F1 legend David Coulthard has revealed that he offered his pub to Jeremy Clarkson free of charge.
The former Top Gear host owns his own pub, The Farmer’s Dog, in Asthall near Burford, Oxfordshire, which opened in August 2024.
Now former driver Mr Coulthard has said that he approached Mr Clarkson after his own south-west London pub, The Brown Dog in Barnes, struggled to make money.
Mr Coulthard made the comments during a drive-along interview with broadcaster and former racing driver Jodie Kidd, as reported by Motorsport.com.
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He said: “I bought a pub in Barnes which just didn’t work. It was The Brown Dog, and we couldn’t make it work.”
Mr Coulthard said that, around two years ago, he proposed handing the property over to the former Top Gear host, on the condition that he and his business partners would receive a share should it later turn a profit.
He said: “I actually offered it to Jeremy Clarkson. I said, ‘Jeremy, I’ll give you the pub.
“It’s yours, title deeds, but if and when you make money, you start cutting us in.'”
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However, Mr Clarkson did not take up the offer, and Mr Coulthard said the Barnes site was not suitably located for the presenter.
He added: “I think it was just too far from where he lives to make it sensible. It’s a difficult business.”
Mr Clarkson later entered the pub trade himself, buying the former Windmill pub at Asthall Barrow roundabout and reopening it as The Farmer’s Dog on August 23, 2024.
The venue, which features in Clarkson’s Farm, is close to Mr Clarkson’s Diddly Squat Farm and offers British-sourced food and drink.
