+Alex Kantor until he gets a massive brain infact and dies. Keep in mind his brains got a massive hit, and that will haunt him the moment he gets older. I wouldn't be shockt if he loses memory's later on in his life or get some other brain issue's.
In his book "Life on the edge" Richard said that getting back to being on Television that soon after he woke up was the biggest mistake of all. Because he doesn't remember the filming of the North Pole special, the fact that he even did that special that soon after waking up says a lot about his state of mind. He now says that he should have taken at least a year off to recover.
Yeah i think it didnt traumatize him at first but after the memory came back to him he said he thought he was going to die and accepted death right then and there
@@austinsavage5962 it's amazing just how much trauma dissociation/repression can present like the person is in a chronic state of acute shock glad he had the team he did; iffy decisions and scary accidents got heavily mitigated by the precautions they regularly took as part of the show
Yeah, Richard and his wife wrote a book about the accident called 'On the Edge' which talks about it, and Clarkson and May were really worried about him, Jeremy didn't want to leave the hospital.
Sjeska I do Mate, and I understand why it sounds unlikely, however if you watch the more recent interview of Richard Hammond on The Jonathan Ross show, he tells Jonathan how he has no recollection of the previous interview.
Hammond said in his book "Life on the edge" that coming back to work so soon after the accident was a mistake and that he should have taken at least a year to fully recuperate. He mentions the North Pole special as something he simply cannot recall doing.
I found this from an article about his crash: "The Health & Safety Executive report on the accident stated that Hammond's "instantaneous reaction to the tyre blow out seems to have been that of a competent high performance car driver, namely to brake the car and to try to steer into the skid. Immediately afterwards he also seems to have followed his training and to have pulled back on the main parachute release lever, thus shutting down the jet engine and also closing the jet and afterburner fuel levers. The main parachute did not have time to deploy before the car ran off the runway." The report suggests that the accident may not have been recoverable even if the driver had reacted with no more delay than was humanly possible." He is truly a ballsy guy behind the wheel of a car and, to his credit, doesn't let his past crashes get in the way of him still racing.
Hammond has recently reunited with The Vampire, the dragster that nearly took his life, via DRIVETRIBE. He still fears it, even though it'll technically never do land speed record runs anymore. Stills fires, tho.
@@flaminggaming143 the a out of damage caused to it, and since they chose to restore it means it'll never be in proper aerodynamic shape to get as fast as it did
I still believe that the only reason Richard Hammond is still alive is because of his own skill and quick reaction time. That clip of the crash is a testament to Hammond's awesomeness.
Hassan Mccullough And the scary thing was, James May was supposta to do that segment. The James May that is taller than Hammond. He would have been killed.
Hassan Mccullough He's not that slow at all. He's obviously a really good driver and was the one who did the speed test with the Veyron. Before Top Gear he was a car reviewer for a serious magazine who demands all their drivers to be skillful. James May is a proper driver and he'd smoke all of us. On the show they play their character a bit big, but he just don't want to go fast all the time. But sometimes he lets himself free and in those moments Hammond and Jeremy have to concentrate if they want to keep up with him. Do you remember the episode where they drive in Romania and James May lets himself completely free and Jeremy is just smiling and laughing in the car because May is sliding and pushing his car so hard that Jeremy is having problems keeping up?
Defensive driving skills are essential in order to safely manoeuvre supercars on public roads, which is why many supercar brands provide free training to new owners. Goes without saying that all of the three TG hosts will have been rigorously trained in defensive driving - if not for effectively reviewing their cars, then at very least for their own safety.
You can tell he's not recovered emotionally. I had a traumatic brain injury and I can relate, especially with the anger management. It's a long fight but he's lucky to be alive to fight it.
@@xploration1437 Our hormones are regulated by the brain, and play a huge part in our mood and our emotional response to any situation. It's really common for people who recover from a brain injury such as a trauma or a stroke to have some changes to their personality, whether that's anger, levels of happiness, sadness etc. The brain is literally responsible for everything that makes up someone's personality.
That would make no sense unless richard has the brain capacity to create 7 billion people he hasnt seen before, and the trillions if personal info around us such as a speck of dirt on the floor to the car we own and even our thoguhs interest and dreams
It's really awful to say but I'm glad that it was Richard in that car and not James. Apparently, he was meant to be the driver but was busy so Richard did it. I've heard a lot about how part of why he survived was because he was short enough that his head was in the car. If it was James, he could've died because he is taller. I love Richard and James so much and I'm glad that they are still alive and having fun.
@@chaoticneutral6288 I found this on the Top Gear Wiki: In September 2007 , a year after the accident, Andy Wilman revealed that James May was the original presenter intended for the ill-fated segment, but was delegated to Hammond following schedule conflicts. It stands to reason that a similar prospective accident would have resulted in May being decapitated, due to his taller height. However, it would also be unlikely that he would have gone for an extra run in the car, in which Hammond had the accident.
Richard Hammond was still very much broken here. His autobiography is fascinating and he admits he doesn’t remember this or the first series of Top Gear following the crash. He very much regrets doing this and coming back too soon.
hearing about there pact to make the next word "anyways" brought a tear to my eye. the bond those 3 have after all those years of there show and all those years being a family is something i hope everyone experiences.
