Jeremy Clarkson furious at ‘fake’ driving claims

Jeremy Clarkson has dismissed claims that 80% of his driving stunts on ‘Top Gear’ are
fake as ‘rubbish’.

The 51 year-old TV star was furious about recent allegations that most of his high-octane
driving is performed by professional racers, insisting that he carries out all the challenges
on the BBC Two show.

Speaking to The Sun, Clarkson commented: ‘It is complete rubbish. If I say I drove a
Lamborghini and got to 207mph then that’s what I did. I was in the car.

‘I’ll challenge whoever says I wasn’t doing that to come to the track. I’ll stick them in the car
and do it again. But they better bring a sick bag.’

The TV presenter blamed a ‘disgruntled driver’ for the allegations and has threatened legal
action.

He continued: ‘We employ loads and they get fired if they’re not good enough.’

An inside source on ‘Top Gear’ had claimed that professional drivers ‘do the clever stuff on
the track’, with the footage then edited to make it appears as though Clarkson was the one
behind the wheel:

‘These takes are cut in to the presenters’ in-car pieces when the programme goes out to
make it look like Clarkson has been driving all the way through.

‘Pros make it all look more exciting. There are limitations with filming. It’s all done on a
pretty tight time schedule and they need to get the right shots quickly, which is why they
use pros because they can do the stunts in one take.’