Celebrity F1 fan Jeremy Clarkson has sparked a mystery by revealing that he likes all \u201cbar one\u201d driver on the F1 2025 grid.<\/p>\n
The television presenter opted against naming the driver in question, only commenting that he was not referring to Mercedes driver George Russell or Lance Stroll, the Aston Martin star.<\/p>\n
Jeremy Clarkson post sparks new F1 mystery with cryptic Dutch GP post<\/p>\n
Clarkson has been a regular face in the paddock over recent years, attending the British Grand Prix at Silverstone for the last three seasons as well as the Bahrain Grand Prix in 2024.<\/p>\n
As reported by PlanetF1.com on Monday<\/a>, the 65-year-old singled out Charles Leclerc, the Ferrari driver, for special praise during last weekend\u2019s Dutch Grand Prix.<\/p>\n After Leclerc overtook Russell with a bold move at the chicane, Clarkson took to social media to describe it as \u201cTHE overtake\u201d of the F1 2025 season and compare Leclerc to Gilles Villeneuve, the late Ferrari icon.<\/p>\n Analysis: Dutch Grand Prix<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49\u00a0Dutch GP conclusions: Piastri breaks Norris\u2019s spirit, unavoidable Hadjar mistake, Hamilton\u2019s realisation<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49\u00a0Dutch GP driver ratings: Hamilton clanger, Hadjar\u2019s heroics, Piastri domination<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cLeClerc [sic]. Holy s**t. That\u2019s proper racing,\u201d Clarkson wrote before adding: \u201cThat was pure Giles [sic]. So cool.\u201d<\/p>\n Leclerc\u2019s race came to an early end when he made contact with Russell\u2019s teammate, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, at Turn 3 after 52 laps.<\/p>\n Leclerc\u2019s exit completed a double retirement for Ferrari after his teammate Lewis Hamilton crashed at the same corner earlier in the race.<\/p>\n In the aftermath of Leclerc\u2019s collision with Antonelli, Clarkson returned to Twitter with a post that read: \u201cAntonelli is a teenager.\u201d<\/p>\n Put to him by a fan that Russell is a \u201ccrybaby\u201d by comparison, he replied: \u201cNah. George is OK. They all are. Bar one.\u201d<\/p>\n Sent an image of Stroll by another fan, he added: \u201cNot him.\u201d<\/p>\n It remains unclear exactly which driver on the current grid Clarkson was referring to, although the television star has been a frequent critic of Hamilton, the seven-time World Champion, throughout the F1 2025 season.<\/p>\n Writing in his newspaper column in January, Clarkson doubled down on his view that Hamilton<\/a> is \u201cpast his prime\u201d after the 40-year-old made his first public appearance at Ferrari\u2019s Maranello base.<\/p>\n Unimpressed by the glamorous start to Hamilton\u2019s Ferrari career, which included the most-liked F1-related Instagram post in history, Clarkson wrote:\u00a0\u201cIt made me wonder. What is Lewis now? A driver? Or a superstar?\u201d<\/p>\n After Hamilton was disqualified from the second race of the season in China, meanwhile, Clarkson wrote that\u00a0the veteran went from \u201chero to zero\u201d 24 hours<\/a> after winning the sprint race in Shanghai.<\/p>\n