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
After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
whoa!! he survived!!
damn…its all bout the tyres…..he is save because of the rollcage….n it was damn fast…
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
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..
recently?
i tot tis happen like a few month back..
he survived n the show will resume s usual….
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
It wasn't THAT long ago… This episode aired just early 2007…
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..
Everybody likes eating salary =p
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.
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.
when is this series of topgear giong to be showned in BBC ,paul?..anyone ?
kei9: the movie is extracted from the episode on January 28th. That was a month ago.
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!!
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.
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?
IMHO….
does that VAMPIRE have any aerodynamic fittings ?
the track also not very wide…
Hammond was just lucky!!!
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.