The event, held at the Marston Estate, raised £1 million in a single afternoon, with much of the final total coming from an extraordinary intervention by Mr Clarkson, as The Times reports. Speaking on his Sporting Misadventures podcast, Sir Chris, 50, said: "Jeremy Clarkson did the auction at the Tour de 4 clay shoot that Christian Horner put on and we raised £1 million in an afternoon. At that point, Mr Clarkson turned to the guests who had flown in by helicopter and asked for £10,000 from each of them. Sir Chris revealed: "Jeremy said, ‘Right, there are people here who have arrived in helicopters. READ MORE: King Charles strips 10 people of honours in 2026 – check the listTour de 4 will return to Glasgow this September, starting and finishing at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome.