I feel it needs to be said in this day and age... props to the cameraman who saw the crash and *immediately* dumped his camera where he stood and sprinted toward the crash site instead of just standing there like a gorm filming it.
I love how Rimac wasn't even pissed at Hammond for the crash, they even got 3 orders for the Concept One due to the safety it showed when Hammond crashed.
You can see the fear in his eyes, crazy acceleration & speed on a tight mountain road plus he even mentions bad gut feelings prior, which is kind of like setting yourself up for failure due to this extra mental battle. Just glad he's ok after that.
You can tell he's too small for the car he can't see over the hood correctly and the wheel in his hands is huge so I bet he barely had that car from the get go .
@@Happy_Shopper You’re quite the little detective aren’t you? I mean here I was believing all the news articles and witnesses were telling the truth. Like an idiot I thought Hammond could have died, but thank god Sherlock Holmes is here and he smells something fishy. It’s all a cover up!!!
Both though he had died and James stated, “blossoming, white-hot ball of pure, sickening horror forming in my heart” and Jeremy “my legs turned to jelly”
I never realised how the "finish" is THAT close to two turns. Instinctively you want to rush to the finish but you have to get ready to safely make that turn
@@BetaRacer24 He likely did, yeah, but the problem is, your focus develops a sort of tunnel-vision in those kinds of scenarios. In Hammond's case, that tunnel vision actually stopped him from noticing the finish line
@@JetFalcon710 After watching the clip dozens of times over the years, this is the only conclusion I can come to. He was too focused on his time that he simply didn't apply enough brake/said brake immediately after the finish line. It wasn't until you see the fear in his eyes that you know he's realized this mistake far too late.
@@1337bG01 well the thing is, if you think about braking after the finish line, you brake just before the finish line and lose some time - but to keep going, to still be in race mode, it takes some time to adjust after the line - unfortunately he was so fast that realising didn’t leave him enough time to brake (and you can’t brake as you’re cornering of course or it spins the car), so by the moment of realisation, in order to get the time the guys pressured him to do (not their fault) the speed at the line that he probably hadn’t kept the rest of the day, he was doomed
Missed the best part where Jeremy and James are standing at the start line looking at the smoke in the distance and one of them says "Guess that means Richard finished his lap".
Well nordern....he has been thrown down a 3 story drop in big metal box .his flesh has been melted to the bone . Dont worry though...moti has been put on the saftey team and has his stomping boots on hand
This is a perfect demonstration of why you should listen to your instincts. Hammond stated repeatedly that he had a bad feeling.. When your gut says stop, you should stop.
We can laugh about it now, but this could have gone so much worse, we could have actually lost Richard, and that would have been a massive tragedy, thank god he's around and gets to be with his family
@@RukasuShiotaapparently due to his height being short, most fetal blow that would hit him didn’t have much effect or missed, this most famously is the rocket car one, the reason hammonds survive due to him being too short to suffer worse injuries
He cheated death before in a rocket powered dragster. The crash outraged so many viewers that the BBC was flooded with phone calls, demanding that the show be shut down.
@@antoniodimitrov8315 The amount of EVs is a fraction of a fraction compared to gas cars so of course gas cars burn more. But when an EV burns, it produces much higher temperatures and it can not be put out using conventional methods (water, foam). The only way to stop an EV lithium burn is either to let it burn out or immerse the entire car to a tank of water. A lot of people will die horribly from these battery packs.
crazy.. i drive that road every single day, i knew that the rimac crashed but did not know it crashed 500m from my house.. seing this footage is crazy..
@@AlexH4774 not really, i only drove past it to be fair and never thought much about it, but that sign at 9:17 in the hairpin was still set up there up until recently. i‘m driving past there on thursday and i will check the „crashsite“
This was the first time in all Top Gear and Grand Tour series I was terrified and shocked 😯 I am a paramedic my self for over 20 years now… that was one terrible crash
Honestly glad he is okay. It def had my heart going. I feel really sorry for his friends too cause I know what it feels like to wait to see if a friend is gone or not and those seconds last an eternity. Hopefully they all got a little closer after this 🥺
@@meliisonthemoon8130 I feel like, to Jeremy and James, seeing Hammond in the hospital brought on flashbacks to the Vampire dragster crash eleven years before
@@tofita7amed168 Just have to clear his name, he wasn’t trying to break the record, that’s a rumour the papers spread around. He _did_ break it incidentally, but they only knew that by calculating from the footage after, there were no World Record officials or people with speed guns. According to Richard’s book, they tried to accuse him of having been banned from driving for several months earlier that year, another falsehood.
@@CroHOOLIGANs trust me brother, they knew Croatia wasn't part of the USSR. we could agrue it was part of jugoslavia and thus the communist block; but you haven't got the point.
Soviet Union? What the hell are you talking about? The Republic of Dubrovnik was first to recognize the US declaring itself a sovereign state. The first modern working parachute was built in Croatia. The PEN comes from PENKALA, a Slovak-Croatian from Zagreb. If you draw a longitudinal line from Stockholm (meaning -- go exactly SOUTH), where in Croatia do you wind up, west of Croatia or East of it?
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 of August, 2017, a little over two months after his accident. Organisers of the hill-climb event in Switzerland were fined five-thousand dollars and the event's director and three stewards were suspended for six months for being in violation of international FIA rules and regulations.
thanks alot for the explanation, do you know what the violations were, the only one I think I know, is there was no barrier there, not a safe run off? anything else?
It really looked like it didn't want to stop when his eyes lit up the way they did. I was hoping Richard was going to crash it into the left hill on purpose . I hope your alright mate.
Hammond got really really lucky again and ran away from the death,just like that time he crashed in the drag car James and Jezza were mad at themselves because of what they said before the crash happened and said "These might have been the last words"
They should be awared of Hammond's behaivour since they were together for years yet they forget about the main rules of Hammond : never triggered his competitiveness by saying like that or similar things. Let him do what he wanted and he will do it by himself is Hammond most natural behaviour. I dont say blaming James and Jeremy directly, but sometimes you should watch what you said to them because we dont know what happened next COULD gone wrong/badly.
