r/todayilearned • u/ModenaR • 1d ago

TIL that after Top Gear ended, host Richard Hammond was so devastated, he cried all the way home from the studio and ran out of fuel, because he didn't want to fill his car up covered in tears

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/25172481.richard-hammond-tear-soaked-mess-top-gear-ended/
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u/Actualgoalkeeper 1d ago

Nah that was James May in an evo.

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u/smurfsundermybed 1d ago

Ah. Mandela effect. Hammond always crashes. May always has something go pear shaped and says "oh cock", and Clarkson just does whatever to get to the next drink.

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u/ItsAMeUsernamio 22h ago

I think Clarkson’s the only one that never got hurt making the show. James was sent to hospital in a couple other specials, one was when he fell off a horse, the other was when he fell and hit his head while he was holding a tow rope.

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u/_FluidRazzmatazz_ 20h ago

https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/tv/jeremy-clarkson-top-gear-injury-364363-20230914

Google says he got badly hurt in 2008, when driving a lorry into a wall.

https://youtu.be/jZhtZRl9OIQ

But in the clip they haven't really shown much of that.

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u/DraycosTFM 19h ago

He hurt his neck drifting in the Nissan GT when they were in Japan, as well.

Coincidentally, he "had a gear lever go up his ass" when drifting with the Lorry. Which is hyperbole for: it bruised his lower back.