My father is Jeremy Clarkson – but it took Netflix’s Drive To Survive to get me hooked on F1

Jeremy Clarkson‘s daughter only got into car racing after watching Netflix series Drive to Survive – despite her father being the face of Top Gear.

Emily Clarkson, 30, revealed that throughout her childhood the roar of Formula One filled her parent’s home, but she was never part of his obsession. 

And instead she had to discover the sport on her own – while her brother Finlo, 28, treasured the prizes of Clarkson’s motorsports career.

The podcaster was forced to discover her love for the sport independently when she was drawn in by the streaming giant’s hit series.

Writing for Metro, she said: ‘Despite having grown up with the sounds of the F1 every other weekend of my childhood, it was my brother that ended up with a signed Alonso T-shirt framed on his bedroom wall and not me. 

‘Whether I lacked the interest inherently or was excluded from the environment quite consciously, I don’t know. But either way, the F1 is something that I only truly invested in after the first season of Drive to Survive aired.’

Ms Clarkson says that the show has made the sport ‘accessible to women in a way that it wasn’t really before’.

She added: ‘Where many men grew up with their father’s teaching them the ins and outs of the sport, for many women, like me, that fell to Drive To Survive’s resident journalist, Will Buxton.’ 

Speaking with Sky Sports in 2023, Clarkson shared his excitement for his daughter’s new-found love of the racing, as he returned to the grid in person for the first time in several years

Jeremy Clarkson is a famed F1 fan, regularly taking to social media to share his outspoken views on the on-track action.

Speaking with Sky Sports in 2023, he shared his excitement for his daughter’s new-found love of the racing, as he returned to the grid in person for the first time in several years.

He said: ‘It’s just so fantastic to be back – I adore Formula One.

‘My daughter is now a really big fan so I can talk to her about it. I’m just fizzing with excitement over it all.’ 

He has also been involved with stunts for several teams close to his Chipping Norton farm – delivering Hawkstone beers to the Alpine team in nearby Enstone and poking fun at Aussie driver Oscar Piastri as he failed to park a trailer in the TV star’s barn.

It comes as Formula One returns for a new season, with the first race kicking off in Australia overnight

It comes as Formula One returns for a new season, with the first race kicking off in Australia overnight.

Britain’s Lando Norris will start from pole while Piastri will line up his McLaren in second place. 

Emily Clarkson thrilled fans as she gave birth to her second child with husband Alex Andrew in December, with the unique name Xanthe Fiadh.

She was glowing as she cuddled her newborn daughter in adorable pictures she shared with her 319,000 followers.