Not to downplay the professionals speed, but the fire and ambo were definitely staged nearby. They were probably happy to have something to do after a day of napping in the trucks
A man with that much understanding of what goes on in a car and that much experience driving every sort of vehicle still is overwhelmed by this crazy amount of power and speed. mighty impressive. also glad hammond survived, love that little fun facts spitting brit.
@Rob Don't think Clarkson lost money in the long run, the Amazon deal for The Grand Tour got him more money than the BBC would've ever given him. His new show Clarkson's Farm just adds to that
You just helped my poor brain comprehend that this is in fact the crash I knew about. I was thinking "unfortunate for you Hammond, you didn't even make the midweek news"
What's really special is that you can see James walking along the paramedics is Richard is taken into the helicopter because he was really scared for his friend
@jerry xulin They don't destroy a very rare limited electric supercar for a few second long bit while there are no cameras pointing at that location plus they wouldn't pretend Hammond was in the hospital.
Hammond: You weren’t even driving the bloody car! Clarkson: You WERE driving it and you crashed it. Hammond: Yes, but I did it after the finish line, like a professional...
It was actually revealed that Jeremy, James, and Richard made a pact that should one of them die while filming the show, the other two would open the next episode of the show announcing the death, and after a minute of silence, continued with a comical "anyway.." and soldier on with the show's segment as if nothing had happened. I think it brilliantly shows their bond as a team, as they've mentioned that the reason the rest of the team always left the one that broke down during their trips behind was because they believe so long as the others carry on, the team carries on, and in that way, everybody no matter what, gets to finish their adventure together.
@@OSEF006 i think you're right. If memory serves me well, Richard actually mentioned this in an interview post crash. I think the producers were all like "let's get one more run in for the day, just for some extra footage" to paraphrase to which the reply was something along the lines of "just one more you say, you know that'll be the run we crash on" And well, the rest is as they say, "history"
No, it’s the fastest car _paws_ in the world. I believe it’s Italian slang for something to do with wheels. Idk, I once heard tigers and big cats are popular in Italy, like Ed Hardy shirts and stuff. Anyways, You’re welcome.
@@GXEmrEXG The drop being the cliff. You don't want to think about driving off a cliff or the road for that matter while trying to stay on the road to stay alive you know...
I wanted a quad for a Long time and once I got some spare money I wanted o buy a quad, some Chinese model with 200kw or so, just to drive around and get used to it. Then a friend of mine who knows about bikes told me "Maaaan if you are buying a quad you need to buy THE REAL DEAL and that is Yamaha Raptor" So I checked it out, saw all the videos about it and was like Yeeeeeah I'm gonna ride it so bad like these guys I see on videos. I had it for 15 days and I had like 4-5 rides before I fell into a BIG HOLE like 4 meters deep. I was speeding like a moron because this machine ASKS FOR MORE THROTLE, it is amazing really, IF YOU KNOW HOW TO USE IT. While I was flying towards the ground aside my quad (And that was like 1 second, or maybe 2), the only thing that was going thru my mind was "This is it, I'm dead, this is how I die" Luckily I just had a totally destroyed knee and I am still recovering, it was 2.5 years ago. It will never recover to how it used to be, but I am really grateful to God that it was just a knee, I'm happy to be alive :) You need to hear this also, just to think thru if you still want to buy a monster like Raptor and don't have much experience. After the first operation, witch took place 10 days after fall I spent 3 months in bed, laying on my back because I couldn't move to side, not to mention stomach. First month I had to take a pee in bed, in medical bottle because I couldn't go to bathroom!!! You think that this corona lockdown was bad, just imagine spending all of that time in bed, unable to do anything on your own, you would literally die if you don't have someone to look after you :D Months and months of therapy and walking with help of those hand sticks and to cut the already long story short, I got to just one conclusion - IT WAS TOTALLY NOT WORTH IT. :D :D And thank you God for helping me in that situation
Something tells me that that terrible crash in 2006 did something bad to his mind, it seems he was nervous here and over thought things, and sometimes when you overthink something it goes wrong because you’re not in “the zone”, Richard Hammond is a perfectly good driver but I think that first crash took something away: his confidence.
I heard that the first crash did 'change' Hammond somehow. His wife said something like "He's still Richard, but there's something different about him"
@@ernodios in 2006 he was driving the Vampire Dragstar which blew out a front tire and caused Hammond to crash. The car rolled and he was seriously injured with brain damage. Thankfully he recovered after 6 months although it was reported afterward that if he was any taller he would have been decapitated which is a terrifying thought
@@megan4399 In a video for DriveTribe, I think, he mentions how he felt like a part of him never got out of it because he wasn’t conscious when they removed him from the wreck. If I had been in a wreck like that, forget driving ever again, I’d be terrified of anything car shaped.
I would suspect that even conversation street was scripted. Like the news segment in old TG. They’re really decent as actors saying zingers and making them sound spontaneous. However I agree with you. They should do a podcast. Just normal and plain talk.
@@dawrekk yes understandable but please don’t say that. Because that’s what makes the guys think that they couldn’t do anything decent by just winging it. That them only speaking their mind and being in a natural conversation would not interest us. But it would, and we need to say that. We need them to hear the message: It’s okay with a “downgrade”. We don’t care.
@@FEARYOYOYO yeah but it kept us smarter and entertained ! Smarter because they were talking about news and entertained because of funny jokes and stuff :) but yeah if they will do only staged things that will be kinda cringe as the last special was
The sad part is that he had made it past the finish line at that point. Seems like there were no stewards to wave that he made it and just kept going. It was totally preventable.
I’m so glad Hammond survived! I also really want to know if the Arri Amira camera mounted in the car survived? It looks like they amazingly recovered the memory card from the camera, but my guess is the camera itself probably isn’t with us anymore 😭
Arri's are notoriously hardy, had an Alexa SXT get caught in an SPFX snafoo where a cable dolly jammed as a massive explosion was set off about 10 feet diagonal from it, the outside case looked like hamburger but the internals were completely intact, the side monitor even still turned on. Only thing stopping it from being used was the melted plastic around the lens mount.
