Hammond Critical - Top Gear Car Crash!

[DJMK4]

Top Gear can suvive without crazy stunts, tbh, this stunt when i would have seen it on the programme would have been good, but i wouldn't be missing out if they never did it.

The chemistry of the 3 presenters is where its at. They can still test drive cars, race round tracks and do stuff like buy an italian supercar under £10k and get it through slough, without endangering lives.

It cant and wont be cancelled, the BBC want their head read if they even think about it. It will be more popular than ever, as you know everyone will want to see the return of the hamster, in whatever capacity.

Frank Williams (even though i dont like the man) was crippled by a car, but it didn't supress his passion for owning his own F1 team. The hamster will never lose his passion for cars, he might be more cautious in the future, but he'd be gutted to think Top Gear would cease due to an accident he was involved in.

Long live the hamster, and her's hoping he's back in action very soon.

Its not just about the stunts though, i wouldnt call turning a car into a boat a stunt, would you?? I wouldnt call racing a ferrari & a plane to southern europe a stunt would you??

Its not all about stunts, but personally if all that comprised of top gear was 3 presenters reviewing some old car like they used to, i wouldnt watch it. It didnt interest me because it wasnt fun, it made cars seem boring and mundane.

This style makes cars seem fun.

 

[dokko]

Its not just about the stunts though, i wouldnt call turning a car into a boat a stunt, would you?? I wouldnt call racing a ferrari & a plane to southern europe a stunt would you??

Its not all about stunts, but personally if all that comprised of top gear was 3 presenters reviewing some old car like they used to, i wouldnt watch it. It didnt interest me because it wasnt fun, it made cars seem boring and mundane.

This style makes cars seem fun.

Basically what am saying, i can live without a stunt like this and be happy with segments like buy an italian supercar for £10k. Thats not a stunt, its funny as hell, but it doesn't require extra medical insurance.

 

[Kitchster_uk]

Hammond had been able to talk to but was in distress, he added.

"He was regaining consciousness at that point and said he had some lower back pain. But he was drifting in and out of consciousness a little bit," Ogden said.

Don't know how reliable that is but I see no reason to doubt it - good news if it's true

 

[Memphis]

Good grief, SKYnews is laying it on thick.

The whole news coverage of this incident has been appauling, on every network. Just backstabbing and panic reporting, as is usual nowadays.

 

[Naffa]

What I love about Top Gear is the fact it's a comedy show with cars in it, not a car show with some comedy in it. You can pretty much guarentee that if you sit any average Joe with no car driving experience in their life, down in front of Top Gear for an hour, they'd enjoy themselve immensely.

 

[DJMK4]

Basically what am saying, i can live without a stunt like this and be happy with segments like buy an italian supercar for £10k. Thats not a stunt, its funny as hell, but it doesn't require extra medical insurance.

I spoze this stunt was a little far fetched

 

[dokko]

I spoze this stunt was a little far fetched

It was, but then TG have never had much luck when they push the boat out.

How bout when Clarkson crashed one of the worlds (forgot which one) most expensive cars, leaving the BBC with a £100k (or some daft figure) repair bill and the press went nuts, am sure they called for it to be cancelled then.

Basically Clarkson rubs people up the wrong way, which is funnily enough why i like him. So when something goes wrong, everyone jumps on him, his show, and his credentials.

This time its a bit more serious, but the fact there's talk of cancellation is only happening due to people in the media/press not liken Clarkson.

 

[dan^uk]

The media keep reporting that it was a 300mph accident (or 270) and I can't see how that is possible..

The distance from the start of the skidmark to the final resting place of the car is only ~65m (using the car for reference which is 9.14m long) and over half of that distance is over grass. Even with a parachute you can't bring a car from 300-0 in 65m without destroying the car in the process (if a "normal" car could travel at 300mph it would take over 1km to stop).

Media spin..

 

[jon.bda]

Frank Williams (even though i dont like the man) was crippled by a car (a pace car he was riding in crashed into a tree at a race track (from memory)), but it didn't supress his passion for owning his own F1 team. The hamster will never lose his passion for cars, he might be more cautious in the future, but he'd be gutted to think Top Gear would cease due to an accident he was involved in.

Alex Zanardi is another guy who springs to mind reading that...get well soon hamster!!!.

 

[Flibster]

Clarkson has got Hamster to smile...

Walked in and said that the only reason he was alive was because "your a **** driver"



SImon/~Flibster

 

[dokko]

Clarkson has got Hamster to smile...

Walked in and said that the only reason he was alive was because "your a **** driver"



SImon/~Flibster

So he has regained conciousness in the hospital?

There was confusion before i went out to the pub.

 

[el_dazza]

Clarkson has got Hamster to smile...

Walked in and said that the only reason he was alive was because "your a **** driver"



SImon/~Flibster

Typical clarkson
At least he's alive, i'm just happy that he is personally

 

[James_N]

At least he's alive, i'm just happy that he is personally

Same here, I just hope that hes able to carry on with Top Gear. It wouldnt be the same without.

 

[NickXX]

Really hope he gets into the clear soon - he's a fantastic presenter and genuinely seems to be a nice guy .

From the sounds of things he's lying in bed with some bruising to the brain and I imagine it's likely he needs little more than monitoring and a long rest to recover.

The media is just picking at statements anticipating a turn for the worse.

 

[Puppetmaster]

Not sure if this has been posted, but apparently Pistonheads have set-up a donation page for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance in Hammond's name.

Thats the donation thing that one of the members of the car club im in setup, well her and her friends set it up. It started off with a target of £3600 which is what it cost to take richard to hospital i think. Its gone sky high currently at almost 26k

i would post a link except the forum aint family friendly

 

[DaveyD]

Though it's good that he's alive, the way they're reporting he's got a Serious brain injury worries me, but the way the media report it it could be anything, as a high G crash is going to wreck havoc on the head and internal organs, would line to know the extent of his injuries other than them being brain injuries personally, as will probably show how bad the crash was.

 

[dokko]

Found a canny funny TG comic strip style peice about the accident (or rescue) i found it funny, but i could see some may think its bad taste, so i'll wait until we get the nod he's gonna be ok before posting it.

 

[toucam]

I couldn't believe it when I heard the news this morning. Hope he will recover from the injury and back to present Top Gear soon

 

[benjo plz.]

the way they're reporting he's got a Serious brain injury worries me

Same here, my uncle died from something similar .

 

[Psycrow]

Read this in the paper this morning. Hope he's ok. He makes TG and Brainiac what they are, bit of a hero of a guy to be honest.