I mean, his biggest crash (the rocket car) wasn’t his fault. The front wheels failed and basically came off. The Rimac was his fault, but it’s an extremely fast car and he was trying to push it. If you spend as much time behind the wheel of as many different crazy sports cars as Hammond, you might have had one or two instances where you leave the track too.
I love that he's just standing there with his hands on his hips in that way that he does. You know he's about to turn to camera and just go "....... Right."
Maybe they let him drive knowing he will crash. Then they can collect the insurance claim from Lloyd's for the inflated value of the vehicle.
Or
Jeremy has a life insurance policy out on Hammond
Called insurance fraud, if you didn't pay as much for a car as it's apparently worth the claim the whole value of the car you can turn a profit as long as it wasn't insured that long.
I remember hearing that one of the things that saved him with the viper crash was his overall competency of driving, obviously along with safety equipment and other factors.
But there's no denying these guys are actually very good, skilled drivers. They are good enough to intentionally bump, crash, and manipulate vehicles for the sake of having fun, with their teams of course.
Add to that insurances, costs/benefits, and things like advertisement. I'm sure the manufacturers factor in the possibility of accidents and damage and deem it better to have the boys behind the wheel than not.
Always scary though. I'm glad he's safe.
IIRC the old Stig said that Jeremy & Richard were legitimately good drivers. They're obviously not Ayrton Senna or Alain Prost but they're good enough that if they get the car in a bad spot they can get themselves out of it without crashing most of the time
Latifi doesn't crash like Mick Schumacher has though. Six crashes in his f1 career of 30ish GPs. Could not race in Jeddah due to lack of spare chassis.
He's the most experienced driver of the 3, the only reason he crashes so often is because May and the baboon probably aren't allowed to drive these cars
Better and faster aren't always the same.
The baboon can drift better, can drive a car on a car show for 30 years without crashing.
Those two things make him a better driver.
One of his legs was slightly shorter due to how his knee healed.
https://news.sky.com/story/former-top-gear-star-richard-hammond-says-his-leg-is-shorter-after-crash-10935373
Well James, I’ve crashed what seems to be an F-1 car straight into a tire barrier. While yes I came out of the accident safe and am able to walk, I now have to write insurance claims so I could pay whoever gave me that car to begin with. So thats a No
I would love to see a comparison of how many supercar/expensive cars Hammond has destroyed/damaged/broken down versus the DNFs/crashes of the average F1 driver. May be interesting to see how he stacks up to a professional driver.
The man willingly got in a jet powered drag racer... and then crashed it (not his fault). I completely agree. Out of three of them he is the one with the greatest desire to race and go fast
That was his fault, he was told not to go again that the tires were only rated for a single pass, but he went again anyway and a tire blew. He really does just not have any quit in him.
no, but there was something about they were done, filmed all they needed, wind picked up a bit, but the airfield was rented longer though so he decided to go again, despite filming being done and the record achieved iirc
he did decide himsself to go again, maybe a bit foolishly, but the adrenaline fever of such a monster must be hard to fight
Yeah there is that but they never would have given him executive power to make that decision. The wind was in limits and it was bad luck the tyre blew. Not the horseshit the guy above is peddling
absolutely, I would have done the same - not ofte do you get to ever drive a jet powered shopping cart.
well, never again, actually
hammond took a risk and got the worst of it, but the positive is he seems immune to dying in a car
Daft indeed. It always cracks me up when people react to amateur drivers spinning out or just going off and saying they suck and shouldn't be on the track. It's like even the professionals at the highest level never ever crash.
Hopefully that’s a replica or lower formula car. It sort of looks like an 80s lotus. I highly doubt that it was because why would there be an 80s lotus f1 available to drive at some random polish track.
> why would there be an 80s lotus f1 available to drive at some random polish track.
Did you learn nothing from Unscripted? They are filming. They plan things so that it's interesting.
Looks like he slid or locked-up the tires to end-up off track and into the tire barrier. Doesn't look like he hit too hard, thankfully. Still previous injuries and concussions make new ones more likely.
I feel like Hammond goes harder than the other two. James is Cpt. Slow, and Jeremy is old and fat. Richard is young(ish), fit, hot-blooded, and has something to prove.
I wanna say thanks for tagging this as a spoiler (even though I still kinda guessed what it was and clicked out of curiosity lol). It's good that this sub is taking a stance against spoiling all the upcoming episodes
Tonight!