@@TheScakal Wow! Yeah I’ve seen some melted Arri bodies and it’s incredible they still work after that. Figured this crash might be enough to kill one, but a few days ago I found out from the guy who is in charge of shooting the Grand Tour that they use Panasonic GH5 cameras for the in-car shots.
@@WestonNey probably externally broadcast the footage leading up to the incident, hence they don’t have footage for the actual moment (and of course it would be too gruesome and disturbing to put in the show itself anyway), but nothing recovered
No roll or flip but when me and my buddy straight sailed of a street, while flying, i saw him calmly put down his book, grabbed the side handle of the door and braced for impact. It was so surreal
I have had many a serious accident (wasn’t always the driver) and other near death experiences (wrecking my motorcycle/overdoses). You are right on the money about the passing of time being both fast and slow simultaneously. My therapist says this is happening at the moment in my life due to my grieving at the loss of my girl. It’s strange because the 9mths since her death have flown by yet every day stretches like taffy. Edit: Point being it’s generally experienced during the most frightening/unpleasant situations.
I was launched 30 yards from my R1000 after clipping a Prius at 80mph. Felt like I was airborne for miles and everything looked small. Luckily my body went limp on impact and rolled out of it without broken bones, but paralyzed neck down. Can type with my tongue like Steven Hawking on this clit dongle thingy in my mouth.
the craziest thing is, that's just your memory record. it still happened that fast in the moment, but your brain records all the extra detail and you remember it as if it was that slow!!
I suppose you can see how not worried james and jeremy were of this in the episodes afterward, where they make a whole running gag of how the medics cut his pants off him after the crash. Really shows how much of a bond these three have for each other, and how deeply they care for one another’s safety.
Both of them thought he had died. James said there was a white-hot ball of horror forming in his heart, while Jeremy said his knees had turned to jelly. I think you can also see James walking alongside the paramedics when they're carrying Hammond to the helicopter
When Rimac made the Concept_Two (later known as the Nevera), they included a fire extinguisher held by a leather strap with a humorous message that reads "In case of hill climb, extinguish fire", poking fun at Hammond's accident.
Knowing Jeremey, watching him egg on Riichard to as fast as he could - knowing what end result might be - is absolutely hilarious. Even James joined it. lol
One of my favorite things about this is that despite the fact that they all pretend to not like each other you can see James May walking alongside the stretcher at 10:30
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So... who won the race?
Richard won the internet
Ur mom
Hammond
Jezza won 👍
Depends if rolling down a hill the fastest count
I feel it needs to be said in this day and age... props to the cameraman who saw the crash and *immediately* dumped his camera where he stood and sprinted toward the crash site instead of just standing there like a gorm filming it.
He probably lost his job; a professional wouldn't stop filming.
@@Okurka. Surely you jest
They say it afterwards that shot was from RUclips, the guy was just an spectator
@PKD Orion this practice should be universally outlawed
@PKD Orion that's just your opinion because it's not true.
I love how Rimac wasn't even pissed at Hammond for the crash, they even got 3 orders for the Concept One due to the safety it showed when Hammond crashed.
Was gonna say that it caught fire multiple times and yet Hammond is still alive so it must pretty safe
Genius marketing
Hammond was just an old school crash test dummy .......... ie. Human
Yup. If you are wealthy enough to buy one it's pretty inspiring that you can flip it 7 times, and escape* before it burns you.
*Be dragged out?
@@TravisStockton it flipped 7 times and he survived, thats impressive
You can see the fear in his eyes, crazy acceleration & speed on a tight mountain road plus he even mentions bad gut feelings prior, which is kind of like setting yourself up for failure due to this extra mental battle. Just glad he's ok after that.
You can tell he's too small for the car he can't see over the hood correctly and the wheel in his hands is huge so I bet he barely had that car from the get go .
Just too much car
He’s probably having flashbacks of when he crashed the rocket car on top gear
He's not "OK". A tibial plateau fracture is a permanent injury. He used to jog a lot but I doubt he'll ever run again.
@@barryomahony4983 You do realize this happened like 4-5 years ago. He still runs.
"Did you know they only made 7 of these."
"There's 6 now"
"I wonder what happened to the 7th one..."
Twinkle twinkle little star
Hammond crashes the 7th car
@@WreedTrimmer 🤓
@@titann3546 i was rhyming with the song
@@titann3546 "🤓"🤓
Even two seasons later, Jeremy and James still reference it every time, Hammond gets a Supercar
Yep, Hammond is not allowed near the Nevera.
What about Clarkson's pneumonia? 🤣
“We’re gonna have to cut your trousers off in a couple of minutes!”
Of course he's never gonna live it down 😂
It's not just because of that. This is Hammond's third notable crash on camera.
This is one of those rare videos on RUclips where the title understates the event that is going to occur.
Title yes. Thumbnail no.
Thought it would be a bump or a dent.....not a fireball😂
I was almost at the end thinking, “this is going to end as click bait.”
Boy was I wrong.
Because the cameraman would definitely stop filming in the event that he crashed. It's staged
@@Happy_Shopper You’re quite the little detective aren’t you? I mean here I was believing all the news articles and witnesses were telling the truth. Like an idiot I thought Hammond could have died, but thank god Sherlock Holmes is here and he smells something fishy. It’s all a cover up!!!
Never seen the footage of this accident. Terrifying. So happy he is still with us.
How it was in the episode
If that was terrifying, watch his crash in a jet car.
@@James-vu1vk link? Or video title?
@@jenson1569 Searchbar
@@jenson1569 You're literally on the internet. Search it up yourself
I love seeing james walking along side him at the end. Hes a good mate
I bet he and Clarkson were also super grateful that Hammond was still alive, as both saw the accident from afar and thought he had died
Well spotted
I didn’t notice that 😢
And that’s why he earned the name, “Hamster”. Fast, agile and destructively indestructible
And spins and rolls like a hamster in a wheel. :)
Also because he’s small?
