Jeremy Clarkson admits feeling conflicted after death of his ‘hero’ ‘Should have been sad'

He admitted: “I had wanted to talk to Yeager about this for a television show I was making, and then one day, after months of me trying, he called my production office from his home in Sacramento, California, saying he would do the interview the next day. 

“As I was in Chipping Norton, this presented something of a challenge, but as it was Chuck Yeager, I did a lot of tyre-squealing, and running at airports, and the next day the film crew and I pulled into his driveway at 3.15pm.”

Unfortunately for Jeremy, his interview with the United States Air Force officer got off to a bad start due to the last minute nature of the appointment making him late.

The star recalled: “He was standing there, looking at his watch and, as I climbed out of the car, he said: ‘You’re 15 minutes late.’