Seriously old video, but I just found it. His description gave me chills. When I was 18 I was in a bad car crash, and it was literally "I stopped for gas and bought a Pepsi, and then it was 2 weeks later in the hospital".
I recently found out that Hammond's brain damage was worse than initially thought, like he was still having memory problems for a few years after, an example is that he has no memory of this interview at all
I'll never get over how these mannerisms can casually insult each other so often, and yet everyone had a good laugh about it and moves on. That's a kind of thick-skinned self security that I wish many more people would wear on a daily basis, especially in America. Everyone's so damned insecure that the littlest things that people can say call their whole essence into question. It's quite perplexing, and frankly just plain infuriating to watch. I have no idea why I felt the need to use this much vocabulary...I'm American. I suppose the proper comment should have been: "LOL, these dudes talk pretty funny but if they called me a "bugga" I'd kick der ass." I enjoyed the video nevertheless.
David MacMillan Yeah. Me and a bloke from Britain (who moved to the Netherlands to study here) always have a good conversation with lots of banter and "fucks" and people around us would get offended or just look at us as if we're crazy.
Here's the thing I doubt withe of the others could have survived. Hammond was in a much better shape than the other 2. James was originally supposed to do it. Thank god they are all fine.
All the jokes he made I believe are a way of deflecting the truth, which is that all of this terrified him. If he answered the questions directly, I’m convinced the interview would have been far more emotional.
exactly. he's totally selfless in spite of his ego and you really can tell that he wants nothing more than to entertain people and make them laugh. Every time he's asked what has changed about him he deflects sheer existential dread with a new love for celery.
"It's like that film Memento. Have you seen that film Memento?" "Probably." The brain is amazing. Maybe you can't remember things, but the wit is still right there.
He was still very much out of it here. He said he doesn't remember doing this interview, and you can see it here and there that he says things that are just not real.
+Gábor Szűcs Can you point out any of those things that aren't real? To me he seems clever, witty, and perfectly lucid. I'd guess his ability to form and hold long-term memories just took longer to heal than the rest of his brain.
Tom He went back to the show like a year or two later and he himself said that he had absolutely no recollection of this or the 6th season of Top Gear and that he looked quite confused.
Gábor Szűcs He was fine at the time, that’s why he says he was mended. No one at the time knew that the time after the crash wouldn’t develop into long term memory.
Many people believe this man is alive through good luck, if he hadn’t immediately turned the extremely hi-flow fuel supply off when the tyre blew out he wouldn’t be! Good training and quick reactions kept him here ✌🏻
This has likely shown up in the comments section already, but Hammond actually did not remember this interview even happened due to his injuries. He said so on his second Jonathan Ross interview
I am watching this knowing there will be no more Top Gear....so sad. Those three men had such a relationship and friendship they could take the piss of each other and simply not offend....The sad thing is some people simply didn't get their sense of humour. I mean can you imagine the horror if Clarkson would've done what Richard just said they had an agreement would be said if any one of them croaked...'anyway...'? There would've been a public outcry from those who just didn't get it. From those of us enlightened ones, who did get it, well we would've been rolling on the ground holding onto our tummies... I loved the show and I loved all three stars of the show...RIP Top Gear. I will miss it. I am female and its the only car show I will and have ever watched! :(
This was a great interview! If only from the neuroscience point of view, it was great to have an insight of what a person with a previous brain injury might have experienced while recovering and what changes they noticed if any. And of course Hammond, as usual, is witty and is just very entertaining to listen to! Glad that he's all ok!
I'm a huge fan of Top Gear. Yet, somehow, I wasn't aware of this accident until a few hours ago. This interview is frustrating, to say the least. The interviewer seems to have lost the art of *conversation*. He asks a question, and doesn't give Richard a full right of reply, before cutting him off, and cracking a gag. Given that Richard had survived a potentially fatal accident and, after four months, made himself available to talk about his experience, I would have thought that this git could have given more opportunity for Richard to articulate his thoughts and feelings, without so many rude interjections. Alas no. Jonathan, sometimes great television is not about you, it's about the guests, and knowing when to shut the hell up!!
Very well put. Jonathan Ross is not only only an ass, his taste in music and decor, even at the level of variety shows, is the absolute worst I have ever seen. He's probably also a nightmare to work with. I hope his show has been canceled since this interview was done.
I didn't notice too many interruptions, although these shows are more relaxed and lighthearted than a serious interview. It's more of a conversation, rather than a presenter dryly asking questions and then nodding for the next twenty minutes. It felt to me like Jonathan wanted Richard to feel relaxed and was filling in any potentially awkward moments in order to keep it flowing smoothly.
Jonathan Ross show isnt a serious interview show... its a light hearted fun interview... and thats the way most british show works... but i do see your point
He does seem fairly normal, but in recent years he mentions not being right in the head for up to a year after the crash, even though he went back to work. Specifically the polar special..I remember him saying he was a bit off during the trip, and that he randomly cried when he was alone... I guess seeming normal doesnt neccesarily mean you are indeed fine. He ended up being extremely lucky..
