures as 'irrelevant' and criticised the media for 'living in the past'.

He tweeted: “Overnight television viewing figures for Top Gear have never been less relevant. Obviously some newspapers prefer to live in the past.”

The last series of Top Gear - fronted by Clarkson, Hammond and May - bowed out with 5.8 million viewers.

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