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Ranting Jeremy Clarkson last night blasted BBC execs as "f****** b***ards".

The Top Gear star also said he was set to be sacked over claims he punched a show producer.

On stage at a charity gala in North London, Clarkson said the BBC programme used to be great but bosses had "f***** it up".

Last night, speaking at the Roundhouse, he seemed resigned to his fate after a foulmouthed rant at BBC bosses.

At a charity auction of what he described as his "last ever lap" of the Top Gear track, he said: "I didn't foresee my sacking, but I would like to do one last lap.

"So I'll go down to Surrey and I'll do one last lap of that track before the f****** b***ards sack me."

An apparently emotional Clarkson - suspended over claims he punched a producer - added: "I'll be a bit tearful when I do it, but f*** it, let's do it."

He left the shocked charity gala audience in no doubt about what he thinks of Beeb bosses.

Continuing his rant, he added: "And I'll drive somebody around in whatever I can get hold of.

"I'm sacked so it's probably an Austin Maestro. So who knows? "But anyway it will be my last ever lap of the Top Gear test drive.

"There was an 18-year waiting list to be in the audience of Top Gear, but the BBC has f***ed themselves.

"It was a great show and they've f***ed it up. Tonight's the night when you have the opportunity."

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The lap auctioned by Clarkson was snapped up for an amazing £100,000 at the event helping young people get involved in the arts.

After allegedly punching Oisin Tymon in the face, Clarkson apparently tried a new approach - hitting his front door instead.

It is understood the anxious presenter turned up at his colleague's home to apologise for their bust-up.

The BBC investigation has been told that Clarkson pleaded to be let in but Oisin left him out in the cold.

Sources said Clarkson's stand-off on Oisin's doorstep came four days after allegedly giving him a split lip requiring hospital treatment following a row at a hotel over a hot meal.

The Beeb's probe has been told Clarkson was unable to get a response at the door and left without speaking to Oisin.

He was suspended two days later, after reporting himself to BBC chiefs. A day after that, details of the bust-up went public.

It has also been claimed the Top Gear presenter sent at least one apologetic email to Oisin, begging him for forgiveness.

Ken MacQuarrie, the BBC executive in charge of the inquiry, has reportedly been shown the contents of emails.

A source said: "In the hours before he reported the matter to the BBC, Clarkson seemed increasingly desperate to apologise to Oisin and persuade him to let the matter blow over. When he arrived on the doorstep that Sunday, Oisin was not ready to face him so didn't answer.

"He just didn't want to speak to him after what had happened. Clarkson could be heard saying that he just wanted to talk. He tried for upto five minutes but in the end had to walk away."

It is thought Clarkson then telephoned the BBC's director of television Danny Cohen to tell him about the hotel "fracas" earlier that week.

Clarkson, 54, was then suspended. He is already on a "final warning" with the BBC after a string of Top Gear controversies - including mumbling the N-word.

He also allegedly called Oisin "a lazy, Irish c***" during the rant at the hotel. Oisin, 36, shares his North London flat with his girlfriend, but is currently staying in a hotel while the probe is going on.

Last night the BBC said the findings of the investigation will be published next week and the decision on Clarkson's future lay with Director-General Tony Hall.

Before Clarkson's rant last night at the Roundhouse in Camden, North London, he looked relaxed as he rubbed shoulders with other celebs.

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But his close friend Phillipa Sage looked anxious as she left his West London penthouse yesterday morning.

The last three episodes of the current series of Top Gear were dropped after the fracas. The contracts of the three presenters expire at the end of the month.

Yesterday it also emerged that Clarkson narrowly avoided a second culinary disaster at the hotel where he allegedly hit Oisin due to the lack of hot food.

Staff at the Simonstone Hall hotel near Hawes, North Yorks, said he was lucky not to be served a cold breakfast - when he slept in on the day after the bust-up a fortnight ago.

BBC staff had pleaded with hotel workers not to disconnect the electricity for planned maintenance so the presenter could have hot food when he emerged.

"I got a call to say Clarkson was still in his room and wouldn't be down until 10am," a member of kitchen staff told Sky News.

"I said, 'Well in that case he'll have to have Weetabix' because a sign on reception said the electricity would be cut off."

The worker said power was left on so he could have something hot.

The previous night's alleged assault came after Clarkson had grown enraged after being offered a cold platter after filming.

Last night Clarkson's lawyers said they were "not making any comment".