Harvard...
Despite not actually being a hamster
@@tipperary1082 Or is he ?
Hammond came incredibly close to landing in someone's living room.
Tonight on top gear Hammond drives through someone’s living room.
(I know it’s grand tour but I wanted to make the joke)
Would’ve been an unreal advert for Amazon, “AMAZON PRIME, BRINGING YOUR FAVOURITE SHOWS TO YOUR HOME!” And then Hammond crashed thru the wall 😂
Imagine you’re sitting on the throne, and Hammond crashes through your bathroom.
@@usefulpineapple4538 and that impact-photo is in the papers for a month.
At least no one would die in there
I can only imagine how James and Jeremy felt When he crashed.
elated
Both though he had died and James stated, “blossoming, white-hot ball of pure, sickening horror forming in my heart” and Jeremy “my legs turned to jelly”
Ah shit here we go again
Not again?
"This twat better not die, he still owes me 20 quid!"
I never realised how the "finish" is THAT close to two turns. Instinctively you want to rush to the finish but you have to get ready to safely make that turn
I feel like he had plenty of room to brake.
@@BetaRacer24 He likely did, yeah, but the problem is, your focus develops a sort of tunnel-vision in those kinds of scenarios. In Hammond's case, that tunnel vision actually stopped him from noticing the finish line
@@JetFalcon710 After watching the clip dozens of times over the years, this is the only conclusion I can come to. He was too focused on his time that he simply didn't apply enough brake/said brake immediately after the finish line. It wasn't until you see the fear in his eyes that you know he's realized this mistake far too late.
@@1337bG01 well the thing is, if you think about braking after the finish line, you brake just before the finish line and lose some time - but to keep going, to still be in race mode, it takes some time to adjust after the line - unfortunately he was so fast that realising didn’t leave him enough time to brake (and you can’t brake as you’re cornering of course or it spins the car), so by the moment of realisation, in order to get the time the guys pressured him to do (not their fault) the speed at the line that he probably hadn’t kept the rest of the day, he was doomed
@@BetaRacer24 OFC it's a damn mountain road. You can tell these idiots never drove on these kind of roads.
Missed the best part where Jeremy and James are standing at the start line looking at the smoke in the distance and one of them says "Guess that means Richard finished his lap".
Does this mean he's not coming on then?
He’s been doused in battery acid and exposed to burning metal and rubber. So, no.
what are you doing here boyo?
Well nordern....he has been thrown down a 3 story drop in big metal box .his flesh has been melted to the bone . Dont worry though...moti has been put on the saftey team and has his stomping boots on hand
it was a long time ago he crashed..
@@Goofyahh1337 And has broken his leg.
This is a perfect demonstration of why you should listen to your instincts. Hammond stated repeatedly that he had a bad feeling.. When your gut says stop, you should stop.
Yeah you could see it on his face that he was uneasy as he was driving. especially the moments just before the crash
So, did he survive?!
@@mbelzerr Yes, but with a broken leg.
Also try not to take a corner at 212mph while checking your lap time
@@realjamesbowned 132 mph 212kph
We can laugh about it now, but this could have gone so much worse, we could have actually lost Richard, and that would have been a massive tragedy, thank god he's around and gets to be with his family
Why does Hammond keep getting in life-threatening crashes, man!? And HOW IS HE STILL ALIVE?!
@@RukasuShiotaapparently due to his height being short, most fetal blow that would hit him didn’t have much effect or missed, this most famously is the rocket car one, the reason hammonds survive due to him being too short to suffer worse injuries
@@RukasuShiota its hammond at this point he has 70% blunt force resistance and as of late james has stolen his thing
Also, thank God that I am still here and get to be with my fam, right? The same goes for you and every other human, except for killers etc.
He cheated death before in a rocket powered dragster. The crash outraged so many viewers that the BBC was flooded with phone calls, demanding that the show be shut down.
To think this would have been the last thing said to Richard
James : your gonna be on a coin
Jeremy: or a stamp
Hammon was pretty lucky he didn't get barbequed in a 2000c lithium furnace. Many people will burn in electric cars in the future.
Yeah becauae it's fake
@@dingdong2103 And still not as many as in gas powered cars. Not by a long shot.
@@antoniodimitrov8315 The amount of EVs is a fraction of a fraction compared to gas cars so of course gas cars burn more. But when an EV burns, it produces much higher temperatures and it can not be put out using conventional methods (water, foam). The only way to stop an EV lithium burn is either to let it burn out or immerse the entire car to a tank of water. A lot of people will die horribly from these battery packs.
@@overheatedeskim054 it wasn’t fake
"Hammond you hidiot! This is the fastest car ... *pause* ... in the world!" hahaha that guy :')
I was surprised the cast of Bottom Gear made a cameo.
You're-lying-i-never-hit-you, you're tearing me apart Hammond!
The Hidiot got me :)))))))
Close your eyes and you'd swear it's Borat! 😝
both in the world
The makers of the Rimac sold 3 cars after Hammond's crash so they were very happy with the free advising
Really? Need a link
@@harithizzuddin um you’re on the internet... do it yourself? 😂
@@camodude4316 on a dinner table you say "hand me (something)" instead of standing up and getting it yourself, this is no different 😂
they were happy to sell 3 instead of 4?
what could be better than 4 rimacs? it is 3 rimacs!
crazy.. i drive that road every single day, i knew that the rimac crashed but did not know it crashed 500m from my house.. seing this footage is crazy..
Dawg how rich are you 😂😂😂 I don’t even think there are many houses near there below 1million
I don't know about that, Mr. Eminem...
@@AlexH4774 mol, bin schwizer und wohne gad bim hemberg, und wenn'd tafle aluegsh döt chash es viellicht erkenne
@@Eminem3Rapper Ok, THAT response I did not expect, lol. Did they ever mark the bend or anything like that? Just curious.
