You could say the same for any of the Top Gear presenters really
At Laguna Seca? GT5 wasn't out then was it? I remember he said something about how easy it is with GT4 to push yourself too far because you can just recover to the track and try again. In real life he knew if he pushed that hard he'd have an almightily big crash.I think it's generally accepted (even by himself) that Clarkson is not the best driver. I would in no way call him a bad driver as he does have good car control from what I have seen and he must be able to drive given all the varied amount of cars he's driven. But take the episode where he tried to beat the time he set on GT5? He couldn't because of his "lack of balls", or the fact he only put a 1:50 around the TG track in the first reasonably priced car. I wouldn't call him a **** driver though - just not as good as you would expect him to be given his experience.
But there's a difference between racing/pushing a car to its limits consistently without overstepping the mark and sliding cars around corners generating as much tyre smoke as possible.
When Clarkson said "Lancer" I was shouting at the telly "It's a Galant you oaf!".
Is it just me or did all the Renault F1 car thing show was that Clarkson is a **** driver?
Sure its not a Legnum VR4