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'They were staggered he had got out of it alive, because there was just nothing left.
A spokesperson for The Grand Tour said: 'Richard Hammond was involved in a serious crash after completing the Hemburg Hill Climb in Switzerland in a Rimac Concept One, an electric super car built in Croatia, during filming for The Grand Tour Season 2 on Amazon Prime, but very fortunately suffered no serious injury.The presenter was driving a Rimac Concept One, an electric super car built in CroatiaFirefighters were pictured putting out the burning wreckage of the carA source said: 'The crash was really bad.
Richard Mark Hammond (born 19 December 1969) is an English television presenter, writer, and journalist.He is best known for co-hosting the BBC Two car programme Top Gear from 2002 until 2015 with Jeremy Clarkson and James May.In 2016, Hammond began presenting The Grand Tour television series, produced by W. Chump & Sons.The show is co-presented with his former Top Gear co-hosts, … 'In 2006 Hammond nearly died after crashing a jet powered car at 288 mphHe was driving a jet-powered Vampire dragster when the front-right tyre burst in 2006It led to the vehicle to spin out of control during a stunt at Elvington airfield near YorkIn 2006 Hammond nearly died after crashing a jet powered car at 288 mph and slipped into a coma during an attempt to break the British land speed record for the BBC show.He was driving a jet-powered Vampire dragster when the front-right tyre burst leading the vehicle to spin out of control during a stunt at Elvington airfield near York.Hammond suffered serious head injuries and he was in hospital for five weeks before returning home to his wife Mindy and their two daughters, Isabella and Willow.The TV presenter, nicknamed 'Hamster', later told how he struggled 'mortally with depression' and spoke regularly to a psychiatrist following the incident.
Former Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May feared Richard Hammond was dead following a horror crash in Switzerland.The 47-year-old, who sustained brain injuries after a 288mph rocket car accident in 2006, was airlifted to hospital after flipping a £2million electric supercar which then burst into flames as he filmed his new Amazon show The Grand Tour.But he miraculously escaped the fireball horror with little more than a fractured knee and was 'conscious and talking' after freeing himself from the vehicle.His Grand Tour colleagues May and Clarkson were 'staggered' he survived because there was 'nothing left' of the vehicle. The car completely flipped and then burst into flames''Richard was conscious and talking, and climbed out of the car himself before the vehicle burst into flames. He was driving a jet-powered car, the Vampire dragster, which was theoretically capable of travelling at speeds of up to 370mph (595.5 km/h), when one of the tyres unexpectedly failed on a structural level and caused the Vampire to lose control, before rolling over to its demise… The car completely flipped and then burst into flames.