Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua tukuna e Ronnie O'Sullivan tōna ingoa ki roto i te ranunga hei whakakapi i a Jeremy Clarkson hei kaihautū o Top Gear. E rima nga wa o te toa o te ao snooker e aroha ana ki nga waka, a ka whakaae ia ka 'aroha' ia ki te waiho hei kaiwhakaari o te whakaaturanga BBC. Ko O'Sullivan, e timata ana i tana tukinga tuarua i te Crucible ki a Matthew Stevens i te Rahoroi, i puta hei manuhiri i te whakaaturanga i mua. Kua whakaae a Ronnie O'Sullivan e hiahia ana ia kia noho hei kaihautū o Top Gear. Ko te toa toa o te ao whutupaoro e rima nga wa e rapu ana i tetahi atu taitara i tenei wiki i te Crucible. A, i te pātai mō te whakakapi i a Clarkson, ka mea ia ki The Times: 'Kei te hiahia ahau ki te whai i taua mahi. Engari mēnā kei te rite au ki te mahi, kāore au i te mōhio. Ahakoa ka taea e au te mahi tahi me tētahi atu, ka tino pai ahau ki taua mahi. Kāore au i te mōhio mēnā e whai ana au i ngā tapuwae o Jeremy - Ka tukua e au ki tētahi atu te mahi i tērā, ka whiwhi i te peke, kātahi ka whai ahau i a ia. E aroha ana ahau ki aku waka, ā, koinei te mahi moemoea. Ki taku whakaaro he tino pai a Clarkson. E whakapono ana ahau ka tangohia ia e tētahi atu kamupene pouaka whakaata. He rite tonu ia ki ahau, ki te kore ahau e hiahiatia e tētahi, ka tuwhera tonu tētahi atu tatau. I raru a O'Sullivan ki ona hu i te rauna tuatahi, a ka takaro mo etahi wa i roto i ona hu. I hinga a O'Sullivan i a Craig Steadman 10-3 i te rauna tuatahi, ā, ka tākaro ia ki a Matthew Stevens i te whiringa toa 16 whakamutunga. I puta a O'Sullivan hei manuhiri i te whakaaturanga i te waahanga 'whetu i roto i te motuka utu whaitake'. 'He tino pai te puta ki runga i a Top Gear, ā, koia pea tētahi o ngā rā pai rawa atu i ora ai ahau. Ko te tūmanako ka mahi au i taku whakaaturanga motokā whai muri i tēnei Whakataetae o te Ao.' Kei te rapu a O'Sullivan i tana taitara ao tuaono i tenei tau i te Crucible me te patu i a Craig Steadman 10-3 i te rauna tuatahi.
E mea ana a Ronnie O'Sullivan e hiahia ana ia kia noho hei kaihautū Top Gear hou. E rima nga wa o te toa o te ao snooker he aroha ki nga motuka. Kua puta a O'Sullivan hei manuhiri i te whakaaturanga i mua. Ko te kaitākaro 39-tau te pakeke e tākaro ana ki a Matthew Stevens i te rauna tuarua.