He has three audio books that he has narrated. I just bought all three and can't wait to listen to them. He's such a gorgeous man--so sweet, and it's wonderful his family didn't lose him!
when i was about 1 or 2 (when he was in leeds) i was staying in the same ward as hammond, apparently he once was walking round with the nurses yelling hi to everyone, including my parents
I'm a massive fan of the Hamster and when he had hie "incident". I thought we'd lost him. The man is a walking miracle and I couldn'tbe happier. And GOD BLESS MINDY for supporting him through everything. Love to both of them and the whole family. Will meet you soon Rich, with a project scimitar GTC. Smallest cog
I have gotten traumatic amnesia twice, first time in a car accident where the car ended up in four pieces and me standing up in the road looking at it calmly and the second the hospital did dumb stuff, but I remember being ordered not to drive for a certain period of time after coming home. I was DYING to drive again, it's like you think it's a necessary part of life even though it almost ended your life.
lalaithan Hearing about it, and looking it up beyond this video, I'm thinking I had it after a wreck where the farmer who came to help wondered where I had come from as he didn't think anyone could survive the crash. I didn't seek medical care, so I'll never know for sure, but I dealt with some strange time slips after the crash for a couple or three weeks. I was driving 4 days after. Knowing what I now know about the condition I'm thinking that was a dumb thing to do so soon, but I was awfully young and dumb when it happened.
lalaithan My father didn't get into a comma, but one time in a BMX competition he fell chin-first into the ground and only remembers filling a form with his information in hospital. Later people told him that he just got up from the fall, got inside an ambulance without any help and appeared to be completely fine and he doesn't remember any of that. Sometimes the brain gets crazy in high adrenaline situations!
You know what could’ve saved him, the fact that he was shorter. Seriously, if it was Clarkson in there all the force would’ve gone through his helmet and most likely killed him.
Im so happy he is still here and can still do what he loves. I watch Grand Tour and Top Gear when i'm at my worst just because I know it makes me feel better. Richard Hammond is like a hero to me.
Nice to see him back here doing the interview. Having seen the crash the man was very lucky to make a recovery. Terrible time for his family esp his wife who would have been torn between being with him in hospital and a mum to thier young family.
he wrote a book about the experience, well his wife wrote the first bit about when he was unconscious and he wrote the last bit. i'm not usually one for biographies/autobiographies but it was a really interesting read :)
From the vid, it looks like the cause of the accident was that the front-right tire blew out. Which tends to be a prob when your going almost 300 mph...
The best part of this is that although it was awful and everyone was concerned for him, he's willing to laugh about it and take the piss. Fantastic! Perfectly British way to deal with it.
I just read that a year or so after this interview that Richard had no memory of every being on this show. It's scary to think of how a brain injury can affect our memory, I'm very happy that Richard has made a complete recovery and is living a happy life with his wife and two young children. A very nice and funny gentleman.
If I had a nickel for every time Richard Hammond wrecked an expensive supercar and somehow managed to survive the crash with relatively minimal injuries, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.
And it's now "I'm angry - oh sod it, I can't be bothered being angry" rather than "I'm slightly pissed off, and I'm going to let my slightly pissed offness fester until I eventually forget about it." which is what he had before.
Most people are horribly impacted by brain injuries. Richard Hammond gains an improved memory and a love of celery.
+Alex Kantor until he gets a massive brain infact and dies.
Keep in mind his brains got a massive hit, and that will haunt him the moment he gets older. I wouldn't be shockt if he loses memory's later on in his life or get some other brain issue's.
+aa aa "infact"
Andrew Mumford No need for english lessons, useless language.
+Alex Kantor Do you know that Richard DOESNT renember this very interview?
lel
That crash was unforgettable. Unless you're Richard Hammond
Face
Bah doomp TSHHH!! I'll be here all week! Be sure to tip your waitress..
Depends on how much heavy metal he was listening to at the time of the crash.
DAMN!
I think he would love this 🤣
"Have you seen that film memento?"
"Probably"
Absolute class
In his book "Life on the edge" Richard said that getting back to being on Television that soon after he woke up was the biggest mistake of all. Because he doesn't remember the filming of the North Pole special, the fact that he even did that special that soon after waking up says a lot about his state of mind.
He now says that he should have taken at least a year off to recover.
Yeah i think it didnt traumatize him at first but after the memory came back to him he said he thought he was going to die and accepted death right then and there
holy crap; he had messed up memory while dogsledding to the north pole
@@austinsavage5962 it's amazing just how much trauma dissociation/repression can present like the person is in a chronic state of acute shock
glad he had the team he did; iffy decisions and scary accidents got heavily mitigated by the precautions they regularly took as part of the show
@@thomasmcelroy5785 i dont really think it was repressed i just think he hit his head really hard
@@austinsavage5962
Brain can repress traumatic memories without the brain's owner deciding to do so. The brain does it automatically on its own.
I dont think Jeremy and James are even capable of crying, but lets be honest, they must have been shattered.
Jeremy was probably in a terrible way the weeks while Richard was in hospital.
They will have cried.
