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Richard Hammond has opened up about how his injuries from his Top Gear car crash still affect his health today. In 2016, Hammond was driving a jet-powered dragster at 319mph on the motoring show ...
Richard Hammond has said he thinks a “well-controlled risk” is “excusable” for motoring shows like Top Gear.. Hammond, 54, was addressing Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff’s serious crash on ...
Richard Mark Hammond (born 19 December 1969) is an English journalist, television presenter, and author. He co-hosted the BBC Two motoring programme Top Gear from 2002 until 2015 with Jeremy Clarkson and James May.
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The guys head out to Scotland to see which is the best stylish coupés, discussing them over a game of golf and then presenting them to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art to see which would be exhibited there – Clarkson feels it is the revised Audi TT, Hammond believes it is the old Mazda RX-8, and May hopes it is the new Alfa Romeo Brera.
Clarkson asked Hammond following his 370 km/h (230 mph) crash, "Are you now a mental?", which was followed by James May offering Richard Hammond a tissue "in case he dribbled". The BBC claimed the comments were meant as a joke, but also claimed they saw how the comments could cause offence to mentally disabled and brain-damaged viewers. [64]
Richard Hammond shared the “intimate” details of the 2006 high-speed crash that left him with serious injuries in the hope it would “connect” with people affected by brain injury.
Throughout the series, the show also saw Richard Hammond bringing along one of his dogs for episodes, which would have small appearances in films in the following series. This series' highlights included the presenters attempting to make amphibious cars, setting an indoor speed record with a F1 car, and conducting challenges as van drivers.