The "Top Gear", Season 24/25/26 thread

CaptainRAVE · 25 Mar 2023 at 10:25

Have you seen what he was driving? Basically 3 wheels and a huge engine. You’d have to be a muppet to think you could take a corner with the speed that thing could give you.

Looks real safe. Muppets. Any accident in that is going to mess you up.

He could probably sue the crap out of them considering it has no rollover protection, but then you have to be pretty thick to drive it at speed in the first place.

jpaul · 25 Mar 2023 at 10:28

adam cool dude said:
All the fun you get on top gear is on YouTube now with content coming daily. The days of the BBC are numbered.

are there youtube driving oriented shows which have multiple interacting presenters - that remains forte of traditional media - ~I don't want someones individual ego.
- johnny, mat, thomas all become a bit interchangeable.

cjgardens · 25 Mar 2023 at 10:46

Greebo said:
see above to my post. he was driving an old Morgan three wheel and tipped it on a bend and slid along the floor. Hence no ari bags, no roll cage. he had a helmet only but perhaps his face scrapped along the floor for some time. those old three wheelers scare me to death

I read it wasn't fitted with them. Not sure it would have helped either way if that is what happened

CaptainRAVE · 25 Mar 2023 at 11:10

CaptainRAVE said:

cjgardens said:
I read it wasn't fitted with them. Not sure it would have helped either way if that is what happened

Of course it would have helped, as would him realising that while we’d all like to think we’re top level racing drivers, we aren’t.

NVP · 25 Mar 2023 at 11:23

Greebo said:
he was driving an old Morgan three wheel

CaptainRAVE said:
Have you seen what he was driving? Basically 3 wheels and a huge engine

I thought he was driving a Morgan Super 3?

NVP · 25 Mar 2023 at 11:26

(Note: Helmets were worn)

Dangerous Dave · 25 Mar 2023 at 12:14

As they’ve mentioned he had facial injuries likely he was wearing an open face helmet which doesn’t offer much protection when hitting the road surface.

Psycho Ned · 25 Mar 2023 at 12:19

Notice he's not been active on social media at all since the accident. Feel like there is going to be some litigation here before it's all said and done.

NVP · 25 Mar 2023 at 13:54

Just to confirm the below is from his 2019 crash, his latest was in a Morgan Super 3, released in 2022.

CaptainRAVE said:
Have you seen what he was driving? Basically 3 wheels and a huge engine. You’d have to be a muppet to think you could take a corner with the speed that thing could give you.

Looks real safe. Muppets. Any accident in that is going to mess you up.

CaptainRAVE · 25 Mar 2023 at 14:01

NVP said:
Just to confirm the below is from his 2019 crash, his latest was in a Morgan Super 3, released in 2022.

Fair enough. Clearly didn’t learn the first time. Just makes it worse.

Psycho Ned · 8 Sep 2023 at 22:21

See Freddie was out with England today think the photo speaks for itself that he’s been pretty badly disfigured and is clearly having to have a lot of reconstructive surgery.

Andrew Flintoff: Former England captain pictured for first time since Top Gear accident

Former England captain Andrew Flintoff is pictured for the first time since he was injured in an accident while filming Top Gear last year.

www.bbc.co.uk

NVP · 8 Sep 2023 at 22:47

Probably just been out on the lash after watching the cricket

SexyGreyFox · 8 Sep 2023 at 23:56

NVP said:
Probably just been out on the lash after watching the cricket

Helps if you read it

ChrisD. · 9 Sep 2023 at 07:55

Psycho Ned said:
See Freddie was out with England today think the photo speaks for itself that he’s been pretty badly disfigured and is clearly having to have a lot of reconstructive surgery.

Andrew Flintoff: Former England captain pictured for first time since Top Gear accident

Former England captain Andrew Flintoff is pictured for the first time since he was injured in an accident while filming Top Gear last year.

www.bbc.co.uk

Came here to post this, poor bloke. Glad he's getting out in the public domain and doing what he enjoys though, I imagine he and his family are going through some tough mental challenges.

Diddums · 9 Sep 2023 at 09:35

That looks properly rough, hope he makes a decent recovery

Ayahuasca · 9 Sep 2023 at 09:44

Yeah, doesn’t look good at all to have damage still visible 9 months after the accident.

Tykey · 9 Sep 2023 at 09:58

Ayahuasca said:
Yeah, doesn’t look good at all to have damage still visible 9 months after the accident.

That's what I thought. I wonder if TG and Freddie will come back? I liked it with those 3 presenting.

Psycho Ned · 9 Sep 2023 at 10:12

Feel like it’s finished Top Gear for good to be honest or at least in its current form. Presenters nearly killing themselves hooning about has happened multiple times now, surely the insurers won’t keep allowing it.

If all the health and safety isn’t watertight on this someone’s gonna get taken to the cleaners. You can see why it’s been very hushed up cos clearly it was very serious.

Feek · 9 Sep 2023 at 10:21

I do wonder why this has been kept so quiet considering how much publicity previous Top Gear accidents have been given. There's been absolutely nothing from the BBC at all.

SexyGreyFox · 9 Sep 2023 at 10:38

Feek said:
I do wonder why this has been kept so quiet considering how much publicity previous Top Gear accidents have been given. There's been absolutely nothing from the BBC at all.

A bit like Peter Kay, I still have no idea what happened to him and no idea exactly what happened to Freddie.
It's amazing really that nothing has come out.