It was 0.4 seconds from the tyre blowing to it all going wrong, no one could have saved that. And he didnt deploy the parachute on his very last run, he wasn't intending to until he reached the end of the runway. The videos and the top gear episode clearly shows no parachute and the tyre completely blew off. i HATE it when the media twist stories, when they knnow exactly what happened :/
What a ridiculous story, riddled with inaccuracy and false statements. The parachute was NOT deployed. In car video footage clearly shows that a tire disintegrated, causing a loss of control. Considering the vehicles narrow track, I believe that njo driver could have saved it. Hammond is a very experienced driver and, if I am not mistaken, has rally car racing experience in addition to his vast Top Gear experience. And the "severe" brain in jury was simply a high grade concussion, NOT a bleed.
and that right there is why i dont watch the news.their information isnt accurate and blown way out of the water. if they would shut down all news for 30 days the world would be better and we wouldnt want to here from them again. what bull. get all facts straight first before reporting
WTF?! What kind of brain dead retarded dickfaced shit would say that Top Gear TRIED to get the record?!?! Are they against Richard and Top Gear? He went 314.4mph on the successful run. They decided they had time for one more run, so they did and as a tragic accident the tire blew due to the force of the wheel spinning along the tarmac that a small piece of something caused a blister in the tyre and therefore shredded it.
How stupid can a person get ? This just makes me furious for some reason. That man with the glasses saying you need to be skilled and you need to be experienced ? Is he daft ? He probably felt like shit when he saw the footage of what actually happened when he already accomplished what he wanted to do just did it a second time and unfortunately the right tire gave out. I commend Richard Hammond. FUCK YOU SKY NEWS !
in the animantion the rear left wheel it's shown to have problems and that "he lost control" BOLLOX the front right tyre exploaded and of course the veicle rolled over!
so this is what news is like in the UK, with stuff like journalism included, wow, and by the way have you seen the cars he has driven, that's a resume... Qualified
this reporter is an idiot. you can clearly see in the onboard videos that the tire was the main reason of the crash, plus the people in charge of the car said that hammond had the reflex skills of a fighter pilot.
This presenter is rubbish! For a start he needs to get his facts right, yes a tyre blow it was the front right one and yes he used his parachute but it was too late and no he wasn't trying to break the land speed record as said in his book he wanted to go really fast!
wow what sorry media coverage. You can see clear as day A FRONT tire bursts. You can see Hammond try to maintain straight line with left lock. Hammond idled or cut off the engine as you can hear at the beginning of the roll, but jet engines to not have good throttle response what-so-ever. From 100 to 30 (idle) % N1 takes at least 4 seconds, older engines, longer. A professional driver would have met the same fate regardless; Stay straight, pull the chute, and idle is all you can do.
Even someone who has been driving cars like that for years wouldn't have been able to stop that crash - I mean seriously, at those kinds of speeds, you'd never be able to stop it. It's got nothing to do with Hammond being unqualified.
But I'm glad he survived. It could have been so much worse, so easily.
hamster gets down at driving, as far as qualified to drive a car like this i don't think anyone is expect airplane pilots, anyone who questions he's skill should eat a piece of shit...
Pushing to the limits is all about racing and this shitty reporter has no clue about that. Such crash has nothing with drivers qualification but rather with the bad luck.
Thats stupid!? They were never trying to beat the record, just describe what it felt like to be in it. and he did 6 runs before the actual crash, those emails are bullshit, he was only doing what he was comfortable with. Sickening how the press distort all this shit so much.
Fuck these reporters, they dont no shit about what happened, they just go blaming anyone they see, then making it out like James may pushed hammond, Imean wtf :L
Only thing thats importand is that the hamster is back. As far as "being Qualified".... Just watch drag racing and see who holds it at that speed..... NO ONE.