@@AlexH4774 not really, i only drove past it to be fair and never thought much about it, but that sign at 9:17 in the hairpin was still set up there up until recently. i‘m driving past there on thursday and i will check the „crashsite“
This was the first time in all Top Gear and Grand Tour series I was terrified and shocked 😯 I am a paramedic my self for over 20 years now… that was one terrible crash
Honestly glad he is okay. It def had my heart going. I feel really sorry for his friends too cause I know what it feels like to wait to see if a friend is gone or not and those seconds last an eternity. Hopefully they all got a little closer after this 🥺
@@meliisonthemoon8130 I feel like, to Jeremy and James, seeing Hammond in the hospital brought on flashbacks to the Vampire dragster crash eleven years before
What about that time Hammond tried to break the landspeed record in the vampire?
@@KalebPrentice Yes, he only injured his knee.
@@tofita7amed168 Just have to clear his name, he wasn’t trying to break the record, that’s a rumour the papers spread around. He _did_ break it incidentally, but they only knew that by calculating from the footage after, there were no World Record officials or people with speed guns. According to Richard’s book, they tried to accuse him of having been banned from driving for several months earlier that year, another falsehood.
In 52 seconds time, you're gonna be whatever the equivalent of the hero of the soviet Union is in modern day Croatia. True gold
@@CroHOOLIGANs trust me brother, they knew Croatia wasn't part of the USSR. we could agrue it was part of jugoslavia and thus the communist block; but you haven't got the point.
@@lorisperfetto6021 I very much doubt it , clack-son don’t even know what a road is “
Soviet Union? What the hell are you talking about? The Republic of Dubrovnik was first to recognize the US declaring itself a sovereign state. The first modern working parachute was built in Croatia. The PEN comes from PENKALA, a Slovak-Croatian from Zagreb. If you draw a longitudinal line from Stockholm (meaning -- go exactly SOUTH), where in Croatia do you wind up, west of Croatia or East of it?
@@adrianosverko6601 are you talking to me? What the fuck?
@@MrSuperG he knows. And he is funny
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 of August, 2017, a little over two months after his accident.
Organisers of the hill-climb event in Switzerland were fined five-thousand dollars and the event's director and three stewards were suspended for six months for being in violation of international FIA rules and regulations.
thanks alot for the explanation, do you know what the violations were, the only one I think I know, is there was no barrier there, not a safe run off? anything else?
@@RudraSingh-fd9df well I would guess it has something to do with having no roll cages and just 3 point belts. No hams device either.
thats such a motorhead thing to do, saying the exact type of medical helicopter XD love it
@@MrHappyfacee It's a HANS device (Head And Neck Safety) not a "hams".
@@ross-carlson I ALWAYS drive with a hamsandwich device
Watching this knowing what's coming is the most gut wrenching thing ever, glad we didn't lose Hammond the Idiot after this
Yes, sad thing is if he died I bet this whole episode never woulda aired and that woulda been the end of the Trio.
I can’t help but feel like the speech that Jeremy and James made before he set off kinda contributed to the crash a little bit...
Maybe, it might also have been scripted though.
Nah, that was all Hamster believing he was in an electric Bowler at the wrong moment.
He crashes, that what he do
@@tijnterpstra1986 it is lol, 100% of it is scripted excluding some humor ig
@@hareshrk6259 thx, that makes sense
the look in his eyes when he crossed the line,it wasn't stopping.
No highly skilled drivers were harmed during this crash.
That is what happened, the car was not stopping. So he saved himself by trying to get the car in a slip before crashing to get a lower crash speed.
@@prg2812 correct
If i remember correctly the camerateam asked him to keep climbing up the summit to get some more pictures. It was the last of his three runs.
It really looked like it didn't want to stop when his eyes lit up the way they did. I was hoping Richard was going to crash it into the left hill on purpose . I hope your alright mate.
4:26 "Drops are irrelevant"
a phrase that aged like milk
@Buff Weeb Welcome to the dairy section
Almost as good as "watch this" on the start line.
@Buff Weeb why
Yep, it's turned into yoghurt by now
"This could go so wrong"
So glad, that the car was safe enough to get Richard alive. Well constructed.
“You will be on a coin...
Or a stamp.”
It was neither...
He was on a hospital bed
or a field.
🤣🤣💀
He was almost stamped into a coin. 😉
he got turned into a stamp and mailed to the nearest hospital same day shipping
They’ll mail the bill
It's a miracle any of these 3 guys are still alive lol.... Gob bless em.
Clark son and Hammond, yes but captain slow wouldn’t have anything to worry about
Bless Gob almighty
@@jjhughes2733 Horse p-OW-er
You talking about the lunch or the driving?
@@gbaines4284 😀👍funny shit man
Hammond got really really lucky again and ran away from the death,just like that time he crashed in the drag car
James and Jezza were mad at themselves because of what they said before the crash happened and said "These might have been the last words"
I think they know themself so well they never takes anything seriously.
@@Dysputant It was probably a bit of both, mad themselves *AND* knowing that no one takes what they said seriously.
They should be awared of Hammond's behaivour since they were together for years yet they forget about the main rules of Hammond : never triggered his competitiveness by saying like that or similar things.
Let him do what he wanted and he will do it by himself is Hammond most natural behaviour.
I dont say blaming James and Jeremy directly, but sometimes you should watch what you said to them because we dont know what happened next COULD gone wrong/badly.
@@hartonosutrisno5452 Judging from his facial expressions after crossing the finish line, he probably lost break.
@@sirporkrib7643 no he legit just didnt brake for whatever reason
the italian guy impersonating clarkson was hilarious 😭
the reason why Richard crashed is he didn't eat brown food first.
Bring a joke aside he could have died
@@EthanKhoo68 well if he died, it would be because he didn't eat brown food first
@@catordfill4154 lmao xD
lack of middle aged man energy
He didn't even have a brown drink 😔
How many times did Richard foreshadow his own demise😂😂
"If that is the future I am so ready!!!"
"This could go so wrong"
I had a feeling too, and then the title gave me a couple hints.
