Jeremy Clarkson balances a cigarette as he climbs into his green Lamborghini

He's had a testing couple of months, but Jeremy Clarkson's almost neon-green car might have helped to perk up his spirits. The former Top Gear presenter was seen leaving a hotel in West Sussex on Thursday morning and getting into his eye-catching Lamborghini with a female companion, but he failed to raise a smile despite the lurid colour of his motor. Not alone: The former Top Gear presenter was joined by a female companion as he got into his supercar No smiles today: The 55-year-old looked down in the dumps as he drove away from the hotel in Goodwood A traffic warden had spotted the vehicle, and was about to put a ticket on it before Jeremy emerged and seemingly talked himself out of it. His appearance at Goodwood in West Sussex came the day after James May and their fellow former Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond showed up at the BBC studios in London. but managed to talk his way out of a parking ticket with the traffic warden Still buddies: Jeremy's former fellow Top gear host James May had also been at the hotel, and was seen leaving at a similar time on Thursday morning before getting into his yellow Ferrari Both have ruled out appearing on Top Gear without their colleague, although neither has closed the door on any of the other projects they work on for the corporation: for example May's Cars of the People is set to return for a second series later this year.