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Jeremy Clarkson bids a final farewell to Top Gear completing his last lap of the test track

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By Gillian West, Social media manager

July 14, 2015 | 3 min read

Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson took to Twitter to mark the end of an era as he completed his final ever lap of the Top Gear test track.

Clarkson asked his followers to help him choose between a Mercedes and two Ferraris for the lap and was joined in the car by racing driver Marino Franchitti and Nick Mason, drummer of Pink Floyd.

After completing the lap Clarkson posted that it was a “bit sad leaving the place for the final time”.

The controversial host was dropped from the BBC show back in March following a ‘fracas’ with one of the show’s producers. He has since been replaced by BBC Radio 2’s Chris Evans who told the new edition of Top Gear magazine he was “so very close” to assembling his production team for the show.

“There’s a lot of talk about talent at the moment,” said Evans. “Honestly, it’s not the furthest thing away from my mind, but it is quite distant compared to directors, producers, assistant producers, lighting and camera men, editors, production managers, production coordinators and runners.

“I have got to get that team, because, without the team, it doesn’t matter what presenters we get.”

He added that the role was “a bit like Doctor Who” in that there have been 34 presenters before him and that “some things will” stay the same under his leadership.

“I can’t tell you what precisely. But it would be silly to throw the baby out with the bath water,” he said.

Evans has signed a three-year deal to produce and present the BBC Two show, names including Jodie Kidd and Suzi Perry have since been linked with the show.

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