Years later, he drove a press car – an old Porsche 928 – to visit his dying father. It wasn’t a planned review. It wasn’t for a show. It was just a man, a car, and a drive that mattered.

Jeremy Clarkson has said he didn't know he was given a driving ban. The 65-year-old journalist made a name for himself for his larger-than-life reviews of cars on Top Gear and the Grand Tour. Spanning ...