Hammond’s Car Crash
For those not in the loop, Richard Hammond of Top Gear fame recently got into an accident while filming some footage for Top Gear. He was driving, or should I say piloting a dragster-style jet-powered car capable of reaching speeds over 500km/h, when a tyre gave way and sent the car flying towards the right, and ending up with it’s nose dug into the ground. Hammond was in a serious but stable condition, but recently recovered wonderfully and is back on the Top Gear show. Here is a video of the crash, 12 minutes long.
Video: Hammond’s Car Crash
March 13, 2007 @ 7:08 pm
whoa!! he survived!!
March 13, 2007 @ 7:14 pm
damn…its all bout the tyres…..he is save because of the rollcage….n it was damn fast…
March 13, 2007 @ 8:03 pm
Bravo indeed. Talk about speed killing people.
It didn’t even kill him, so we can conclude that we can speed but always drive safely… XD
March 13, 2007 @ 8:09 pm
Pheewww…now i solved my clue, how the “hamster” crashed in the jet-car..
Yeah… speed nt always killing but remember always drive safely.
Thanks Paul..
March 13, 2007 @ 9:19 pm
recently?
i tot tis happen like a few month back..
he survived n the show will resume s usual….
March 13, 2007 @ 11:38 pm
LOL, recently as in the last half year or so, watched this months ago, but it’s funny to see his expressions when recounting his experience again
March 14, 2007 @ 12:06 am
It wasn’t THAT long ago… This episode aired just early 2007…
March 14, 2007 @ 12:58 am
shocked when heard about the crash..but he recovered with no permanent injuries..wow..heard he began to like eating salary after the crash..weird..
March 14, 2007 @ 7:34 am
Everybody likes eating salary =p
March 14, 2007 @ 11:50 am
Ha, they even made a joke about the accident, poor guy :p
But I gotta hand it to him though, he was a brave one to ride in that car. And yes, it was a miracle he survived through that crash. Dunno if he will still have the guts to try another stunt like that in the future.
March 14, 2007 @ 1:58 pm
da hamster lives! thank god!! u know i have watched topgear in bbc for a long time.im glad that topgear is back in action.
March 14, 2007 @ 2:07 pm
when is this series of topgear giong to be showned in BBC ,paul?..anyone ?
March 14, 2007 @ 2:57 pm
kei9: the movie is extracted from the episode on January 28th. That was a month ago.
March 14, 2007 @ 5:39 pm
Goodness you scared me, i thought he got into another car accident. When i read it was the Vampire jet car, it alleviated my worries. Don’t scare me like that Paul! I hold Top Gear very close to me. Can’t stop watching it!! Viva La Top Gear!!
March 14, 2007 @ 6:06 pm
Scare you? Who do you think is most scared? The doctors didn’t want to show Hammond the vid at the beginning, bt later they did cuz it’s pointless nt to as well as Hammond asking for it (the video), I think, or something like taht.
Richard Hammond aka Princess Diana, hv officially become a living proof that speed does nt kill. It’s becoming stationary all of a sudden, is what gets you. The fact that there’s no pole, trees or whatever along the way makes it possible for Hammond to stop slowly rather than abruptly, so the impulse force on him isn’t that big enough to kill him.
March 14, 2007 @ 6:09 pm
He managed to clock 280mph/448kmph on that run before the rubbers gave up. He was most likely to be saved by a well build protection cage, and his Arai full face helmet, which still have dried cake mud on its surface.
And beside that, it is sheer luck that the jet-car did not do an over-flip which could be disastrous to hamster. Imagine putting an egg into a tin can, and roll it hard a couple of times. The end result could be that of hamster’s brain – shattered !
Anyways, we are all glad that he is back on his old ways..wondered if he would have any phobia after this, or he may be more daring now, since he knows where the limits are?
March 14, 2007 @ 9:08 pm
IMHO….
does that VAMPIRE have any aerodynamic fittings ?
the track also not very wide…
Hammond was just lucky!!!
March 16, 2007 @ 1:23 pm
tokmoh:
The reason why I said Paul scared me is because at first glance in his blog, I had thought Hammond got into another accident. I didn’t know he was posting about the accident which already happened.