Richard Hammond discusses his Rimac crash 

imagine sitting indoors having a cup of tea look out the window and see hammond rolling over past you in a rimac

At this point I'm pretty sure Richard is immortal.

I love how Rimac did a full analysis of this accident, and a breakdown of what exactly happened every second of the crash. This is now a part of their history as a company.

The fact he survived and still has the ability to walk speaks numbers about the rimacs safety.

This man has reallife plot armor...

Rimac CEO has a good sense of humor, this whole ordeal probably brought them more publicity than the car cost them to build.

It was actually revealed that Jeremy, James, and Richard made a pact that should one of them die while filming the show, the other two would open the next episode of the show announcing the death, and after a minute of silence, continued with a comical "anyway.." and soldier on with the show's segment as if nothing had happened. I think it brilliantly shows their bond as a team, as they've mentioned that the reason the rest of the team always left the one that broke down during their trips behind was because they believe so long as the others carry on, the team carries on, and in that way, everybody no matter what, gets to finish their adventure together.

I love how Rimac is showing a confidential analysis. This whole accident brought them so much positive publicity for the car’s safety. Richard’s guardian angel has a tough life.

"Richard Hammond Discusses His Crash"...…….Has good potential to be weekly series. :)

Congrats to Richard on holding the record for longest jump in a Rimac. Glad that he made it through unscathed.

Cheers for Rimac for making changes to there already great car. Apparently, among other changes, they added a fire extinguisher with words inscribed "in case of hill climb." Awesome.

This story speaks volumes of hammonds passion for motoring, most pilots that survive a crash never fly again, people that have been through trauma avoid whatever it was that caused the traumatic event and after 2 potentially fatal accidents hammond continues to get behind the wheel of extremely powerful vehicles. I freaking love this guy!

Hammond: *Crashes* James: So he's not coming on then?

I like how the ceo was not like super pissed off in this. He seems like a genuinely nice guy.

I love that after this crash, Rimac installed an FPE in the car that reads "In case of a hill climb"

"What went through your head" "Mostly the windscreen..."

I could imagine Hammond buying a new car, phoning up an insurance company and saying "hello my name's Richard Hammond, I just bought a new car and would like to insure it" and the insurance company just hangs up 😂

Damage control is essential for such a new and small company. Nobody wants bad PR. Smart move by the CEO to do this interview with Hammond.

The thought of losing Hammond actually upsets me greatly. Keep safe man.

"If you're going hard enough left, you'll find yourself turning right."

I knoe im late and shit but they put up a nice little plate at the village signe "hammond corner"

And all this with a "standard" seatbelt and no racing harness. Speaks volumes about Rimac.

The car safety these days truly is amazing. A person I know had head an on collision with another car at 100 km/h and all they had was scratches. I remember thinking if the cars had been 20 years older both of them might have been dead. So seeing Hammond have such light injuries after a crash this bad is amazing.

I love how he’s not even concerned with the loss of the car instead he’s glad Richard is safe and appreciates the pr. Also it really does prove the safety of the cars. But he just loves what he does and is happy to be there

Wtf 177kph on that corner??? Hammond is insane

Hammond should be thankful, he's still alive. Hands down for the safety of Rimac.

IMO Richard deserves more than a pat here. He takes immense risk driving vehicles Like the Rimac from a supercar startup. Some are even experimental cars like the Vampire he drove. If not humans like him how would you know the limits of your machines! Keep it up Hammond! Love from India! 🇮🇳

Hammond: Have you got another car? CEO: Ya, but im not giving it to you! Hilarious

I can imagine Jeremy screaming "HAMMOND" with his voice cracking

Say what you will, but the fact that he "walked" away from such an accident is just amazing and shows how safe the Rimac is.👍 Also, Mate being willing to be part of this is awesome. It shows that he is confident in his product. How many other CEOs of car companies can you name that would do this so soon after an accident involving someone high profile? Not many.

