Richard Hammond - Crashing again.

[slowmotion]

Driver crashes on hill climb.

Move along...nothing to see.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Too much speed. Simples.

 

[fossyant]

Time trial on a closed road... he does need to learn his limits... the other two can't drive either. It's also a prototype car..... so might be dodgy on the handling.

 

[classic33]

Did they evacuate the village?


I would have no more sympathy for anyone racing, but I would assume the other drivers were competent professionals.

(I didn't know it was a race, btw. I didn't click the link because I don't care about anything to do with Top Gear and it's descendants. They do nothing to improve the world)

Do they clear the houses at the sides of roads when there's a rally coming through? Where vehicles are as likely to hit the ditches either side as they are top speed.

Answer: No

 

[raleighnut]

Next time maybe he ought to try a proper vehicle for hillclimbing,

View: https://youtu.be/D_GYGAZMgRE

 

[slowmotion]

WARNING: Unsuitable for po-faced cyclists.
[media]

]View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y20CLumT2Sg[/media]

 

[classic33]

WARNING: Unsuitable for po-faced cyclists.
[media]

]View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y20CLumT2Sg[/media]

See, sat at the side of the road! What happens if he hits someone?

 

[classic33]

[QUOTE 4838268, member: 45"]The bloke who had just come off nights and was asleep in the house he flew past.[/QUOTE]
Only the one person put the night shift at risk then?

 

[potsy]

[QUOTE 4838268, member: 45"]The bloke who had just come off nights and was asleep in the house he flew past.[/QUOTE]
You must have Ultra HD to be able to see detail like that!

 

[Drago]

Just think how much Direct Line would pay him to catch the bus.

 

[Drago]

He is to Top Gear what Maureen was to Driving School.

FTFY.

 

[Welsh wheels]

Glad he is ok, quite like Hammond, seems not as nobberish as May and Clarkson.

 

[Profpointy]

Why don't they get him to drive stuff more suited to his ability?

Plenty of top motor racing drivers, rally drivers and motorcylcle racers crash despite their superlative skills. For that matter the same applies to top professional cycle racers. No doubt hammond would have been going a lot slower than a proper rally driver when his skill ran out. No risk to others, closed road, not per se irresponsible but no doubt pushed it a bit too far.

 

[I like Skol]

As a bit of a petrol head and occasional go-karter i would suggest he screwed up long before he even reached the corner he lost it on and was driving way beyond his and the vehicles ability. How he managed to screech the tyres on the right hander just before the left turn is beyond me unless the F/R brake bias was all wrong from the start. I suspect he was braking heavily into the turn with too much rear braking bias.

 

[slowmotion]

He had a crack at a bit of fun, in a ridiculously expensive car that somebody else paid for. Wouldn't you have done the same?