Richard did it because he loves to drive ridiculous cars for a living!! Of course he WANTED to do it............and get paid for it.......bonus. As for the crash, the freaking right front blew at like 285mph, ANYONE in that car would have crashed the exact same way, so why is that dude questioning if he was qualified enough to drive it??
ffs this sky news is trying to rip top gear and the bbc apart with their lies because they are the most popular channel its pathetic and everyone believes it because sky is "cool"
the man says that richard hammond was unqualified to drive the car... if anyone could prevent a crash from a tyre blow out at almost 300mph must be jesus.
Be safe safe safe..FUCK SAFE! Safe dont get your blood moving and adrenaline pumping like mad...Safe is for people that are afraid to live this short life to the fullest. Safe is keeping this world from moving into the future by holding us back with bullshit restrictions based on non-existent bogeymen that will cause us harm if we do things completely off the hook. Fuck you pussies, fuck you scaredycats.Stick to your veggies and soy-milk, let the real men lead you meak-lings into the future.
yeh nearly all the news programs/reporters always exaggerate most things on the news... and i heard one of the news reporters said that he was inexperienced.. which is quite low of them because if he was inexperianced then he wouldnt be on the show or even drive any of the cars they test..
He said he was inexperienced driving that vehicle...not at driving cars. It's like me giving you a polystyrene fighter jet and then telling you to fly a a Russian Fulcrum, obviously it is completely different even though both employ aerodynamics.
I am sure Hammond was aware of the risks. Anyone would be. The media was blowing the facts out of wack, again. There was video from day one, of the tire blowing, it was not driver error. Idiotic media demonizing the show for the sake of ratings.
just like ANY news media, you guys are douche nozzles. trying to spoil the fun of anyone who ventures out to enjoy their life... no matter what the outcome. i have a dirtbike that's clearly too powerful for me, but i ride it for just that reason. try reporting on something your network doesn't approve of, maybe you'll feel how it feels to be alive.... maybe
omg sky news..... top gear is all about beating records or doing the impossible.. on the episode that hamster returned he showed the cockpit view of the crash and the front right tire blew causing the crash
omfg screw u sky news, i'd like to see you attempt to do what he attempted. i doubt you'd have a perfect run. i mean come on! a bloody burst tire!!!!! thatt could have been anyone in in his position!
Why was everybody saying he was trying to brake the lsnd speed record i've read the autobiography and that wasn't wat he was tryin to do he was just tryin to go reli fast
It was 0.4 seconds from the tyre blowing to it all going wrong, no one could have saved that. And he didnt deploy the parachute on his very last run, he wasn't intending to until he reached the end of the runway. The videos and the top gear episode clearly shows no parachute and the tyre completely blew off. i HATE it when the media twist stories, when they knnow exactly what happened :/
TopGearDog100 1 week ago
What a ridiculous story, riddled with inaccuracy and false statements. The parachute was NOT deployed. In car video footage clearly shows that a tire disintegrated, causing a loss of control. Considering the vehicles narrow track, I believe that njo driver could have saved it. Hammond is a very experienced driver and, if I am not mistaken, has rally car racing experience in addition to his vast Top Gear experience. And the "severe" brain in jury was simply a high grade concussion, NOT a bleed.
FireSarge30 1 month ago 2
and that right there is why i dont watch the news.their information isnt accurate and blown way out of the water. if they would shut down all news for 30 days the world would be better and we wouldnt want to here from them again. what bull. get all facts straight first before reporting
DIXIEOFFROADCLUB 1 month ago
WTF?! What kind of brain dead retarded dickfaced shit would say that Top Gear TRIED to get the record?!?! Are they against Richard and Top Gear? He went 314.4mph on the successful run. They decided they had time for one more run, so they did and as a tragic accident the tire blew due to the force of the wheel spinning along the tarmac that a small piece of something caused a blister in the tyre and therefore shredded it.
Skatrav 2 months ago
Sky news reporter is such a fucking prick. Hammond your a legend who has the balls to live life to the full
blazeofthepla 2 months ago
Its blates obvious that a tyre burst and what one!!