Yeah, Richard and his wife wrote a book about the accident called 'On the Edge' which talks about it, and Clarkson and May were really worried about him, Jeremy didn't want to leave the hospital.
Jeremy incapable of crying? Oh boy the last episode of The Grand Tour has something to say to you
@@mostlybrokenbritishcars3220 Yeah, little did he know 3 years ago xD
Scarily, he doesn't remember this interview, He was still I guess, in some form, concussed...
That sounds... unlikely, do you have any source mate?
Sjeska I do Mate, and I understand why it sounds unlikely, however if you watch the more recent interview of Richard Hammond on The Jonathan Ross show, he tells Jonathan how he has no recollection of the previous interview.
ruclips.net/video/U2Zp0G9vNpA/видео.html
Hammond said in his book "Life on the edge" that coming back to work so soon after the accident was a mistake and that he should have taken at least a year to fully recuperate.
He mentions the North Pole special as something he simply cannot recall doing.
RastaSaiyaman It's so weird, he seems perfectly fine here but there were obviously still problems.
I found this from an article about his crash:
"The Health & Safety Executive report on the accident stated that Hammond's "instantaneous reaction to the tyre blow out seems to have been that of a competent high performance car driver, namely to brake the car and to try to steer into the skid. Immediately afterwards he also seems to have followed his training and to have pulled back on the main parachute release lever, thus shutting down the jet engine and also closing the jet and afterburner fuel levers. The main parachute did not have time to deploy before the car ran off the runway." The report suggests that the accident may not have been recoverable even if the driver had reacted with no more delay than was humanly possible."
He is truly a ballsy guy behind the wheel of a car and, to his credit, doesn't let his past crashes get in the way of him still racing.
@@VampireDrip ratio says otherwise
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr Wichard Hammond!
Trying not to laugh
Why don't I get notifications for likes on my comments :( I never knew this got over 100. I'm quite proud
you earned it, well done!
Wadies and Wentleman, Wichawd Wammond
Feist Laist haha lol
Hammond has recently reunited with The Vampire, the dragster that nearly took his life, via DRIVETRIBE. He still fears it, even though it'll technically never do land speed record runs anymore. Stills fires, tho.
How come it wont do anymore runs, im just now researching this story?
It's probably not going to set any records, but they did say there was a chance it will do speed runs in the future.
@@flaminggaming143 the a out of damage caused to it, and since they chose to restore it means it'll never be in proper aerodynamic shape to get as fast as it did
@@theimperialfistsspacemarin3050 i need to remember restoring and repairing are different🤣🤣
@@flaminggaming143 yep😂
I still believe that the only reason Richard Hammond is still alive is because of his own skill and quick reaction time. That clip of the crash is a testament to Hammond's awesomeness.
Wrong. It was his height. He would've been decapitated had he been a bit taller.
Hassan Mccullough And the scary thing was, James May was supposta to do that segment. The James May that is taller than Hammond. He would have been killed.
What? Captain slow dying in a high speed crash? I doubt it.
Hassan Mccullough He's not that slow at all. He's obviously a really good driver and was the one who did the speed test with the Veyron.
Before Top Gear he was a car reviewer for a serious magazine who demands all their drivers to be skillful. James May is a proper driver and he'd smoke all of us.
On the show they play their character a bit big, but he just don't want to go fast all the time. But sometimes he lets himself free and in those moments Hammond and Jeremy have to concentrate if they want to keep up with him.
Do you remember the episode where they drive in Romania and James May lets himself completely free and Jeremy is just smiling and laughing in the car because May is sliding and pushing his car so hard that Jeremy is having problems keeping up?
Defensive driving skills are essential in order to safely manoeuvre supercars on public roads, which is why many supercar brands provide free training to new owners. Goes without saying that all of the three TG hosts will have been rigorously trained in defensive driving - if not for effectively reviewing their cars, then at very least for their own safety.
You can tell he's not recovered emotionally. I had a traumatic brain injury and I can relate, especially with the anger management. It's a long fight but he's lucky to be alive to fight it.
Not recovered emotionally - how do you reckon?
@@DasObscure you could tell a massive difference between him before and after both or his major crashes both on and off air
Why would you be angry?
@@xploration1437 Our hormones are regulated by the brain, and play a huge part in our mood and our emotional response to any situation. It's really common for people who recover from a brain injury such as a trauma or a stroke to have some changes to their personality, whether that's anger, levels of happiness, sadness etc. The brain is literally responsible for everything that makes up someone's personality.
@@googleuser2571 No shit Shirlock. That’s the most vague answer ever.
Only 3 months after a severe brain injury, and he's that lucid and articulate? Pretty remarkable.
Jimmy Calhoun
Even the Lord watches Top Gear.
@@spookylemon4947 It was confirmed when he sent his son Jesus to a recording.
@@scsutton1
Twice
He can't remember any of this though
I had serieus brain injuri ,samen my hed open ,6 weeks ic ,now no aaffecyts
What if we are all a figment of Richard Hammonds mind and we don't actually exist?!?
That makes no sense it's the other way around.