After watching this several times & drawing as much detail as I could from it… it is WELL worth mentioning. Rimac, as a manufacturer & as a man - has my sincere respect. Most any manufacturer I could name, I would FULLY expect to throw a blanket over this and publicly reveal ONLY what a court or some other ‘authority’ would make them reveal. Rimac not only did not do that, they’ve allowed this which seems to be an honest and open discussion of the car’s strengths & the car’s possible weaknesses. It might or might not be the ‘smart’ thing from a business standpoint. I think it IS smart. And I must admit, if I were in the market for an all-electric super car… it would be a Rimac or nothing. I cannot find adequate words to describe how much I appreciate everyone creating this, filming it, and allowing us all to see it. There is a WEALTH of detailed information available here, and it rightfully should increase interest not simply for Hamster but for the Rimac brand as well.

I’m glad he’s alive, and that he called his wife straight away.

Honestly, Hammonds height probably saved his life. If someone taller like James or Jeremy were driving, they probably wouldn't have survived given the fact their heads would be pressed against the roof of the Rimac

“We are improving our car and the batteries so they don’t... do that.” What? Catch on fire after rolling 100+ meters? Mate, you’d be forgiven if it took 100 meters for your car to explode. Some cars explode before you leave the driveway, mate.

14:39 You can just see how amazed, not only us the viewers, but Richard is.. Mate alongside whole Rimac team is a complete new thing, amazing!!

🗻🌄🏎This is the road where he crashed: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MmLviX4wmJs.html 🏎🗻🌄

Other company CEOs : *Damn it ! That is going to cost us !* Rimac : *OMG Richard Hammond crashed our car :D !*

"The first thing he hit was the second road"...not a sentence you ever want to hear, ever.

Im so sorry for Richard, and so glad he made it. He seems so thankful. The ceo is a businessman....that shines thru in this talk!

I am absolutely gobsmacked he's still in one piece after that.

Kudos to Rimac for making that car so safe, glad Richard is alright, I grew up watching Top Gear, would be devastated to hear one of them three had died. Best trio ever!

He must be the most expensive of the trio to insure for these programs :"D

I love how Rimac is not mad, he said that he is actually happy because Richard didn't died. Respect!!

Can we just take a moment to appreciate how beautiful the concept 1 looks ?

He protec He attac But most importantly He crash rimac

Hammond owes a lot to his hamster height. Staggering how he survived both crashes, the dragster especially.

Not the first time he's had a similar experience. Glad he's ok. Watched this crash for the first time just now, you can see the uncomfortable expression on his face from before he starts the run

I love that obviously he was ok.And also how cool the company was with the whole thing worried about him and using the opportunity to make the car safer and didnt get mad at him at all.

Rimac CEO just roasted ferrari "some super cars catch on fire by just sitting there"

He still walks, talks, gets paid, and most importantly, he still drives fast cars.

The CEO of Rimac was 21 when he started his car company. People at that age still live with their parents let alone begin their own car company. What an absolute legend.

Hammond has been in so many fiery and violent accidents. It's a miracle he's even still alive. We're glad hes still here, but it's amazing none-the-less.

To be fair the car manufacturer is cool about it. saying its provided good data and and improving safety. at least they aren't pissed at him too much.

Richard is the only Biker I know that had multiple near death crashes in CARS!

TBH the fact Hammond is here is a testament to how well that car was designed.

I love that he brought multiple photo's as aids for Richard to remember almost dying in a car crash slowly in detail.

the car went down houdreds of meters down a mountain, several rolls, and the driver got out with ''a injury from the playground'' but the car catched fire so everyone claimed it sucks.

Hammond has always seemed the most capable driver of the trio, but also the most daring. At any rate I'd say he's well qualified to romp any car up that mountain. We all make mistakes. Maybe the car screwed up, maybe Hammond screwed up. Either way I'm just glad he's alive. Long live the hamster!!

Love how he said "This could go so wrong" before his first run.

Mate is very well-spoken and clearly highly intelligent. And Hammond’s funny personality is the reason I watch his car shows.

It’s easy to joke about it after he recovered. But looking at that clip over and over you can see how easily he could have been killed.

Me: I'll buy an electric supercar when hamsters fly Rimac:.......how would you like to pay today.

