Top Gear Presenter in Critical Condition

[Lamp]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/5365676.stm

Apparently he was driving at over 200mph when he crashed

 

[Naffets]

Jesus

Hope hes ok, kinda silly tho rocket powered car

Even so, sad it has happened I think hes a good laugh.

 

[cHodAX]

Shit Great bloke, really hope he is gonna be ok.

 

[Lamp]

Latest info: Accident happened at 17:45 today. His jet-car overturned at either 208 or 280 Mph (not sure which one) at an airfield and sustained serious injuries.

 

[Vladamir]

Omg, this guy is a legend

Hope he pulls through!

 

[Thadius]

:O

What a bitch, I love Richard Hammond, especially on Brainiac :<

I hope he gets well soon, the stuff he does with Clarkson is some of the funniest Ive seen on the BBc for a long time

Get well soon!

 

[Laddey]

Poor fella' hope he does come through...

If he doesn't, atleast he died in style! < is that a bad thing to say?

 

[leviathane]

c'mon the hamster you can do it

 

[Outlander]

Poor fella' hope he does come through...

If he doesn't, atleast he died in style! < is that a bad thing to say?

yea hope he pulls through alright as well, and if the worst does happen then yes I agree awesome way to go 200mph jet car wipeout ftw!

get well lil man! :wub:

(although special neurological unit kinda makes it sound like he will have serious probs )

 

[Shagrat]

top bloke, hope he pulls through

 

[Dreamor]

real funny guy, hope he makes a full recovery

 

[Pirkel]

Ah man he rocks ... hope he makes it ok!

 

[- English -]

just seen this on news and was about to ask... hope hes ok.. top gear rocks

 

[Lamp]

The BBC just reported that he's in a stable condition

 

[evzy]

Could be the end of Top Gear tbh....hope he pulls through for his families sake more than anything but he does come across as a top bloke.

 

[Lamp]

Top Gear Axed ? Do me a favour ! ! ! ! You might as well say they're gonna ban The 10 o Clock News cos a journalist in a war zone got shot.

 

[Andrilyn]

Hmm I thought "The Stig" only drove those really fast cars.. not watched Top Gear recently though, Hope he's ok.

 

[Dantares]

The Stig drives them mostly around the track and sometimes does other things. I must say I thought that The Stig would be the choice for what happened.

Richard Hammond is a fantastic presenter and I am thankful his condition is now Stable. Quentin Wilson is right. He brings a lot of energy to Top Gear, as well as Brainiac and even the late afternoon programme he did for ITV. I was shocked to the core when I heard as he is my favourite presenter.

 

[Ingafgrinn Macabre]

news about him has been updated overnight
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/5365676.stm

He's still critical but stable, and his condition improved a bit overnight.
Hope he makes it thru.

 

[Bahumat]

I think he's great and he works so well off May and Clarkson, hope he is ok

 

[Mabs]

hope hes ok. however, assuming he is, there is a long gap between "not dying" and being able / wanting to go back and do a TV program about driving he may not be able or want to do Top Gear again, but such is life

 

[Lamp]

hope hes ok. however, assuming he is, there is a long gap between "not dying" and being able / wanting to go back and do a TV program about driving he may not be able or want to do Top Gear again, but such is life

I'm pretty sure his wife n kids won't want him to go back to driving cars @ 300mph. Hammond is a car addict - he'll defo want to go back.

 

[Thadius]

I'm pretty sure his wife n kids won't want him to go back to driving cars @ 300mph. Hammond is a car addict - he'll defo want to go back.

He also likes to blow up caravans

 

[Ingafgrinn Macabre]

He also likes to blow up caravans

Blow-up, Crush, Incinerate, Disintegrate... I don't think the way matters really, aslong as the caravan is broken afterwards

 

[Thadius]

Blow-up, Crush, Incinerate, Disintegrate... I don't think the way matters really, aslong as the caravan is broken afterwards

You ever seen Brainiac?

 

[Ingafgrinn Macabre]

You ever seen Brainiac?

Aye

 

[cHodAX]

The hamster fell off his wheel but it looks like he will be back on it again before too long! God bless his little pearly whites

 

[cHodAX]

Could be the end of Top Gear tbh....hope he pulls through for his families sake more than anything but he does come across as a top bloke.

Nope, Top Gear delivers alot of bang for the buck both here and in America as well as in other countries. The show will go on regardless because it delivers a certain audience to the BBC that none of the other channels are picking up. It would be a great shame if he couldn't do the show again though, the guy is a diamond and is the star of that show imo.

Get well soon Hamster!

 

[Lamp]

Hamster improving - yay !

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/5366422.stm

 

[Overdriven]

(For those who didn't know)

He was doing 280MPH Trying to break the land speed record in the 'Vampire' (IIRC that was the cars name) - Was on the last run (while recording for Top Gear) - Not completely sure what went wrong with the car but that's not the issue.


Hope he gets better tbh, Top Gear owns, Brainac owns... Would be sucky if he stopped. (We all know he won't tbh)


EDIT: Just read the link above. So, yeah: Above is true.