I’d be okay with that
someone needs to stop giving him LSD
Nigga... that legitimately makes no fucking sense
That would make no sense unless richard has the brain capacity to create 7 billion people he hasnt seen before, and the trillions if personal info around us such as a speck of dirt on the floor to the car we own and even our thoguhs interest and dreams
Richard Hammond: in completely fine, I’ve fully recovered
Also Richard Hammond: I did an interview with him?
It's really awful to say but I'm glad that it was Richard in that car and not James. Apparently, he was meant to be the driver but was busy so Richard did it. I've heard a lot about how part of why he survived was because he was short enough that his head was in the car. If it was James, he could've died because he is taller. I love Richard and James so much and I'm glad that they are still alive and having fun.
@@chaoticneutral6288 unfortunately not. I remember reading it a good while ago but can't remember where.
@@chaoticneutral6288 I found this on the Top Gear Wiki:
In September 2007 , a year after the accident, Andy Wilman revealed that James May was the original presenter intended for the ill-fated segment, but was delegated to Hammond following schedule conflicts. It stands to reason that a similar prospective accident would have resulted in May being decapitated, due to his taller height. However, it would also be unlikely that he would have gone for an extra run in the car, in which Hammond had the accident.
'you wewe wacing a vewwy fast wocket caw is that wight?'
'i have a vewwy good fwiend in wome cawwed biggus dickus!'
Great stuff.
Hammond is a genuinely funny guy.
i love wichard
he's probably more funny off camera
Funnier than Jonothan Woss anyway.
Jeremy said Rich is the funniest out of them three
@@emlix1 Good one, flew over my head for a second.
Richard Hammond was still very much broken here. His autobiography is fascinating and he admits he doesn’t remember this or the first series of Top Gear following the crash. He very much regrets doing this and coming back too soon.
hearing about there pact to make the next word "anyways" brought a tear to my eye. the bond those 3 have after all those years of there show and all those years being a family is something i hope everyone experiences.
Adam Christiansen me too
I can imagine his eulogy:
Richard "Hamster" Hammond
He went too fast.
Rest in piece.
No. That'd be an ironic eulogy for James May's tombstone.
Here lies James May
He went too fast.
LOL. True. And Clarkson's:
Here lies Jeremy Clarkson.
The most dead man
IN THE WORLD.
Riley Matchett Here lies Jennifer Clarkson.
Riley Matchett
here lies Jeremy Clarkson.
he is now with a higher POWAAAH!!!
dissatisfiedgamer This has made my week. You sir are a cruel, hilarious genius!
This guy has such a good sense of humor
Unfortunately the other guy doesn't
"I think they'd be really cross if I did anything wrong."
Yeah like get in a RIMAC and do the exact same thing again...
I love Hammond to bits (loved Brainiac when I was younger) and genuinely cried tears of joy when it was reported that he had come to and all was well.
+PauseForGames I see you everywhere! First Squire's channel, now here!
Nick C. You'll find me everywhere if it involves a British personality in the video ;)
Yes totally
Total wipe out
Brainiac
And of course Top Gear
And that is my childhood right there
Oh god what did you do when he crashed the rimac 😂
@@ozzy844
The man is tougher than the Toyota Hilux.
But at the same time thank Christ he was the *presenter* and not a *contestant* of Total Wipeout.
Seriously old video, but I just found it. His description gave me chills. When I was 18 I was in a bad car crash, and it was literally "I stopped for gas and bought a Pepsi, and then it was 2 weeks later in the hospital".
Sadly Jeremy Clarkson will no longer be a presenter on TopGear....Anyway the new Aston Martin.
They're still investigating. Hammond and May refused to film without him. He'll be back
POOpStiNkPiE how wrong you were...
***** kinda late reply but the comment refferred to him being back on TopGear so... how right I was
+Mikael Pashnin Show name?
+Mikael Pashnin and a commercial for amazon featuring a small banner.
I recently found out that Hammond's brain damage was worse than initially thought, like he was still having memory problems for a few years after, an example is that he has no memory of this interview at all
or of the artic special.
I'll never get over how these mannerisms can casually insult each other so often, and yet everyone had a good laugh about it and moves on. That's a kind of thick-skinned self security that I wish many more people would wear on a daily basis, especially in America. Everyone's so damned insecure that the littlest things that people can say call their whole essence into question. It's quite perplexing, and frankly just plain infuriating to watch.
I have no idea why I felt the need to use this much vocabulary...I'm American. I suppose the proper comment should have been: "LOL, these dudes talk pretty funny but if they called me a "bugga" I'd kick der ass."
I enjoyed the video nevertheless.
I agree! People tend to let things get to them quite a bit here in the U.S. It's insecurity mostly.
Madman Lac Livid Yeah at least if their English, that's my experience. Don't know about the Scots and the Welsh.
its called banter. its just when people bounce insults off each other you just take it on the chin
David MacMillan Yeah. Me and a bloke from Britain (who moved to the Netherlands to study here) always have a good conversation with lots of banter and "fucks" and people around us would get offended or just look at us as if we're crazy.
***** aussies and english people have it, but thats about it, its unheard of in the hispanic world
Here's the thing I doubt withe of the others could have survived. Hammond was in a much better shape than the other 2. James was originally supposed to do it. Thank god they are all fine.
