'I've been in his shoes,' says Clarkson as he sympathises with axed Horner

FORMER Top Gear Presenter Jeremy Clarkson has offered ex Red Bull boss Christian Horner a shoulder to cry on after he was sacked as Team principal last week.

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Clarkson, in his recent column for The Sun, suggested that he could relate to what Horner is going through as he experienced the same fate at the BBC.

Clarkson was fired from Top Gear after he punched producer, Oisin Tymon, on the show. Both men have also been involved in their respective “games” since the early 2000s, with Horner joining Red Bull in 2005 while Clarkson was with Top Gear since 2002.

Clarkson said he expects Horner to still have a successful future, post Red Bull. "I sent him a text after the news of his dismissal broke, pointing out that I’ve been in his shoes in the past. I explained that when you wake the following morning, it’s easy to think, ‘Well, that’s that, then’.

"But in my case, that wasn’t that. I hadn't trodden on a snake. I'd trodden on a ladder. And I bet he does, too.