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- The crash comes 11 years after Mr Hammond nearly died when he lost control of a Vampire dragster while filming for Top Gear. He was in a coma for two weeks after the accident at Elvington Airfield, near York. Mr Hammond, who had been driving at speeds of up to 288mph (463km/h), suffered brain injuries but made a full recovery.
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Jul 27, 2021 · In 2017, during a Hill Climb that was being filmed for Season 2 of The Grand Tour, Richard Hammond failed to stop for a corner at the very top of the track in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Jun 10, 2017 · Former Top Gear host Richard Hammond has been flown to hospital after a crash while filming in Switzerland. The 47-year-old was on a practice run for a race in an electric car for Amazon...
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On his fourth and final run of the hill-climb trail in St. Gallen, Switzerland, Hammond approached a corner carrying far too much speed to adequately brake his vehicle, causing the rear tyres of the Rimac to lose traction and slide the car off the track. The Rimac broke through a barrier on the corner and rolled over several times as it careened do...
Hammond was immediately air-lifted (onboard an Agusta-Westland AW109 HB-ZRZ) to the St. Gallen hospital, where doctors assessed that he had fractured his knee and required a brace. Hammond remained in hospital for six days, before leaving on the 16th of June, 2017 on a jet bound for his home in the U.K. Hammond was able to drive again on the 12th o...
Hammond's accident has been a consistent source of mockery in The Grand Tour's second and third season, with May and Clarkson mocking Hammond for not being able to drive, buying him Christmas presents such as velcro trousers and an upside-down toy car, and forcing him to compete in the race to Niagara Falls on crutches. For future episodes such as ...
Richard Hammond was injured in a hill-climb accident in Switzerland while driving a Rimac Concept One supercar for The Grand Tour. The web page details the accident, the aftermath, the legacy and the footage of the incident.
Jun 11, 2017 · Hammond was injured when he crashed while driving a Rimac Concept One, an electric supercar built in Croatia, the makers of “The Grand Tour” confirmed in a statement on Saturday.
Ex Top Gear driver Richard Hammond crashed with the Rimac Concept One S at the hillclimb Hemberg in Switzerlanduploadet at June 10, 2017 at 17:45.
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Jun 27, 2017 · The TV star, 47, was filming for the show in Switzerland when the car he was driving crashed and repeatedly flipped over before catching fire, moments after he managed to escape it.
Jun 10, 2017 · The Grand Tour presenter and former Top Gear host escapes serious injury after an electric supercar crashes during filming and catches fire, reducing it to a twisted, blackened mess.