1horseyrandom1 2 months ago
How stupid can a person get ? This just makes me furious for some reason. That man with the glasses saying you need to be skilled and you need to be experienced ? Is he daft ? He probably felt like shit when he saw the footage of what actually happened when he already accomplished what he wanted to do just did it a second time and unfortunately the right tire gave out. I commend Richard Hammond. FUCK YOU SKY NEWS !
redrooster280zxt 3 months ago
How the f*** would he veer right of the track if his back left tire burst seriously people need to watch what there saying
fletcher737 4 months ago
this is bullshit
counterconceptevo 4 months ago
shut the fuck up sky news and come up with a story which isnt bullshit or one which takes the piss
TheZamuii 5 months ago
any experience? Hammond is 1 of 3 people on earth to drive the most supercars ever with james may and clarkson being the others. enough said.
likespaintball 5 months ago
fuck you richard hammond is awesome you fuckin bitches it was not his fault they didnt check the tyres.....motherfucker
jswperera 6 months ago
bad reportage,, fron tire blow out, not driver's fault... this is stupid
819sebas 7 months ago
In his book it says when the tire blew he had the reactions of an F1 driver.
crazypianolady 8 months ago
@crazypianolady though he said the readouts said he had the reactions of a fighter pilot??
kamakarzie99 7 months ago
@kamakarzie99 Yes you're right, I couldn't find this video again to recomment on it! :)
crazypianolady 7 months ago
the front right tyre burst not the left back tyre... get ur facts right before presenting it globally... stupid sky news
blackop83 8 months ago
0:20 that man has a serious blinking problem!
poovert 8 months ago
in the animantion the rear left wheel it's shown to have problems and that "he lost control" BOLLOX the front right tyre exploaded and of course the veicle rolled over!
U ALL JOURNALISTS TWATS!
Yaddaer 8 months ago
so this is what news is like in the UK, with stuff like journalism included, wow, and by the way have you seen the cars he has driven, that's a resume... Qualified
tmartino55 9 months ago
is he alright now?
666shanti 9 months ago
@666shanti He's fine, this was a couple of years ago.
Rangeroversport12 9 months ago
get your facts straight fuckwit reporter.
Firelance31 9 months ago
Clarksons an oaf and Hammonds a creepy little git.
sail1948 11 months ago
Typical Sky - never let facts get in the way of a good story to slur the BBC.
drk2aps 11 months ago 3
if i say i like this clip am i saying im happy hammond crashed ? which im not so should i dislike it ?
LemmingdeMerciless 11 months ago
this reporter is an idiot. you can clearly see in the onboard videos that the tire was the main reason of the crash, plus the people in charge of the car said that hammond had the reflex skills of a fighter pilot.
motosk8er583 11 months ago
300 mph in LESS than 6 SECS....noW that is WhAT I CaLL POWER!!
orey66 1 year ago
This presenter is rubbish! For a start he needs to get his facts right, yes a tyre blow it was the front right one and yes he used his parachute but it was too late and no he wasn't trying to break the land speed record as said in his book he wanted to go really fast!
misskateykins 1 year ago
it was all too exagerated, the good thing is that Hammond is back!
contrastej 1 year ago
This is quite a creepy video...
OreoBiscuitCat 1 year ago
That reporter is a idiot
KitttyNinja 1 year ago
this reporter is an idiot..... the freaken front right tire blew out and cause him to lose control............................................. :|
If they did research they wouldnt say his not expearienced!!! coz he already went down the trac.. this was his second time!!
radovic2 1 year ago
if richard hammond was unqualified then why whould thay let him drive it?
nitrocool121 1 year ago
wow what sorry media coverage. You can see clear as day A FRONT tire bursts. You can see Hammond try to maintain straight line with left lock. Hammond idled or cut off the engine as you can hear at the beginning of the roll, but jet engines to not have good throttle response what-so-ever. From 100 to 30 (idle) % N1 takes at least 4 seconds, older engines, longer. A professional driver would have met the same fate regardless; Stay straight, pull the chute, and idle is all you can do.
d0rkiishchris 1 year ago
Even someone who has been driving cars like that for years wouldn't have been able to stop that crash - I mean seriously, at those kinds of speeds, you'd never be able to stop it. It's got nothing to do with Hammond being unqualified.
