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FORMER Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson has revealed the BBC went to extreme lengths to make sure he didn't pinch a souvenir.

Clarkson, who was sacked from the car show back in March, returned to the set to do one final lap of the test track at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey last week in aid of charity.

Before embarking on the lap the presenter asked his Twitter followers which of three sports cars - two Ferraris and a Mercedes-Benz - he should use, writing alongside a picture taken next to the cars: "Right. About to do my last ever lap of the Top Gear test track. What car should I use?"

While writing about the experience in The Sunday Times today, he revealed: "I was feeling a bit choked as I went through the gates for the very last time."

He added: "The Top Gear portable office was locked to stop me taking even a small souvenir. The hangar was empty."

Though Clarkson, who has been replaced by Chris Evans, added that there were "enough memories" from the track itself.

"It was time for the last lap. And I made it a good one. A smooth one. The sort of lap that would have made the Stig proud."

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Shortly after completing the lap last week Jeremy revealed the mixed emotions he experienced having taken to the track for one final run.

He tweeted: "My last ever lap of the Top Gear track is done. Bit sad leaving the place for the final time.

"2 good things about the last lap. It raised a load of cash for a good cause. And I did the motherf***er of all tail slides through Chicago. (sic)"

Meanwhille Chris Evans recently said he has "big shoes" to fill and the responsibility has led him to feel like sci-fi character Doctor Who.

He said: "There have been 34 presenters before me, so it's a bit like 'Doctor Who'.

"When I took over Terry Wogan's Radio 2 show, people kept saying 'I had big shoes to fill' and they keep saying it again now.

"By the way, Jeremy is very tall, so they're even bigger shoes to fill."