+GhettoMist I heard that if he was taller he would not had survived. It was a long time I read this though..
james is also extremely slow so he probably wouldn't have crashed
@@cvspvr He wouldn’t have found the track to begin with.
If all went well it would’ve been great to see May breaking a record
@@klj2382 YEEESSSS!!! I’VE WON A TOP GEAR EVENT!
Hammond is actually invincible.
Seriously, I just cannot possibly imagine him dying.
I went into a coma after bacterial pneumonia and when I woke up I was allergic to pomegranate.
buggers
yup, gotta hate those damn pomegranates
dippy chick
dizzy in the dessert youre really pretty :)
dizzy in the dessert omg woah
I met Richard when he was the brainiac presenter, I have his autograph :D
+Kate Rainbow I miss that show. it was good fun and it didn't last with the replacement presenter for the reason that he isn't Richard Hammond.
I know him personally
Lucy,Zara&Harry Scudy is he Nice?
Awsome!
Lucy,Zara&Harry Scudy that’s lovely, bet he is a wonderful person 😊
All the jokes he made I believe are a way of deflecting the truth, which is that all of this terrified him. If he answered the questions directly, I’m convinced the interview would have been far more emotional.
exactly. he's totally selfless in spite of his ego and you really can tell that he wants nothing more than to entertain people and make them laugh. Every time he's asked what has changed about him he deflects sheer existential dread with a new love for celery.
So heavy. Such a serious thing to happen and I love that he can crack some hilarious jokes about it.
"It's like that film Memento. Have you seen that film Memento?"
"Probably."
The brain is amazing. Maybe you can't remember things, but the wit is still right there.
Oh this is wichard hammond, could have sworn it was richard hammond
Tom haha
Because It Is Richard Hammond He's Trolling
Tom wibbley wobbley jonathon woss
Tom haha 😂 gotta love jonafan woss! (shame your a city fan though 😒😁)
He was still very much out of it here. He said he doesn't remember doing this interview, and you can see it here and there that he says things that are just not real.
+Gábor Szűcs Can you point out any of those things that aren't real? To me he seems clever, witty, and perfectly lucid. I'd guess his ability to form and hold long-term memories just took longer to heal than the rest of his brain.
Xezlec For example: He didn't remember all of the phonenumbers.
Gábor Szűcs he's absolutely fine in this interview, no need to look for something that isn't there
Tom He went back to the show like a year or two later and he himself said that he had absolutely no recollection of this or the 6th season of Top Gear and that he looked quite confused.
Gábor Szűcs
He was fine at the time, that’s why he says he was mended. No one at the time knew that the time after the crash wouldn’t develop into long term memory.
If you get the chance, read Hammonds autobiography, it`s really special and a brilliant read!
Oh dear... Dumb Britain
10pennysweets fuck me you dont get much dumber than the US OF A right at the back of the queue when god was handing out brains . fucking fools
When the good Lord was teaching the correct use of a full stop in a sentence, certain people were not paying attention. Oh the irony! The irony!
AAAH the grammer distraction technique. You Muppet.
10pennysweets Ironic indeed , more so, that you never rectified your own punctuation error !
reminds me of a mini david tennant
0.0
Yes im not the only one :D
More than reminds me. From some angles they look like twins separated at birth.
Soloman1001 Yeah I don't know why I wrote this..
Not Scottish
it's weird how he and David Tennant seem so similar
round face and googling eyes
Clarkson did describe David Tennant as a good looking version of Richard Hammond.
@@scsutton1 But Hammond is genuinely good looking too.
Of course, not as handsome as Jeremy.
@@AnnaMarianne
What sort of a fetish do you need to have to think Clarkson is hot?
"Mista Wichad Hammond!"
"Wacing a vewwy fast wocket car"
Does this guy know how to pronounce the letter R?
he cant no he's made jokes about himself pronounce R in the past for it, its like a weird lisp thing
Speech impediments are a thing that exist
Jonathan Woss has never been able to pronounce R.
Hes been on British TV for years. Not once.
Yup, that was what i was thinking
"this guy"?
this guy happens to be a vewwy funny man, it's Jonathan Woss
Many people believe this man is alive through good luck, if he hadn’t immediately turned the extremely hi-flow fuel supply off when the tyre blew out he wouldn’t be! Good training and quick reactions kept him here ✌🏻
and good luck
Exacly
No handeld ,quick
Absolute
@@lean4real_11 preparation meets opportunity
This has likely shown up in the comments section already, but Hammond actually did not remember this interview even happened due to his injuries. He said so on his second Jonathan Ross interview
Wichard Hammond!
The Commenter It's no pwoblem weally, The Commentew. Pwoceed.
From Monty Python's The Life Of Brian: "....the highest wanking Woman...." No wonder Jonathan Woss talks so fast. It's to clip his impediment short.
Were you aware that it was going wong
Please no, dont let the chinese drive rocket cars
Luke Bekker can u spell?
@@Patrick-pi7ng You're a dummy 2 years ago and probably still.
Glasgow scale about comas?
