Richard Hammond

[Beelzebrush]

What a tragedy. I really, really hope he pulls through with minimal long-term damage. One of the nicest blokes on the telly

Also, I wish the f***ing press would lay off.. kneejerk arseholes that they are

 

[james sequeira]

yes it a real shame hes young and has kids

hes only about an hour away from me at the moment hope he pulls through

 

[DrEvilmonki]

Well latest reports say he should recover well.

 

[finn18]

A huge tragedy in my books.

Great guy and great programme.

They still went too far on this one IMO. WTF was a TV presenter doing traveling in excess of 300mph in a jet car??? The Health and Safety Executive will descend like a ton of bricks on this one I am afraid. I hope it doesn\'t mean the end of Top Gear, or moderately risky stunts.

 

[james sequeira]

if they hadnt got greedy and wanted more footage it wouldnt have happened :no:

 

[petey]

I loves him! He is NAIS.

 

[matty1001]

Sorry to be ignorant, but, what actually happened?
I dont see much of the news, but from the bits and pieces iv heard today, he crashed a really fast car? Is he critical?

 

[james sequeira]

They were using a jet car at tremendous speed. First go went great, but they told him they want thim to do it again becuase they wanted more footage. From what i heard the car just went out of control and went on to the field and continuously rolled.

 

[Beelzebrush]

Agreed... an utterly ludicrous stunt. The media seem to be pushing for a dismal outcome to be honest.

Yeah... critical (but now stable) condition with significant head injuries.

 

[Torn blue sky]

The tyre blew at 300 mph

That\'s a totall shame, really like the hampster! He makes cars fun! His columns pretty funny too.
Poor Hampster, hope he makes a full recovery

 

[MPJ]

Originally posted by Beelzebrush
Agreed... an utterly ludicrous stunt. The media seem to be pushing for a dismal outcome to be honest...

Sadly it seems today that is all the media wants. Bad news sells better than good.

 

[Torn blue sky]

And ,of-course, you get the usuall bunch of pricks that think it\'s funny.
The last lot laughing about Steve-o really pissed me off

 

[farseerlum]

was he just a presenter? i got the impression he was a profesional driver.

poor guy. i love that show.

 

[Highbulp Billy]

I find it amazing that the BBC let him do this but wouldn\'t let Jeremy Clarkson drive his own Rolls Royce in to a swimming pool last series even with loads of safety gear. They got a professional stuntman to do it for him and pretend. ???

I heard that it wasn\'t even supposed to be Richard doing this stunt originally but James \"Captain Slow\" May? If that\'s true he must be feeling pretty low about the whole thing now.

 

[mistamick]

What happened? I haven\'t heard. Any chance of a link?

 

[peteh]

Here you go - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/5369512.stm

 

[stubert]

Originally posted by mistamick
What happened? I haven\'t heard. Any chance of a link?

read up a bit its there.

yer i really hope he pulls through this cos he is a really nice bloke. (with a family ) it hasent been a very good year what with my hero steve irwin, and a family friend aged 34, leaving 5 kids behinde, nota good year at all. so ill be praying for you hampster.

 

[Torn blue sky]

Indeed, tis a sad time

 

[Dragonsreach]

Yeah I hope he pulls through OK.
Not a fan of Top Gear, (Think Clarkson\'s an Ass) but even Fran thinks Hammonds an OK guy.
Which says a lot as she has very strong views about celebrities.

 

[Torn blue sky]

Ah F***ing Lhove celabrities!