"Watch this"
"Drops are irrelevant"
That's also because this isn't the first time this has happened to him. He's kinda shit at driving.
@HLA_0302 genuis comment of yours, based in logic and fact, there just is no comeback to your wit.
no matter how many times I watch this, it never stops being a miracle how Hammond survived.
Our Hamster is a tough SOB.
Odd, for someone the size of a toddler
Sometimes Richards driving skill... it’s just frightening!
It's off the roads!
I'm surprised he was allowed to drive certain cars after his bad accident in the rocket car.
Shortcut to beat Stig...
He's just a mouth mover nt a racing driver
Why on Earth did he keep accelerating after he passed the FINISH?
I like how May just calmly says "Shut up, Hammond." while he said he's shaking because he was so excited. lol.
Didn’t want anybody spoiling his moment..I get like that with food sometimes 🤷♂️😂😂
Vaptvery slow 😂
I admire the rapid response of the emergency service teams
Is Switzerland.
Yeah it only took about 27 seconds to have him in a helicopter and firefighters hosing the fire.
Its a motersport race, they were probably on standby
@@dreamisnotsus8996 holy crap
Not to downplay the professionals speed, but the fire and ambo were definitely staged nearby. They were probably happy to have something to do after a day of napping in the trucks
A man with that much understanding of what goes on in a car and that much experience driving every sort of vehicle still is overwhelmed by this crazy amount of power and speed. mighty impressive. also glad hammond survived, love that little fun facts spitting brit.
"You're going to break the record here [for most expensive crash]"
-Clarkson to Hammond, in context
Fake
Or the most crashes
Nah I’m fairly sure the most expensive crash in the world goes to SpaceX, crashing 35 million pounds worth of rocket into the pacific
666th :D
@Rob Don't think Clarkson lost money in the long run, the Amazon deal for The Grand Tour got him more money than the BBC would've ever given him. His new show Clarkson's Farm just adds to that
4:20 "No looking at the drops, the drops are irrelevant"
- Richard Hammond
Famous last words
What does that mean?
@@GXEmrEXG weed
@@NoName-ls6re 🤔
@@NoName-ls6re its a time stamp
I read the title and I was like.. AGAIN?!
Then I noticed this was that infamous crash in Switzerland years ago.
Thank you. I thought I was having deja vu.
You just helped my poor brain comprehend that this is in fact the crash I knew about.
I was thinking "unfortunate for you Hammond, you didn't even make the midweek news"
7:29 Italian Clarkson: "This is the fastest car ....... pause ....... in the world....."
Nailed it
What's really special is that you can see James walking along the paramedics is Richard is taken into the helicopter because he was really scared for his friend
Or he got lost
@jerry xulin Really. Tell that to him being in hospital
@jerry xulin and the interview with him and his wife
@jerry xulin scripted? So their just gonna buy a 1.6 mil us Esupercar and roll it down a hill for entertainment??
@jerry xulin They don't destroy a very rare limited electric supercar for a few second long bit while there are no cameras pointing at that location plus they wouldn't pretend Hammond was in the hospital.
I liked how at the end of the episode, Hammond was like oh I ended that race in style lmao
I hate how u still have a BMW in ur pfp
Hammond: You weren’t even driving the bloody car!
Clarkson: You WERE driving it and you crashed it.
Hammond: Yes, but I did it after the finish line, like a professional...
@Combat trained civilian nah
@Combat trained civilian Nah
@Combat trained civilian nah
4:56 “this could go so wrong”
Famous last words
Well he wasn't wrong
The comment I was looking for... This should be at the top.
It was actually revealed that Jeremy, James, and Richard made a pact that should one of them die while filming the show, the other two would open the next episode of the show announcing the death, and after a minute of silence, continued with a comical "anyway.." and soldier on with the show's segment as if nothing had happened. I think it brilliantly shows their bond as a team, as they've mentioned that the reason the rest of the team always left the one that broke down during their trips behind was because they believe so long as the others carry on, the team carries on, and in that way, everybody no matter what, gets to finish their adventure together.
I still can't believe he crashed AFTER the finish line 🤦
Yeah i mean it's not like there's a giant banner saying "FINISH" which would hint that you can slow down after passing it
I believe he crashed the car when we went for another run after the race. That why the crash is filmed by a small camera
Like a professional😎
@@OSEF006 i think you're right. If memory serves me well, Richard actually mentioned this in an interview post crash. I think the producers were all like "let's get one more run in for the day, just for some extra footage" to paraphrase to which the reply was something along the lines of "just one more you say, you know that'll be the run we crash on"
And well, the rest is as they say, "history"
@@OSEF006 yeah it was on youtube.... they also had to take thaT CLIP FROM RUclips
"this is the fastest car pause in the world."LMFAOOO
What in the Borat...?!
No, it’s the fastest car _paws_ in the world. I believe it’s Italian slang for something to do with wheels. Idk, I once heard tigers and big cats are popular in Italy, like Ed Hardy shirts and stuff.
Anyways, You’re welcome.
😁😂😂😂😂😂😂
In the WORD
What is car pause plis?
"no looking at the drops, drops are irrelevant."
poor choice of words
Drops prove how relevant they are.
i like how hammond has two famous crashes and they are shockingly in two of the fastest vehicles hes driven
Rimac - Cars so safe you could even let Richard Hammond drive one.
"You will be on a coin."
"Or a stamp."
"Or a helicopter to the hospital."
For a second I thought: He did it AGAIN?
It is just matter of time...
Hammond has perfected 2 things,
hair dye and hard crashes.
@@colesteeleA and teeth whitening
This happened back in 2017
He even crashes in his own yard 🤣🤣🤣🤣
So fuck it!
2:01 ‘the cars weren’t bad either’ cuts to a guy driving a bath tub 😂😂😂
When I saw this for the first time I thought Hammond died, then I found out he lived, and god bless that man.
I just saw this and even though i know this is a older clip and hes alive, the second he went off the edge my heart skipped nd i did a Oh No!