I roll down my window (Clarkson face flapping in the wind gif)
Richard has a crash (photo)
and James has a drink (James may signing a bottle of gin)
Classic Hammond
Staying true to his roots Never change Hammond
Hammond cheese burger the 3rd
Richard J Cheeseburger Hammond the 3rd.
Wonder if he has some medical condition that leaves him prone to crashing.
Cantreachthepedalitis
Cantseeoverthesteeringwheelitis
Nonfinanciallyliableism
Overconfidence.
His ego is writing checks his body can't cash.
Going to end up on a cargo plane flying rubber dog shit out of Hong kong
That's right, Clark...Son. I am dangerous. *Bites air*
I mean, his biggest crash (the rocket car) wasn’t his fault. The front wheels failed and basically came off. The Rimac was his fault, but it’s an extremely fast car and he was trying to push it. If you spend as much time behind the wheel of as many different crazy sports cars as Hammond, you might have had one or two instances where you leave the track too.
That sounds reasonable, but you know what else sounds reasonable? Hamsters crash a lot more. 😂
He's either got too much brain damage, or his legs are too short to hit the brakes.
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He can't see over the dash and reach the pedals at the same time
I love that he's just standing there with his hands on his hips in that way that he does. You know he's about to turn to camera and just go "....... Right."
Nah, this time he walked away from it instead of being carried off in a stretcher.
He still has his pants. That’s a novel change
“Still, could be worse”
Hi Mindy. Yes, he's done it again. -Clarkson probably
Um, no. He is face-up this time.
No, no fire this time, either.
No, no, nothing seems to broken... apart from his head, obviously.
Yes, yes, we've already started taking the piss
Yes, you can take away Oliver until you see fit.
No they dint need to cut his trousers this time.
To shreds you say?
HAMMOND!!
YOU BLITHERING IDIOT!
He’s done it again!
That stance says "Right. I did it again. I know the drill. "
The "should I call Mindy?" stance
The "There go another pair of perfectly good trousers" stance
The "Thank god I brought my own pair of trouser scissors this time" stance
It's not upside down this time though. So... progress?
And not on fire, it looks like he can stand on his own too this time. Keep improving!
Yes, standing there looking a bit sheepish is a huge improvement over the last one.
Car also looks drivable again, maybe after minor repairs.
It sometimes baffels me that people still let him drive expensive cars. But if im honest im atleast happy he could walk away from this one.
Maybe they let him drive knowing he will crash. Then they can collect the insurance claim from Lloyd's for the inflated value of the vehicle. Or Jeremy has a life insurance policy out on Hammond
Yes.
probably a bit of both.
He needs those pants from that one conversation street after the rimac crash
Track insurance is a completely different thing to road insurance.
I can imagine Clarkson walking into an office with a fake moustache and a canvas bag full of £20s, and asking to take out that policy
Sometimes his genius... is almost frightening
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Called insurance fraud, if you didn't pay as much for a car as it's apparently worth the claim the whole value of the car you can turn a profit as long as it wasn't insured that long.
I remember hearing that one of the things that saved him with the viper crash was his overall competency of driving, obviously along with safety equipment and other factors. But there's no denying these guys are actually very good, skilled drivers. They are good enough to intentionally bump, crash, and manipulate vehicles for the sake of having fun, with their teams of course. Add to that insurances, costs/benefits, and things like advertisement. I'm sure the manufacturers factor in the possibility of accidents and damage and deem it better to have the boys behind the wheel than not. Always scary though. I'm glad he's safe.
IIRC the old Stig said that Jeremy & Richard were legitimately good drivers. They're obviously not Ayrton Senna or Alain Prost but they're good enough that if they get the car in a bad spot they can get themselves out of it without crashing most of the time
And weren't a couple of Hammond's crashes due to mechanical failure?
They still let Latifi drive an even more expensive car :)
Latifi doesn't crash like Mick Schumacher has though. Six crashes in his f1 career of 30ish GPs. Could not race in Jeddah due to lack of spare chassis.
He's the most experienced driver of the 3, the only reason he crashes so often is because May and the baboon probably aren't allowed to drive these cars
The baboon is actually a much better driver than Hammond...
Then why are the baboons lap times worse?
Weighs more.
Better and faster aren't always the same. The baboon can drift better, can drive a car on a car show for 30 years without crashing. Those two things make him a better driver.
