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James May will take time out from his Top Gear duties to pop into Canary Wharf to promote his latest book.

The presenter will be signing copies of James May's Man Lab: The Book of Usefulness at Waterstone's in Jubilee Place mall next Tuesday.

With Sebastian Vettel clinching his second successive Formula One title, and seven-time champion Michael Schumacher still racing it's fair to say the Germans know a thing or two about motor racing.

So it comes as no surprise to see a German driver lined up to appear at Top Gear Live at Excel later this month.

See The Wharf's gallery of Top Gear's visit here

Popular BBC show Top Gear swapped the open road for the Wharf estate on Tuesday morning.

Presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May faced a firing squad of mobile phone cameras as they filmed a segment on city cars outside the Jubilee line station.

By Victoria Clayton

After sampling plentiful beers, lagers, and ciders on a TV road trip across Britain and Ireland last summer, double act James May, co-host of BBC 2's Top Gear, and wine expert Oz Clarke decided that tea was the drink that defines modern Britain.

Oz And James Drink To Britain
Oz Clarke and James May
Pavilion Books, £19.99
1/5

"It is the confused offspring of Dorling Kindersley and a teenager's be-doodled chemistry work book."

WHILE JEREMY Clarkson made headlines for a flying visit to Docklands, one of his Top Gear colleagues pitched up for a slightly longer time.

Dubbed “Captain Slow� by his workmates, James May was never likely to beat Clarkson’s alleged 186mph on the Limehouse Link and was stationary for most of his visit to Canary Wharf.

The journalist and TV presenter was signing copies of his book, James May’s Magnificent Machines outside Books etc in Jubilee Place mall.