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Top Gear host Clarkson bombs in poll

  • By Mark Hinchliffe
  • The Courier-Mail
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    A recent poll of British celebrities rated Clarkson as the worst to share a 4x4 drive across the Sahara Desert.

Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson would be the worst person to take on a driving adventure.

He topped a Continental Tyres poll of British celebrities rated as the worst to share a 4x4 drive across the Sahara Desert.

It's no wonder, given his proven lack of mechanical skills in Top Gear adventures and his controversial comments which have recently got him into trouble with the Indian and Mexican government for racial slurs and British public service workers after he suggested they be shot for striking.

He was followed by model Katie Price, the former partner of Australian singer Peter Andre.

Third was British Prime Minister David Cameron.

Surprisingly, Formula One champion driver Lewis Hamilton scraped into the top 10.

The survey of 2000 British drivers found that three our of four drivers would rather take a family member than a celebrity and valued a good sense of humour over driving and surviving skills.

The tyre company is conducting a competition to find drivers for an epic trip in a Hummer across the Sahara Desert.

Top 10 worst celebs to go on driving adventure with:

  1. Jeremy Clarkson, Top Gear host
  2. Katie Price, model
  3. David Cameron, UK PM
  4. Kate Moss, super-thin supermodel
  5. Carol Vorderman, UK TV game show host
  6. Christine Bleakley, UK TV presenter
  7. Nick Clegg, UK politician
  8. Madonna, pop singer
  9. Simon Cowell, TV show host
  10. Lewis Hamilton, F1 champ.

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  • He's funny. i'd take him.

    nick Posted on 09 February 2012 1:14pm
  • Come on. Clarkson represents entertainment value. Saying what he said, makes him who he is. He is in character. lol...

    homer Posted on 08 February 2012 6:48pm
  • I watched Topgear once and came to the conclusion that these guys were absolute idiots with no respect for the vehicles they were supposed to be reviewing. Who could take them seriously?

    Gerry of Wishart of Wishart Q. 4122 Posted on 08 February 2012 6:26pm
  • I would take Clarkson, purely as ballast to be strapped to whatever end or side of the vehicle that required extra traction. I would also invite him to communicate with any locals we came across and ensure the translation was correct. He would last about two minutes.... Katie Price would be a welcome edition to any long rough trip. Due to the fact her "airbags" are already fully deployed, any accident would be softer with her in the vehicle to absorb the shock. Simon Cowell, Kate Moss, the two pollies, TV presenters, Madonna and Lewis Hamilton would also be interesting. That much ego in a confined space could only lead to a hilarity!

    David H of Aus Posted on 05 February 2012 4:16pm
  • Why was Lewis Hamilton such a shock? He'd spend most of the trip posing out the window and crashing into anything red!

    Robbo of Sydney Posted on 03 February 2012 1:26pm
  • Madonna British?

    John V of Sunbury Posted on 03 February 2012 11:47am
  • Yep I've heard of some of them....

    Adam of Tas Posted on 02 February 2012 9:58pm
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