Clarkson stirs debate with Colapinto and Kardashian remarks on Sky
Jeremy Clarkson set off a storm on Sky's F1 coverage by joking that Franco Colapinto was given a grid penalty for being Argentinian, reviving memories of the H982 FKL Porsche 928 plate row of 2014; the Argentine drops 10 places in Austin, with Pierre Gasly starting 11th.

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Jeremy Clarkson precisou de uma única aparição na cobertura da Fórmula 1 da Sky para provocar uma tempestade. O apresentador de Clarkson's Farm conversou com Martin Brundle, Naomi Schiff e Simon Lazenby no Circuito das Américas, onde era convidado da Alpine no fim de semana, e conseguiu tocar em assuntos que iam da punição no grid de Franco Colapinto a Kim Kardashian.
Questionado sobre as perspectivas da equipe, brincou que o argentino havia sido punido pela nacionalidade: "Franco levou punição no grid por ser argentino. Provavelmente. Bem, eu daria uma por isso."
A frase dividiu o público e reavivou uma ferida antiga. Em 2014, durante um especial de Top Gear pela Patagônia, Clarkson dirigiu um Porsche 928 com a placa H982 FKL — lida localmente como uma referência ao conflito das Malvinas de 1982. Houve protestos em Ushuaia, veteranos de guerra se reuniram diante do hotel da equipe, pedras foram atiradas e o time acabou abandonando os carros e cruzando a fronteira para o Chile. A BBC insistiu que era coincidência, e o produtor executivo Andy Wilman rejeitou como “completamente falso” qualquer sugestão de que a placa tivesse sido escolhida por esse motivo ou trocada.
Clarkson então explicou por que a Alpine importa para ele, já que a sede da equipe fica perto de sua fazenda em Oxfordshire: "Desde que o Michael [Schumacher] estava lá, depois o Fernando [Alonso], depois todos aqueles anos do Kimi Raikkonen, e agora com o Pierre. Porque é a nossa equipe local."
A resposta seca de Brundle — "Isso é bem forçado" — arrancou risadas.
A conversa depois derivou para o grid walk e seus convidados celebridades. Clarkson disse que gosta de ver Brundle lidar com gente sem interesse algum em corrida, e foi direto sobre o momento em Singapura, quando a parceira de Lewis Hamilton finalmente foi entrevistada: "Estou aqui para ver Fórmula 1, não Kim Kardashians."
Para registro, Colapinto perde 10 posições em Austin depois de o carro receber a quarta unidade de controle eletrônico no ano; Pierre Gasly larga em 11º.
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