Clarkson Roasts Hammond For Fiery Rimac Crash

Writing in his Sunday Times column, Jeremy Clarkson has spoken about his Grand Tour colleague's apparent penchant for crashing...
Clarkson Roasts Hammond For Fiery Rimac Crash

As soon as we knew Richard Hammond was - fractured knee aside - OK following his high-profile Rimac Concept One crash in Switzerland, it seemed almost certain his co-stars were going to get some mileage out of the incident. And sure enough, Jeremy Clarkson has used his latest Sunday Times column to give his Grand Tour cohort a pretty savage roasting.

He notes that “somehow he [Hammond] ended up on his head and then in a coma for a few weeks” after being “asked to drive a car down a runway” - alluding to his Vampire jet dragster crash in 2006, before adding, “he has proved he can’t drive round corners either. All he had to do was drive a small electric car up a Swiss hill….on a left-hand bend after the finish line, he lost control, rolled down a bank and ended up in a hospital. Again.”

Clarkson went on to say he’s “struggling to think of any racetrack in the world that Hammond hasn’t crashed on at some point,” before referencing previous incidents involving a Noble M600 at Imola, a Porsche 911 GT3 RS at Virginia International Raceway and a Jaguar F-Type at Mugello. Oh, and the trio’s Britcar 24 Hour excursion, which saw Hammond hit a particularly expensive Mosler at night.

“Maybe it’s because he can’t see over the steering wheel. Who knows?” He concludes. Savage.

The Grand Tour will return in October
The Grand Tour will return in October

Clarkson, Hammond and May will return to our screens for The Grand Tour’s second series in October, and we’ll be very surprised if the episode featuring the ill-fated hill climb run isn’t released first. It should be an interesting watch, and not just because of the crash - judging by the rest of Clarkson’s column, the long-time EV skeptic sounds pretty taken with the Rimac.

Roll on October…

Source: The Sunday Times

Comments

Tomislav Celić

Hammond be like: Damn only thing I need to worry about is my knee
Clarkson coming around the corner with a smug face
Hammond: GOD NO! PLEASE NO!

06/27/2017 - 11:50 |
179 | 3

Clarkson would try to fix his knee with a hammer…..

06/28/2017 - 16:08 |
10 | 0

I have took a screenshot of this image. Every time I’m sad I see this! Thanks man!

07/10/2017 - 05:53 |
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DragzMR2

maybe that’s the reason Clarkson loved the Rimac, it tried to kill Hammond?

06/27/2017 - 11:54 |
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JenstheGTIfreak (pizza)

In reply to by DragzMR2

Damn

06/27/2017 - 11:57 |
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Anonymous
06/27/2017 - 11:59 |
4 | 1
car doggo

what clarkson said was the truth, he cant see over the steering wheel.

06/27/2017 - 12:02 |
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Raregliscor1

I’m not surprised that he crashed at VIR, In Forza and IRL that track is downright dangerous with its blind crests xD

06/27/2017 - 12:05 |
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Anonymous

If the episode with the hillclimb run isn’t released first you’ll be very what?

06/27/2017 - 12:15 |
12 | 1
Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

If you look closely he said he will be very if that happens.

06/27/2017 - 12:29 |
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Thava35710

Alternative fact : Hammonds’s feet couldn’t reach the pedal in time.

06/27/2017 - 12:23 |
39 | 0
batman 1

plays limp bizkit - rollin

06/27/2017 - 12:24 |
4 | 0

They see me rollin.They hatin

06/29/2017 - 22:08 |
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Anonymous

“Roasted” I see what you did there

06/27/2017 - 12:37 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

BURN.

06/27/2017 - 12:44 |
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240sx ftw

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

It was pure fire

06/27/2017 - 13:24 |
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MK-07

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

It could have been worse

07/01/2017 - 06:37 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

What an electrifying pun

07/01/2017 - 19:59 |
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Chewbacca_buddy (McLaren squad)(VW GTI Clubsport)(McLaren 60

What happened between Hammond, A 911 GT3RS, and VIR?

06/27/2017 - 12:52 |
0 | 0

He was racing against May in a Ferrari 458 on US Road Trip

06/27/2017 - 13:23 |
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