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Jeremy Clarkson makes offer to Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris and Max Verstappen after F1 driver spins out

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Updated 15:10 17 Mar 2025 GMTPublished 15:11 17 Mar 2025 GMT

Jeremy Clarkson makes offer to Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris and Max Verstappen after F1 driver spins out

Could we soon see Hamilton and Verstappen down at Diddly Squat Farm with Clarkson himself?

Tom Earnshaw

Tom Earnshaw

Jeremy Clarkson isn't ever too far away from Formula One chatter - especially when a new season kicks off.

And the 2025 F1 calendar is no different, with the former The Grand Tour presenter taking to social media to make a rather bespoke offer to the likes of Lewis Hamilton, race winner Lando Norris, and others after one particular incident that took place on the track during the opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday (16 March).

McLaren's Norris beat defending champion Max Verstappen, driving for Red Bull, in a close finish with the Dutchman hot on the heels of the British driver looking to land his first F1 title. It puts Norris top of the leaderboard after one week, and is the first time in more than 1,000 days that Verstappen has not been at the top looking down.

Not a great end to Piastri's race (Quinn Rooney - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images)
Not a great end to Piastri's race (Quinn Rooney - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images)

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George Russell finished off the podium in a strong start with Mercedes, while Lewis Hamilton had a disappointing debut for Ferrari, coming in at 10th place.

Having got up to watch the race live, Clarkson took to social media to make a unique offer to every driver following antics from Norris' McLaren teammate, Oscar Piastri.

See, the problem for Piastri was that despite qualifying second on the grid behind Norris, the wet weather got the better of him.

Yep, he span out and ended up in the grass. And unable to get traction to go move forward and get back on to the track, it looked like race over for once second.

Oscar Piastri down at Diddly Squat Farm with Jeremy Clarkson and Kaleb Cooper (Instagram / jeremyclarkson1)
Oscar Piastri down at Diddly Squat Farm with Jeremy Clarkson and Kaleb Cooper (Instagram / jeremyclarkson1)

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That was until he reversed slowly back on to the track after putting all the revs he had in to the backwards gear; a gear that is very rarely used by F1 drivers and only really there to satisfy regulations saying they must have a reverse gear.

Clarkson being Clarkson, he took the opportunity to blow smoke up his own rear end.

"F1 drivers: If you want to learn how to reverse off road, give me a call," Clarkson took to X (formerly Twitter) to say.

"It certainly helped Oscar Piastri today."

That's because during the end of the 2024 season, he visited Diddly Squat Farm - the base of operations for all things Clarkson's Farm - and took part in a reversing task with a tractor and trailer.

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Piastri shows the evidence of his work down at Diddly Squat (Instagram / oscarpiastri)
Piastri shows the evidence of his work down at Diddly Squat (Instagram / oscarpiastri)

On his reversing during the race, Piastri paid tribute to the 'training' he had with Clarkson and his team.

"I just was trying to stay in the race," he said. "Tried to go forwards and couldn’t, so good thing I spent some time in the off-season trying to learn how to reverse a tractor on Jeremy Clarkson’s farm, I think it came in handy today."

Piastri later took to his Instagram Stories to prove his efforts down at Diddly Squat, with him sat in the driver's seat of said tractor and trailer slowly reversing it to where it needed to be.

So, could we really see the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen or Lando Norris down at Diddly Squat Farm some time soon?

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We wouldn't put it past them, given how big of a show Clarkson's Farm is and how much former Top Gear man Jezza loves his cars and racing.

Featured Image Credit: Peter Fox - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images

Topics: Jeremy Clarkson, Clarkson's Farm, Lewis Hamilton, Formula 1, Sport, Driving, Cars, Entertainment, TV

Tom Earnshaw
Tom Earnshaw

Tom joined LADbible Group in 2024, currently working as SEO Lead across all brands including LADbible, UNILAD, SPORTbible, Tyla, UNILAD Tech, and GAMINGbible. He moved to the company from Reach plc where he enjoyed spells as a content editor and senior reporter for one of the country's most-read local news brands, LancsLive. When he's not in work, Tom spends his adult life as a suffering Manchester United supporter after a childhood filled with trebles and Premier League titles. You can't have it all forever, I suppose.

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