But I'm glad he survived. It could have been so much worse, so easily.
ALifeInObscurity 1 year ago
hamster gets down at driving, as far as qualified to drive a car like this i don't think anyone is expect airplane pilots, anyone who questions he's skill should eat a piece of shit...
aayuuB 1 year ago
Pushing to the limits is all about racing and this shitty reporter has no clue about that. Such crash has nothing with drivers qualification but rather with the bad luck.
TOP GEAR RULES !!!
agmonser 1 year ago
Thats stupid!? They were never trying to beat the record, just describe what it felt like to be in it. and he did 6 runs before the actual crash, those emails are bullshit, he was only doing what he was comfortable with. Sickening how the press distort all this shit so much.
JJMac2k9 1 year ago
sky news is a shit!!!!
dtrochez 1 year ago
Fuck these reporters, they dont no shit about what happened, they just go blaming anyone they see, then making it out like James may pushed hammond, Imean wtf :L
TVOzboz1 1 year ago 3
@TVOzboz1 james may
despite how he acts
would never do that to hamster or clarkson i agree 100%
is all Bull
stupid reporters
LeoArctica 1 year ago 3
long live top gear!...lol
BanditoRico4 2 years ago 4
Only thing thats importand is that the hamster is back. As far as "being Qualified".... Just watch drag racing and see who holds it at that speed..... NO ONE.
savior1976 2 years ago
Richard had a chose and he decided to do it he is a brave man
frex123456789 2 years ago
Richard did it because he loves to drive ridiculous cars for a living!! Of course he WANTED to do it............and get paid for it.......bonus. As for the crash, the freaking right front blew at like 285mph, ANYONE in that car would have crashed the exact same way, so why is that dude questioning if he was qualified enough to drive it??
Sahadi420 2 years ago 7
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wtf? What were they trying to prove?
The world land speed record belongs to the Thrust SSC, like 750mph or something...and it was piloted by an Englishman anyways...
Hammond's injury seems to have been VERY unecessary.
Riles07 2 years ago
that's UK speed record, abit like Tiff Needell holds the UK record for road car of JUST 195MPH in a McLaren F1
volante8657 2 years ago
ffs this sky news is trying to rip top gear and the bbc apart with their lies because they are the most popular channel its pathetic and everyone believes it because sky is "cool"
banrysen 2 years ago 2
Terrible news coverage. The crash was caused by a blowout which Hammond had no control over. And James May would have never gotten in that thing
Ladder209 2 years ago
he was fit to drive the car the docter sed that he has reflexis like a fighter jet pilot stupid blood thersty reporters
101pyromaniac 2 years ago 3
the man says that richard hammond was unqualified to drive the car... if anyone could prevent a crash from a tyre blow out at almost 300mph must be jesus.
Krannk101 2 years ago 81
Be safe safe safe..FUCK SAFE! Safe dont get your blood moving and adrenaline pumping like mad...Safe is for people that are afraid to live this short life to the fullest. Safe is keeping this world from moving into the future by holding us back with bullshit restrictions based on non-existent bogeymen that will cause us harm if we do things completely off the hook. Fuck you pussies, fuck you scaredycats.Stick to your veggies and soy-milk, let the real men lead you meak-lings into the future.
pinworms70 2 years ago
he would have had to do practice ones to get him used to the speed
Jaddiiscool 2 years ago
They were never trying to beat any records!
The aim was to describe what it felt like to be in such a fast car. And he had driven it about six times before the crash. Silly reporter!
EmElle88 2 years ago 45
yeh nearly all the news programs/reporters always exaggerate most things on the news... and i heard one of the news reporters said that he was inexperienced.. which is quite low of them because if he was inexperianced then he wouldnt be on the show or even drive any of the cars they test..