Could be worse. The Bristol scale measures the wetness or solidness of poop.
well wadies and wentlemen I welcome you Wichard Wammond
Heather Routledge hahaha
"It woz a howwible fing to wead abowt"
''injured at work? dont drive a jet car at 300mph'' hugh dennis joke mock the week
I am watching this knowing there will be no more Top Gear....so sad. Those three men had such a relationship and friendship they could take the piss of each other and simply not offend....The sad thing is some people simply didn't get their sense of humour. I mean can you imagine the horror if Clarkson would've done what Richard just said they had an agreement would be said if any one of them croaked...'anyway...'? There would've been a public outcry from those who just didn't get it. From those of us enlightened ones, who did get it, well we would've been rolling on the ground holding onto our tummies... I loved the show and I loved all three stars of the show...RIP Top Gear. I will miss it. I am female and its the only car show I will and have ever watched! :(
u sure u wont watch the new 1
+MrWisemasterful I would love that!
+Tilly Divine I'd be fine with him keeping his job, could care less about whether he keeps his job or not.
I'd hit him back and sort it out properly
well surprise, grand tour
This was a great interview! If only from the neuroscience point of view, it was great to have an insight of what a person with a previous brain injury might have experienced while recovering and what changes they noticed if any. And of course Hammond, as usual, is witty and is just very entertaining to listen to! Glad that he's all ok!
I'm a huge fan of Top Gear. Yet, somehow, I wasn't aware of this accident until a few hours ago. This interview is frustrating, to say the least. The interviewer seems to have lost the art of *conversation*. He asks a question, and doesn't give Richard a full right of reply, before cutting him off, and cracking a gag. Given that Richard had survived a potentially fatal accident and, after four months, made himself available to talk about his experience, I would have thought that this git could have given more opportunity for Richard to articulate his thoughts and feelings, without so many rude interjections. Alas no. Jonathan, sometimes great television is not about you, it's about the guests, and knowing when to shut the hell up!!
Very well put. Jonathan Ross is not only only an ass, his taste in music and decor, even at the level of variety shows, is the absolute worst I have ever seen. He's probably also a nightmare to work with. I hope his show has been canceled since this interview was done.
i've noticed all British variety shows have this quicker English rhythm and cadence to their interviewing style.
I didn't notice too many interruptions, although these shows are more relaxed and lighthearted than a serious interview. It's more of a conversation, rather than a presenter dryly asking questions and then nodding for the next twenty minutes. It felt to me like Jonathan wanted Richard to feel relaxed and was filling in any potentially awkward moments in order to keep it flowing smoothly.
Jonathan Ross show isnt a serious interview show... its a light hearted fun interview... and thats the way most british show works... but i do see your point
Apparently you have no idea how Jonathan Ross works. His show is about as serious as a fart.
for all the jokes he gets about it, richard hammonds height probably saved his life
after watching the crash i believe the tyre got punctured
The rubber on the front right wheel poped off when he hit about 280, wich caused the car to steer violently to the right and then flip several times.
+Nuclear Guy looks like the rim of the wheel shreaded the tyre.
Jamal t cwash*
what do you mean believe? thats what happened
So glad he's okay!! Gotta be one of the most amazing men on earth, handsome, talented, what else could you want? ;D
Gonna go out on a limb and say you're a huge fan of Richard. LOL. :-P
Jason McLeod Think the pp helps give that away a little, too :p
tall
I know someone who looks just like him and is even the same height. And he's also only four years older than Richard.
Omg I need to meet him xDD
He does seem fairly normal, but in recent years he mentions not being right in the head for up to a year after the crash, even though he went back to work. Specifically the polar special..I remember him saying he was a bit off during the trip, and that he randomly cried when he was alone...
I guess seeming normal doesnt neccesarily mean you are indeed fine. He ended up being extremely lucky..
"probably"
Now that is sharp wit.
"Richard Hammond first TV interview after crash"
Which one?
The dragster I think
He has three audio books that he has narrated. I just bought all three and can't wait to listen to them. He's such a gorgeous man--so sweet, and it's wonderful his family didn't lose him!
So very happy he survived and recovered. Just love him. (love all three of them, but I will admit to a favorite, and he's it.)
"Do you still have all the memories as before?" How the heck would he know!!!
"vocket cah"
RolandAshcroft HAHAHA
Wish I could be as charming as Hammond. He's a serious class act.
12:04 "they'd be really cross if anything goes wrong."
*smash cut to grand tour season 2
when i was about 1 or 2 (when he was in leeds) i was staying in the same ward as hammond, apparently he once was walking round with the nurses yelling hi to everyone, including my parents
I'm a massive fan of the Hamster and when he had hie "incident". I thought we'd lost him. The man is a walking miracle and I couldn'tbe happier. And GOD BLESS MINDY for supporting him through everything. Love to both of them and the whole family. Will meet you soon Rich, with a project scimitar GTC. Smallest cog
british humour is brilliant!