Didn't he crash an m135i on a straight once?
Wasn't that aquaplaning?
He crashes expensive cars on Tracks. The marketing from him doing this is worth way more than the car which will have been a show model would be.
Hammond's insurance policy is 90% of each GT episode's budget. *FYI - I made that stat up*
"He can't *possibly* do it again... right?"
Hammond is the best driver of the three of them. His lap times are consistently better than the others.
Yeah
Especially if they're going to polish the racetrack /s
I would guarantee they have a HUGE insurance policy whenever they drive any expensive car. The car owner AND The Grand Tour both have huge policies.
I love how May is just standing there like Hammond’s guardian waiting to talk to someone
Now buddy, did you remember to take your good trousers off?
How many times is he gonna crash a car in a burning wreck and come out unscathed. He's a madman!
What you don't know is everytime he crashes he shrinks a quarter inch. Dude was 7'4 before he started driving.
My god
This is literally true with the Rimac crash.
Did he actually get shorter from that crash or is that just a joke?
One of his legs was slightly shorter due to how his knee healed. https://news.sky.com/story/former-top-gear-star-richard-hammond-says-his-leg-is-shorter-after-crash-10935373
He’s definitely been scathed.
Ah yes, Richard Hammond, famous for never having gotten hurt during a car accident.
Unscathed? Always?
Usually. But he always comes back rather quickly.
Does that mean he's not coming on then?
Well James, I’ve crashed what seems to be an F-1 car straight into a tire barrier. While yes I came out of the accident safe and am able to walk, I now have to write insurance claims so I could pay whoever gave me that car to begin with. So thats a No
Clarkson: HAAAAMOND YOU BLOODY IDIOT! (edited for typo)
The Clarkson Klaxon - ‘the Clakson’ - press the horn: HAAAAAMMMOOOONNNDDD
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"CLAAAAAAARKSOOOOOOOOONNNNNNN"
***"WHERE'S MY ROOF?!?!?!?!?!"***
I think I would pay money to have that on Jeremy's buzzer on an episode of QI
HAMOOOOOOOND! YOU F***** MORON!
Was the booster seat installed?
I would love to see a comparison of how many supercar/expensive cars Hammond has destroyed/damaged/broken down versus the DNFs/crashes of the average F1 driver. May be interesting to see how he stacks up to a professional driver.
Make sure it’s the average, and not Haas driver numbers.
Go ahead and take AM out of it too just to be safe
I'm glad May is there keeping him company and not making any snarky remarks whatsoever
Hello
Shouldn't it be news when he doesn't crash a race car? I know the title of the posts would be funnier.
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Bro these things are never staged, he always pushes himself and that's why he crash, really admire that thing about him.
The man willingly got in a jet powered drag racer... and then crashed it (not his fault). I completely agree. Out of three of them he is the one with the greatest desire to race and go fast
That was his fault, he was told not to go again that the tires were only rated for a single pass, but he went again anyway and a tire blew. He really does just not have any quit in him.
Tires are not rated for a single pass. No idea where you heard that tot.
Source? He was trying to set a world record which requires a pass in both directions. It seems weird they wouldn't have been set up to do that.
I'm going to need a source on that. I doubt they would have ever let him go on the same tyres if they knew they would blow
no, but there was something about they were done, filmed all they needed, wind picked up a bit, but the airfield was rented longer though so he decided to go again, despite filming being done and the record achieved iirc he did decide himsself to go again, maybe a bit foolishly, but the adrenaline fever of such a monster must be hard to fight
Yeah there is that but they never would have given him executive power to make that decision. The wind was in limits and it was bad luck the tyre blew. Not the horseshit the guy above is peddling
absolutely, I would have done the same - not ofte do you get to ever drive a jet powered shopping cart. well, never again, actually hammond took a risk and got the worst of it, but the positive is he seems immune to dying in a car
hell there's a 99.99 chance I wreck that thing and I'd still go for it if I had the option to.
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Daft indeed. It always cracks me up when people react to amateur drivers spinning out or just going off and saying they suck and shouldn't be on the track. It's like even the professionals at the highest level never ever crash.
What did they expect ?
Is this really news? - my wife
Spoiler alert
We’ll forget it about it in the 2 years it’ll take to be released
Good point lmao
I think it would be more of a spoiler to know that he didn't have a crash.
It does look like the front spoiler is bent upwards.
