Jeremy Clarkson Attacks F1 Pinpointing Lewis Hamilton And George Russell Battle At Jeddah

Jeremy Clarkson has hit out at F1 for "boring" factors preventing true racing.

The Grand Tour and Clarkson's Farm presenter, Jeremy Clarkson, has hit out at the F1 after watching the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and being at the season-opening Bahrain GP.  

Clarkson is widely known for speaking his mind and pushing things as close to the line as possible and sometimes going way over the line, such as his infamous column on Meghan Markle. 

Now, the former Top Gear host has hit out at the F1 for "boring" factors preventing the drivers from racing properly. He wrote in his latest column for The Sun:

“We like to think that when the red lights go out at the beginning of a Formula 1 race, every single one of the drivers goes round every corner and down every straight as fast as is humanly and mechanically possible.

“That’s what racing is all about, surely? It seems not.

Clarkson referred to the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix when seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton came up behind his Mercedes teammate George Russell, putting Russell under threat of being told to move over. In order to stay ahead of his teammate, Russell pushed the car more, which the Clarkson's Farm host argued he should have been doing anyway. he continued:

“When Lewis Hamilton came up behind his team-mate, George Russell, in last weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, George solved the problem by driving more quickly.

“Why didn’t he do that in the first place?

“And then you had the Red Bulls. To stop them from doing any racing, each of the drivers was told to do the same speed as one another.

“I know there are boring reasons for this, tyre wear and saving the engine and so on, but I wonder how many people would watch athletics if they thought half the competitors were not going as fast as they could. To prolong the life of their shoes.”