But did the car went total loss?
@@novares8957 Yeah, the car could clearly be seen burning
"Not looking at the drops. Drops are irrelevant."
Well that didn't age well.
What does that mean?
@@GXEmrEXG it means he dropped down a drop really droppy style!
@@benberkovic 😑
He dropped down a mild grassy slope.
@@GXEmrEXG The drop being the cliff. You don't want to think about driving off a cliff or the road for that matter while trying to stay on the road to stay alive you know...
Famous last words used by millions “watch this”
I swear during the rolling noises that he mutters "Oh bugger" softly.
This is why you don’t listen to your friends cause they are the ones who get you in trouble
You mean colleagues..
Friends you mess around with. If they get you in trouble I doubt they're your friends.
peer presure at it's best.
I wanted a quad for a Long time and once I got some spare money I wanted o buy a quad, some Chinese model with 200kw or so, just to drive around and get used to it.
Then a friend of mine who knows about bikes told me "Maaaan if you are buying a quad you need to buy THE REAL DEAL and that is Yamaha Raptor"
So I checked it out, saw all the videos about it and was like Yeeeeeah I'm gonna ride it so bad like these guys I see on videos.
I had it for 15 days and I had like 4-5 rides before I fell into a BIG HOLE like 4 meters deep.
I was speeding like a moron because this machine ASKS FOR MORE THROTLE, it is amazing really, IF YOU KNOW HOW TO USE IT.
While I was flying towards the ground aside my quad (And that was like 1 second, or maybe 2), the only thing that was going thru my mind was "This is it, I'm dead, this is how I die"
Luckily I just had a totally destroyed knee and I am still recovering, it was 2.5 years ago. It will never recover to how it used to be, but I am really grateful to God that it was just a knee, I'm happy to be alive :)
You need to hear this also, just to think thru if you still want to buy a monster like Raptor and don't have much experience.
After the first operation, witch took place 10 days after fall I spent 3 months in bed, laying on my back because I couldn't move to side, not to mention stomach. First month I had to take a pee in bed, in medical bottle because I couldn't go to bathroom!!!
You think that this corona lockdown was bad, just imagine spending all of that time in bed, unable to do anything on your own, you would literally die if you don't have someone to look after you :D
Months and months of therapy and walking with help of those hand sticks and to cut the already long story short, I got to just one conclusion - IT WAS TOTALLY NOT WORTH IT. :D :D And thank you God for helping me in that situation
@@nenad7653 hahah just to let you know I read your entire story, hope you recover well!!
This is the fastest car (PAUSE) in the world. Legendary line.
I like how the pep talk to Hammond by his buddies technically almost killed him... XD
I love how while doing his practice laps he said “the drops are irrelevant”
“Brown food! Brown drink! Calories!” My favourite Jeremy Clarkson quote
Something tells me that that terrible crash in 2006 did something bad to his mind, it seems he was nervous here and over thought things, and sometimes when you overthink something it goes wrong because you’re not in “the zone”, Richard Hammond is a perfectly good driver but I think that first crash took something away: his confidence.
I heard that the first crash did 'change' Hammond somehow. His wife said something like "He's still Richard, but there's something different about him"
What crash are you talking about?
@@ernodios in 2006 he was driving the Vampire Dragstar which blew out a front tire and caused Hammond to crash. The car rolled and he was seriously injured with brain damage. Thankfully he recovered after 6 months although it was reported afterward that if he was any taller he would have been decapitated which is a terrifying thought
@@megan4399 In a video for DriveTribe, I think, he mentions how he felt like a part of him never got out of it because he wasn’t conscious when they removed him from the wreck. If I had been in a wreck like that, forget driving ever again, I’d be terrified of anything car shaped.
@@MasterArchfiend i think I’d have been the same! Absolutely terrifying to think that a split second could have changed everything!
Pls grand tour make podcast "conversation street" during corona pleasee
I would suspect that even conversation street was scripted. Like the news segment in old TG. They’re really decent as actors saying zingers and making them sound spontaneous. However I agree with you. They should do a podcast. Just normal and plain talk.
@@FEARYOYOYO I liked the conversation even if that was scripted :)
@@dawrekk yes understandable but please don’t say that. Because that’s what makes the guys think that they couldn’t do anything decent by just winging it. That them only speaking their mind and being in a natural conversation would not interest us. But it would, and we need to say that.
We need them to hear the message: It’s okay with a “downgrade”. We don’t care.
@@FEARYOYOYO yeah but it kept us smarter and entertained ! Smarter because they were talking about news and entertained because of funny jokes and stuff :) but yeah if they will do only staged things that will be kinda cringe as the last special was
Yes. We must have that.
No matter how many times I see this clip, I still get major anxiety when Hammond is starting the lap
He passes the finish line and keeps going. Well done.
I was watching a race recently and the same thing happened. Guy crashed after the finish line and took down like 2 trees.
After this incident all races he enters need an "OK NOW SLOW DOWN" sign after "FINISH"
is he supposed to go from 100+ to. a full on stop in 2 seconds ?
I read the title as “Richard Hammond crashes $1 car” and immediately clicked
Same here LOL stoner moment.
@@scottmorris2567 right lmao
$1 😂
"T'noit... on bo-om 'gea"
No wonder it crashed if it only cost $1
The speed he was carrying made it seem like he didn't even know the last curve was there!! WOW!!
I wonder if he set the fastest time? He was still accelerating after the finish!
@@johnj3577 looks like he started accelerating after the finish
I think it was revealed that he saw the curve late
The sad part is that he had made it past the finish line at that point. Seems like there were no stewards to wave that he made it and just kept going. It was totally preventable.
He didnt ! Looked too nervous in my opinion
I’m so glad Hammond survived! I also really want to know if the Arri Amira camera mounted in the car survived? It looks like they amazingly recovered the memory card from the camera, but my guess is the camera itself probably isn’t with us anymore 😭
Arri's are notoriously hardy, had an Alexa SXT get caught in an SPFX snafoo where a cable dolly jammed as a massive explosion was set off about 10 feet diagonal from it, the outside case looked like hamburger but the internals were completely intact, the side monitor even still turned on. Only thing stopping it from being used was the melted plastic around the lens mount.
