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An Argentinean flag has been spotted flying above Top Gear's HQ – just weeks after it hit huge Falklands controversy in South America.

The flag was spotted flying on a building at the Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey, home of the hit show's famous test track.

It is thought the flag may have been put there by pranksters keen to stir more controversy for Jeremy Clarkson and his colleagues. The BBC confirmed they were not currently filming at the aerodrome, which they use when the series is on air.

Last week the Argentinian ambassador to the UK demanded a public apology from the BBC after the Top Gear crew had to flee the country following an angry backlash to them using a Porsche with the registration number H982 FKL, seen as a reference to the Falklands conflict in 1982.

Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman denied the number plate was a "stunt" and Jeremy Clarkson claimed he was "shocked" when someone pointed out the number plate during the incident at the start of the month.

A statement from the Embassy said: “Argentine ambassador to the UK Alicia Castro made a formal complaint to the BBC regarding Jeremy Clarkson's provocative behaviour and offensive remarks towards the government and the Argentine people, following Top Gear's recent filming in Argentina, calling for the BBC to make a public apology.

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“Furthermore, the Argentine ambassador deeply regretted Jeremy Clarkson's entirely false accusations of alleged resentment against British citizens in Argentina.”

A BBC spokeswoman said: “The BBC has received a complaint and will apply its usual processes.”

The Top Gear team including co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May, maintain they were subjected to unwarranted abuse from an angry mob in the lobby of their five-star hotel in Ushuaia.

Clarkson's Porsche, with the Lotus Esprit driven by May and the Mustang Mach I driven by Hammond, were stoned outside the town of Tolhuin as they made their way via on side roads to the border crossing of San Sebastián, escorted by police.

Clarkson said it was "the most terrifying thing I've ever been involved in", and warned that “someone could have been killed”.

A spokesman for Top Gear said: “Top Gear is not filming at Dunsfold today. This has nothing to do with Top Gear.”

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