Top Gear

I think the funniest thing was when Jeremy and James were talking about a replacement for the Hamster.

Emma Parker Bowles it is then? :P

Shame that Richard lived

Was a great episode, the comment about Jade Goody was hilarious.

Upon watching that film of his crash I think the risks were too great to even attempt the run, how the safety people didn't realise this is quite shocking. The crosswinds were far too strong, as someone said you could see the car twitching (heh) the whole way on each run. Hindsight is a marvellous gift but common sense and safety standards should have prevailed (says Mr Not Sensible ). Just glad Richard survived the ordeal.

[fizzwheel]

But it wasnt the crosswinds that caused the accident, The front tyre delaminated and then exploded.

You have to remember that all 3 of those guys spend a lot of time in high performance exotica. Yes 314mph is fast, but remember the spend alot of time on track hooning around in high performance stuff so they are used to a certain amount of speed.

IMHO its not the same as you and I jumping into something like that and lighting the afterburner.

Originally Posted by Stu

Gutted I missed it

That was good, but has anyone got the whole thing on DVD or knows if they repeat it?

Wednesday BBC2 7pm

Originally Posted by Stu

Gutted I missed it

That was good, but has anyone got the whole thing on DVD or knows if they repeat it?

Repeated Wednesday and Sunday I think. Do you have Telewest? They have it available on the replay thingie.

I thought it was a good episode though Hammond does look older. I also got the impression he really didn't like talking about the accident? Not surprising really.

[Viney]

I missed the 1st 15 mins of the show...booo, but the bits i did see, brilliant. I echo the comments above, but the jibe about Jade was priceless...so was Clarksons comment right at the end...speed kills!!

Still the best waste of the licence fee on TV

Sorry, but I thought the Jade comment was awful. Lets carrying on the whole bullying theme, a great example to set. Pointless and pathetic IMO.

Very dissapointed with the program tbh.

Jag Vs AM was rubbish, who buys those cars and will spend time drifting them? I'd still rather have the £35k 500bhp VXR500 Monaro and beat the pair of them, and be an even better drift machine anyway Can't see Mr Suit doing that though.. You buy them for Class, and the AM wins hands down (just look at those shexy dials ). Clarkson contridicts himself though. IN many other programs he says about the tiny rear seats on cars being totally pointless, but because its a Jag, he embraces the idea? Contridiction on his own words?

Hamsters crash, entertaining, but seen far worse on Car Wars in the 80's Still, he's the best guy on there, and a biker, so im really glad he's still around.

The road paving, although a farce, did prove a massive point IMO though.....

Was looking forward to TG, but a dissapointment Roll on the next epidsode though, i'll still watch it

I like the bit when Hammond was asked if anything was different since the accident and he said; "I like celery now where as before I didn't".

owner of the car is partly blaming the hamster...

The owner of the jet car in which Richard Hammond was nearly killed has suggested the Top Gear presenter was partly to blame for the crash. Dramatic of the 288 mph crash has just been screened for the first time.

It clearly showed the car's right front tyre shredded after a blowout as Hammond tore down an airfield runway.

He appeared to lose control of the Vampire dragster, which veered off the runway on to the grass before overturning.

In The Sun newspaper, Colin Fallows implied Hammond was to some extent responsible by "failing to adhere to the briefing".

He said: "Mr Hammond had a puncture and carried on with the tyre deflated", adding he "stood on the brakes" after the blowout.

Mr Fallows added: "Once these cars are in motion you don't touch the brakes. You stay on the prescribed line and should always be aware of the unexpected.

"By failing to adhere to the briefing, what would have been a controllable incident ended in a major accident."

The crash occured while 36-year-old Hammond was filming a stunt at Elvington airfield in York last September.

He suffered brain injuries and there were fears he would not survive. He says he has no memory of the accident.

Hammond, nicknamed Hamster, watched it on last night's edition of Top Gear with co-presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May.

The father-of-two was asked by Clarkson why he had attempted a final run after reaching speeds of 314mph - the fastest anyone has ever travelled on land in Britain.

Hammond said: "I dunno. That run we just watched was at about five o'clock and we had the runway until 5.30pm.

"I suppose it's like when you were playing outside as a kid and then your mum called you in for dinner. You'd always stay out for a bit longer..."

Originally Posted by Viney

I missed the 1st 15 mins of the show...booo, but the bits i did see, brilliant. I echo the comments above, but the jibe about Jade was priceless...so was Clarksons comment right at the end...speed kills!!

Still the best waste of the licence fee on TV

Also liked the "we nearly had our own Princess Diana"
Sorry, warped sense of humour
Good to see Hammond up n running again, something to look forward to on Sunday nights again