Mersin94 2 years ago 4
He said he was inexperienced driving that vehicle...not at driving cars. It's like me giving you a polystyrene fighter jet and then telling you to fly a a Russian Fulcrum, obviously it is completely different even though both employ aerodynamics.
snedie69er 2 years ago
Did you selectively miss the part about the emails, talking about breaking the record?
snedie69er 2 years ago
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fuck u all
06stfosterh 2 years ago
i'm surprised he still gets in a car cuz i don't know if i would, especially not a supercar
therobster123456789 2 years ago
theres a big difference between the car hammond crashed in and a supercar.. he probably wouldnt want to go fast in one of those again
hahalolfail 2 years ago
Thank god he made it through and set things strait...man i thought msnbc and fox were bad
FLCLdazbgod 2 years ago 5
Sky news are shit i know
crazzer123 2 years ago
All news is shit. If it will get ratings and viewers then it's worthy of the headlines.
snedie69er 2 years ago 3
I am sure Hammond was aware of the risks. Anyone would be. The media was blowing the facts out of wack, again. There was video from day one, of the tire blowing, it was not driver error. Idiotic media demonizing the show for the sake of ratings.
steviep7777777 2 years ago
get over it its a sport just some fun stop being prats you stupid sh## stirers:)
mtx185 2 years ago
just like ANY news media, you guys are douche nozzles. trying to spoil the fun of anyone who ventures out to enjoy their life... no matter what the outcome. i have a dirtbike that's clearly too powerful for me, but i ride it for just that reason. try reporting on something your network doesn't approve of, maybe you'll feel how it feels to be alive.... maybe
regjoe30 2 years ago
uh, dont matter how much skill you have, if the tire blew out at any high speed you're fooked sky news = twats
polski2193 2 years ago 7
screw sky news !!!! top gear rules as far as entertaining motoring programs are concerned(sorry Tiff lol) and so pleased Hampster is well again
et666007 2 years ago
i stopped watching at 0.38, how dare that bloke say hammond didnt have the skill to drive that car, the tyre blew out! no one could have stopped that
GibsonSG2008 2 years ago
Hahaha, that old twat had no idea what he was talking about.
"You see that the more skilled you are at driving a car that goes in a straight line, the stronger your tires are."
See now that is logic! :P
decisruler 2 years ago
amazing he was fine after a few months.
infoseeker228 2 years ago
omg sky news..... top gear is all about beating records or doing the impossible.. on the episode that hamster returned he showed the cockpit view of the crash and the front right tire blew causing the crash
paradisecity876 2 years ago
fucking sky news (and most brit media)....bigoted self righteous shit-stirrers....
glad the hamster made it thru :)
5EB1987 2 years ago 2
omfg screw u sky news, i'd like to see you attempt to do what he attempted. i doubt you'd have a perfect run. i mean come on! a bloody burst tire!!!!! thatt could have been anyone in in his position!
chedoodle 2 years ago
it was a fucking accident.. he wasnt forced to do it .. they tire blew coulda happened in any car to anybody
cjvt2000 2 years ago 2
Sky news sucks ass. They report total rubbish
M5IAN 2 years ago 2
SKY NEWS PROPAGANA
HELLO SKY HERE
we hate top gear, we are jealous of their success, so lets slack them of. coontz
darkula666 2 years ago
Sky hate the BBC and deliberately sensationalised the accident. Arseholes
craigybus1 2 years ago 3
that news presenter is a dipshit. you can clearly see that the tyre blew out.
todderizer2000 2 years ago
on wikipedia they say he was at 435 km per hour
bharatnair15 2 years ago
well thats wikipedia for you.
todderizer2000 2 years ago 2
bhararnair do you know there are two measurements of speed? Miles and KPH. 435 KPH is the same as 280 MPH which was Hammonds speed during the crash.
yuna238 2 years ago 3
sky news are lying basteds
jozhass 2 years ago
Why was everybody saying he was trying to brake the lsnd speed record i've read the autobiography and that wasn't wat he was tryin to do he was just tryin to go reli fast
fanofkakashi 3 years ago 5
go hamsteeeeeeeeeeeer
ajocean 3 years ago
poor man he will recover but he will still get problems!poor soul but look on the bright side hes still alive
13rubgydom 3 years ago
yes very high speeds...
kiwiMe233 3 years ago