@@TheScakal Wow! Yeah I’ve seen some melted Arri bodies and it’s incredible they still work after that. Figured this crash might be enough to kill one, but a few days ago I found out from the guy who is in charge of shooting the Grand Tour that they use Panasonic GH5 cameras for the in-car shots.
@@WestonNey probably externally broadcast the footage leading up to the incident, hence they don’t have footage for the actual moment (and of course it would be too gruesome and disturbing to put in the show itself anyway), but nothing recovered
James mentioned in some interview that all the cameras in the Rimac got destroyed in the fire
I rolled my father’s car 7 times & 2 flips. It’s crazy what goes through your mind in those times. It seems to go fast, but last forever.
Been there, know exactly what you mean. My 2 litre Ford Escort went that way. Too high and narrow in the track.
No roll or flip but when me and my buddy straight sailed of a street, while flying, i saw him calmly put down his book, grabbed the side handle of the door and braced for impact. It was so surreal
I have had many a serious accident (wasn’t always the driver) and other near death experiences (wrecking my motorcycle/overdoses). You are right on the money about the passing of time being both fast and slow simultaneously. My therapist says this is happening at the moment in my life due to my grieving at the loss of my girl. It’s strange because the 9mths since her death have flown by yet every day stretches like taffy. Edit: Point being it’s generally experienced during the most frightening/unpleasant situations.
I was launched 30 yards from my R1000 after clipping a Prius at 80mph. Felt like I was airborne for miles and everything looked small. Luckily my body went limp on impact and rolled out of it without broken bones, but paralyzed neck down. Can type with my tongue like Steven Hawking on this clit dongle thingy in my mouth.
the craziest thing is, that's just your memory record. it still happened that fast in the moment, but your brain records all the extra detail and you remember it as if it was that slow!!
"Hammond's lap is going well..."
So that's the *second* time Richard has crashed at incredibly high speed.
Jeremy: Hammond you idiot! It’s a useful phrase…
5 minutes later: *hammond proceeds to crash million dollar car*
You reversed into the sports lolly
I would say rare footage but this is how Hammond gets home everyday
Hammond looked absolutely, terrified in that car. That small voice was telling him something.
That’s what I noticed also. No confidence almost in a state of fear. Like someone running from the cops.
That small voice that you hear then remember after the event lol
It's the spirit of the Dragster
10:30 James May casually following them to see the helicopter
damn man, he was scared for his friend of decades
@@rayhib no shit
4:25 Hammond:"Not Looking At The Drops,The Drops Are Irrelevant."
*Directed By Robert B. Weide...😂*
9:59 - Paramedics join the race.
Jokes aside, glad he's alright, both physically and mentally.
this rimac is probably the only concept car that when the real deal came out it looked better
4:24
Narrator: little did he know, the drops were relevant
Hammond said the two words no man should ever say before a high-stakes event... Watch this. It was always going to end in tears.
Especially when those 3 are together. "Watch this" and "what could go wrong?".
Hammond: "Don't look at the drops, the drops are irrelevant"
I suppose you can see how not worried james and jeremy were of this in the episodes afterward, where they make a whole running gag of how the medics cut his pants off him after the crash.
Really shows how much of a bond these three have for each other, and how deeply they care for one another’s safety.
you can see James may with Hammond when he is getting taking to the helicopter
*So who else is here after Rimac unveiled the Nevera?*
Yeahhh baby
Me too
I'm not alone 😂
me ;-;
i search rimac nevara and the 4th thing i see is this
Yeaaa
2:06 POV: You're british and are finally able to enjoy actual food
I'm British and I agree! I can't wait until the day I get to try sausage and chips like these two!
@Paul McDonnell what you on about?
He looked genuinely terrified for whatever reason leading up to the crash. Never seen him look as worried while the car was driving well...
Nervousness it does increase your performance for a while untill it turns into dread
I think it was because he crossed the finish line and the car wasn't stopping fast enough
Legend has it that he still hasn’t blinked to this day.
Hello Michael
😂😂
i wouldnt blink at all if i were doing that shit
He crosses the finish line at 9:31 and doesn’t decelerate ? Why’d he keep accelerating after the finish line?
Because he can 🤣
He said in his video of him reacting to his crashes that he was just excited, wasn't thinking straight, and kept accelerating, resulting in his crash.
2:21 1 of the best ever quotes from Jeremy Clarkson *MERMREEMMERM*
Very inspirational
"This is the fastest car, pause... in the world!" -- LMAO I always come back to this clip just for that scene. Always, always cracks me up! 🤣😆
I’d love to see James and Clarkson’s reaction to the crash. Their faces must have been mortified to say the least. Love you lads.
Both of them thought he had died. James said there was a white-hot ball of horror forming in his heart, while Jeremy said his knees had turned to jelly. I think you can also see James walking alongside the paramedics when they're carrying Hammond to the helicopter
“You will be on a coin"
"Or a stamp.”
Very same day, all over the internet..
“‘Ammond you idiot.”
“Sis is se fastes car. Pause. In se world!”
had me in tears lmao. so funny
When Rimac made the Concept_Two (later known as the Nevera), they included a fire extinguisher held by a leather strap with a humorous message that reads "In case of hill climb, extinguish fire", poking fun at Hammond's accident.
I’d love it if it cutted to the Italian dude saying “Hammond you idiot” at the end 😂
Knowing Jeremey, watching him egg on Riichard to as fast as he could - knowing what end result might be - is absolutely hilarious. Even James joined it. lol
Can't wait for them to release the next season
sameee but when is it
Who's gonna tell him?
@@Moray2023 not me
Son - i don’t want to tell you so please google the grand tour situation
Man they’re doing only specials for season 4
One of my favorite things about this is that despite the fact that they all pretend to not like each other you can see James May walking alongside the stretcher at 10:30