The best
British humor is just denial
SEE, a handsome bloke like him would HAVE TO HAVE a beautiful wife like her! 👍
I have gotten traumatic amnesia twice, first time in a car accident where the car ended up in four pieces and me standing up in the road looking at it calmly and the second the hospital did dumb stuff, but I remember being ordered not to drive for a certain period of time after coming home. I was DYING to drive again, it's like you think it's a necessary part of life even though it almost ended your life.
lalaithan Hearing about it, and looking it up beyond this video, I'm thinking I had it after a wreck where the farmer who came to help wondered where I had come from as he didn't think anyone could survive the crash.
I didn't seek medical care, so I'll never know for sure, but I dealt with some strange time slips after the crash for a couple or three weeks.
I was driving 4 days after. Knowing what I now know about the condition I'm thinking that was a dumb thing to do so soon, but I was awfully young and dumb when it happened.
lalaithan My father didn't get into a comma, but one time in a BMX competition he fell chin-first into the ground and only remembers filling a form with his information in hospital. Later people told him that he just got up from the fall, got inside an ambulance without any help and appeared to be completely fine and he doesn't remember any of that. Sometimes the brain gets crazy in high adrenaline situations!
This show/set looks so late 90s!
after reading the title I was wondering "Crash? Which one?"
I had a severe brain injury too, and when I recovered I could move each of my eyeballs independently
So glad Richard is okay again, I so enjoy to watch him on TopGear and I'm glad he is going back to join Jeramy and James on the show.
Wasing a very fast car
Vasing a vayee fast vocket cav.. :)
waicing a wewy fast wocketcar with withard hammond
shaitshait123 that made me LOL
i refuse to believe this is what the quality of tv was like in 2012. We had 3d tvs and shit, and this is how it looks?
So many people don't know who Jonathan Ross is
+Helen Montgomery epic
Jonathon Woss*
*Jonathan Woss
Lucky them
Chop Gear? Hammond starting a new show?!
why am I the last one to know these things? why did you tell me?
The part where his wife wanted to get something out of this by telling him he used to buy her presents all the time was a thing I was expecting. 6:05
"There was a sense of oh... bugger"
You know what could’ve saved him, the fact that he was shorter. Seriously, if it was Clarkson in there all the force would’ve gone through his helmet and most likely killed him.
May was supposed to do it and if it was may in the same crash he would have been killed.
If anyone is really interested in Richards crash, I would really recommend his book “On the edge” it’s brilliant!
Op het randje
Im so happy he is still here and can still do what he loves. I watch Grand Tour and Top Gear when i'm at my worst just because I know it makes me feel better. Richard Hammond is like a hero to me.
Nice to see him back here doing the interview. Having seen the crash the man was very lucky to make a recovery. Terrible time for his family esp his wife who would have been torn between being with him in hospital and a mum to thier young family.
he wrote a book about the experience, well his wife wrote the first bit about when he was unconscious and he wrote the last bit. i'm not usually one for biographies/autobiographies but it was a really interesting read :)
traybake1 what's it called? Might look it up.
It's called 'On the Edge. my story'
From the vid, it looks like the cause of the accident was that the front-right tire blew out. Which tends to be a prob when your going almost 300 mph...
The best part of this is that although it was awful and everyone was concerned for him, he's willing to laugh about it and take the piss. Fantastic! Perfectly British way to deal with it.
ANOTHER part of you British folks I love. . . . . . your VOCABULARY! That is reason enough to take a leave from California & holiday in England.
whiteribbonman1 do it, come to Bristol!
+x-BR1ST0L- GR4MM3R-x that's a good place to start
Aw thanks :D
My brother got hit by a drunk band driver n was in an induced coma for 3 months so this interview means a lot x
I'm not gonna lie.. It really annoys me how ignorant Ross is being here by referring to May as "the other guy"
or when he says anything where a W can replace it "we wove you"
and today he crashed again and walked away yhink he should buy a lotto ticket(prob doesnt need money but)
I just read that a year or so after this interview that Richard had no memory of every being on this show. It's scary to think of how a brain injury can affect our memory, I'm very happy that Richard has made a complete recovery and is living a happy life with his wife and two young children. A very nice and funny gentleman.
God bless the Hamster
If I had a nickel for every time Richard Hammond wrecked an expensive supercar and somehow managed to survive the crash with relatively minimal injuries, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.
Sounds like the interviewer was the one that just had a crash...
D SV Ahhh, I think you mean cwash.
He is soo cute even at his current age ^^
Saw Richard Hammond in Cheltenham with his kid, he's awesome
Cant say I like the host all that much, he keeps interrupting Hammond. Does he do that with all his guests? It's rude and disrespectful.
anger is definitely something that he has now
Hm, he always was the one to start swearing first, I think it has just come a little bit more to the surface.
And it's now "I'm angry - oh sod it, I can't be bothered being angry" rather than "I'm slightly pissed off, and I'm going to let my slightly pissed offness fester until I eventually forget about it." which is what he had before.
Richard's such a nice bloke
Compared to Clarkson anyway. ;-)
The host looks like Saul from Breaking bad
+Da Revoolver They look nothing alike.
A fascinating situation about an individual that underwent trauma to the frontal lobe. Especially from their perspective!
Jeremy gave him the kiss of life and James used his mobile to create an electrical charge to start his heart pumping again
LOL 2:12 "there's a shot of the car..."
Richard: "yeah, that's me parkin'."