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DANIEL Ricciardo would have gone into this weekend's Australian Grand Prix full of confidence after scoring an enormous psychological victory over his major rival Lewis Hamilton.
I speak of course of him recording the fastest-ever lap by an F1 driver in Top Gear's Celebrity in a Reasonably Priced Car segment, knocking Hamilton off the top of the whiteboard.
He was lucky, not only because the conditions were exactly what he said he was hoping for when I interviewed him at an indoor ski centre outside London a few days earlier, but because the show was still going when he climbed into the car.
A few weeks later and he would have been standing there with his helmet in his hands as Top Gear star Jeremy Clarkson was led away in chains.
Clarkson interviews Daniel Ricciardo. Source: DailyTelegraph
Okay, maybe not in chains, but given the reaction here in England to Clarkson's suspension from the show, you'd swear he has been sentenced to the gallows.
At last count the petition to have him reinstated has passed the 750,000 mark and even Prime Minister David Cameron has weighed in, saying he hopes the ultimate motor mouth is back in front of the cameras sooner rather than later.
It's really quite remarkable just what a huge story this is over here.
Every TV news bulletin seems to start and end with updates on the latest Clarksongate development, with snippets about inconsequential things like the latest atrocities in Syria or ructions within the leadership of the European Union squeezed in between.
One day I turned on the telly to see a debate on the issue between a former tabloid newspaper editor and a university lecturer.
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Needless to say, the editor, mindful of what sells newspapers, was very much on Clarkson's side. The professor, not so much.
One commentator summed it up perfectly when he said of Clarkson: "He's a Marmite character — you either love him or hate him". (For those who don't know what Marmite is, just think Vegemite without the flavour.)
Personally, while I wouldn't go so far as to pledge my undying love, I have become rather fond of Clarkson.
He can be quite funny and it's a nice change to listen to someone who doesn't give a toss about political correctness.
Which, of course, is how he gets himself into so much trouble.
People just aren't supposed to say some of the things that Clarkson says — even if they are thinking them.
Jeremy Clarkson after he was suspended by the BBC. Source: AP
They certainly aren't allowed to say them in public, which is probably why they are so pleased that Clarkson says them. Sort of political incorrectness by proxy.
Although, the latest pickle in which Clarkson finds himself has nothing to do with racism, sexism or any of the other isms that have got him into trouble in the past.
This one is over the lack of a hot meal when he returned to his hotel at 9.30pm after a long, tiring day of work.
According to eyewitnesses (a family staying at the same hotel who gave an exclusive interview to a crack investigative reporter) Clarkson abused the producer whose job it was to arrange a feed for the on-camera team, going so far as to threaten to have him fired.
Fancy that. Imagine someone being threatened with the sack for not doing their job.
Honestly, who does Jeremy Clarkson think he is? The BBC's highest paid — and earning — personality who is largely responsible for earning hundreds of millions of dollars for his employers?
Well yes, actually, that's exactly who he is. So I wouldn't be too worried if I was one of those 750,000-plus people who have signed the Save Jeremy petition.
He's survived more of these scrapes than he's had hot dinners and — as long as the ratings stay high — he's still got a few laps in unreasonably priced cars to drive before he hands back his BBC security pass.
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