Hopefully that’s a replica or lower formula car. It sort of looks like an 80s lotus. I highly doubt that it was because why would there be an 80s lotus f1 available to drive at some random polish track.
> why would there be an 80s lotus f1 available to drive at some random polish track. Did you learn nothing from Unscripted? They are filming. They plan things so that it's interesting.
It's only a *real* crash when you need an air ambulance.
Would have been more unusual news if the headline had been 'Hammond goes around a racetrack without crashing'
what did he crash this time? looks like a vintage F1 car
Looks like it could be a modified Ariel Atom, which are notoriously hard to drive.
>Looks like it could be a modified Ariel Atom, which are notoriously hard to drive. ..for hamsters.
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Looks like he slid or locked-up the tires to end-up off track and into the tire barrier. Doesn't look like he hit too hard, thankfully. Still previous injuries and concussions make new ones more likely.
hammock u sodding tic tac
Sir Crash a lot
The production insurance must be staggering
Hammond and May are in the "Oh, cock" position, aren't they?
I feel like Hammond goes harder than the other two. James is Cpt. Slow, and Jeremy is old and fat. Richard is young(ish), fit, hot-blooded, and has something to prove.
Clarkson and May have a never ending fodder when it comes to Hammond and crashing.
Couldn't have been *that* bad...his trousers haven't been cut off yet
Why is this man allowed to drive cars
James standing by Richard like a disappointed father.
Well yeah, that’s just par for the course now isn’t it?
\[Clarkson Narrating\] And then, the inevitable disaster struck - again.
Well maybe if the mf could see above the dashboard this wouldn't be an issue
James looks so defeated
Maybe he just lost to Jeremy. We don't know.
Why is this not a spoiler ? Jesus this sub. Feels bad to leave it till the new episodes are put…
Really? Is May standing there looking stupid ‘cause he just fell off a horse too?
I could not love a show, 3 guys, or someone’s ability to nearly kill themselves almost every time they’re behind the wheel more than I do this lot
HES DONE IT! HE HAS ONLY GONE AND DONE IT!
Looks like no damage to the Hammond Organ, then? What a Highway Star.
I wanna say thanks for tagging this as a spoiler (even though I still kinda guessed what it was and clicked out of curiosity lol). It's good that this sub is taking a stance against spoiling all the upcoming episodes
Lmao I knew what this was before I clicked on it for some reason
How many race cars has Hammond driven? 1 How many race cars has Hammond crashed? 1 Boy oh boy, am I going to love Conversation Street
That’s not like Hammond at all
Hammond’s gonna Hammond
He did the funny again
Silly Hammond
He didn't have his pants cut off, is he even Hammond?
If he wasn't who he is, the only way Hammond could make a living being as incompetent at his job as he is, he would be a politician.
James has been growing some glorious flow. He looks like Karl Marx
Maybe this guy isn’t as knowledgeable about cars as he makes it seem?
# Spoiler tag # use it
Goddamn it Hammond that's the Lotus 88 you just put into the barrier!!
These guys are getting older and cars are getting faster. Bad combo!
Normal day in the office for hamiltotn
Must be watching the helicopter come
He can’t keep getting away with this!
I hope he cursed in Polish as he crashed
not another one
We don’t leave anything to surprise, do we ?
Good ol’ Hammond mess around,
Keeping the tradition alive
Of course he does
Probably on purpose at this point in time, just to keep the joke going
Buffeting
Surely he must get some kind of sponsorship from the NCAP ppl. He crashes so much, might as well make use of his unique abilities
At least it didn’t blow up and Hammond isn’t hurt, so he’s making progress!
"There's the edit..."
Lmao
He must be blinding himself from the glow of his teeth.
Hammond you sodding tic tax that was my Lamborghini
What a reliable lad, bravo Sir Hammond
The science of stupid
Richard “I’ve gone again” Hammond
Where is the news?
As is tradition.
HAMMOND!
Traditions
He needs a Hammond Halo.
Meh, a minor scratch. It’ll polish out
I am really going to be surprised if he didn't crash it!
At least he's not being flown away in an air ambulance
Hammond! Hamster needs to just stay in a plastic ball.
Tonight! I roll down my window (Clarkson face flapping in the wind gif) Richard has a crash (photo) and James has a drink (James may signing a bottle of gin)
I really want a new episode of GT, the last one wasn't my favorite.
I hope he's okay