Jeremy Clarkson voted the best Top Gear host of all time in landslide victory

JEREMY Clarkson has been voted best Top Gear presenter of all time.

The Sun columnist, 59, topped a poll by the Radio Times — securing nearly a third of the votes.

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His co-stars on The Grand Tour, James May and Richard Hammond, came second and third respectively.

Current host Chris Harris was fourth and Tiff Needell fifth.

Matt LeBlanc took sixth place, while the other current hosts of the show, Paddy McGuiness and Freddie Flintoff, came in at seventh and eighth.

The BBC motoring show has had 33 presenters over a time span of 42 years.

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Jeremy Clarkson said: "I'm overwhelmed, this is literally the 27th thing I've won, and it's always special, but this is a particularly special moment."

Tim Glanfield, the editorial director of RadioTimes.com, said: "He's certainly a divisive character, but when it comes to one show there seems to be little doubt in the minds of the British public - Top Gear means Clarkson.

"It's perhaps unsurprising that the three men who made the show a global hit won this particular race - but the sheer distance by which Mr Clarkson took pole position solidifies his place as the star in a car, reasonably priced or otherwise."

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