Hammond gets a lot of flack, but he's high key my favourite of the three

This man is immortal. He will never die

it's literally incredible that he's alive. must be a really well-made car.

My favorite thing out of this was Hammond saying he really regrets telling that guy this is the run I will crash on. Completely not that guys fault, but it’s very compassionate feeling for someone else when you are the one that’s really hurt by it.

That was one well built car. Rolled for 100m after crashing at 300mph, and he came out of it alive. Many cars fall apart if you reverse into a wall while parking. It was a brilliant machine. The crash was a mistake, a bad one but I'm glad that Richard is still with us

At age 14 or 15 I was passenger in a VW Golf that rolled over 5 or 6 times landing upside down in a ditch after the driver tried taking a corner late while we were doing at least 60km, he then for some reason pulled the E-Brake to try and correct SMH. I can't imagine how much scarier Richard's accident would have been.

This crash has provided the company with more crash data than any controlled test dummy crash could of. Glad Hammond's safe and all parties seem in good humor about it.

So does that mean hes not coming on then?

What an incredible company. Super interesting interview.

22:05 what an awesome analogy, both for the cars and the 3 Legend's; each in their own right

Nice to see that Rimac really does build good cars, even in beeing crashed and protecting the hamster.. Good work Rimac!

"I'm gonna give it the old Scandinavian flick!"

10:15 Hammond: “No worries, mate." Fun fact: Mate is Rimac's first name, lol (though pronounced "mat-eh").

A masterclass of turning a negative into a positive. The show was able to show the car in all its glory and then the crash was the cherry on top when they were able to show how safe the car was simply by the fact that Hammond is still walking and talking.

"Rimac CEO, Mate Rimac, CEO of Rimac" -I think you need to add Rimac and CEO a few more times....

So, does this mean he's not coming on then? No, James - he wrecked a multi million pound hypercar and broke both his legs.

Let's have a moment to appreciate that the cameraman dropped his camera right away when Richard crashed. Glorious human being

2006: Richard Hammond crashes the jetcar on the last run of the day. 2017: Richard Hammond crashes the Rimac on the last run of the day. Lesson learned: Don't do a final run.

Richard Hammond is looking more and more like Al Pacino.Say hello to my little friend!

considering the nature of the crash, it's evident that rimac builds a very solid chassis and shell, because the cabin maintained its integrity even after a big drop and going over several times. the fire was to be expected, when you mangle a bunch of high voltage wires it's just going to happen. i do clearly believe that what happened was a mixture of richard reflexively trying to drive the car as if it were NOT super intelligent, and the car taking that reflex as command and sort of over-doing it. all around, however, incredible car, and we're all happy that the Hampster is still with us for more seasons of inane babble and fun road trips.

Hammond: Dies in a fiery crash into a house Clarkson turns to camera: "And on that bombshell..."

Wow, I have been watching Top Gear for literally YEARS and I've also watched the Grand Tour since Jeremy decked that producer on TG, and I have to say that Hamster is definitely a favorite of mine.

This channel gotta explode soon.

'What was your biggest fear in that moment?' 'Waking up with with Clarkson and maybe May standing over me calling me a tosser.'

Watching that video over and over and the previous data makes me wonder if physics just couldn’t pull off Hammonds input. In the previous days, he pushed the car to find its limits and the controls responded in kind. In this case, it just didn’t. Like he says at the end, it was an accident and it happens. He’s alive to talk about it and continue on with his passion which is more important than anything else.

This is both a testament to the vehicle itself and Hammonds remarkable ability to come out relatively unscathed

"They see me rollin', they hatin', trynia catch my leg thats hurting...."

"And I'm not a man who can afford to loose 7mm..." - GOLD :D

Glad You Made It, Richard! Excellent and Outstanding Analysis of a Frightening Wreck!!!

Wishing You Well Richard H.. > Sending You all my best healing Wishes

All You Had To Do Was Drive a Small Electric Car Up a Swiss Hill Richard. " Said Clarkson "

Props to Hammond for willing to talk about it. The PTSD from the crash was probably very real for him.

Love it glad to finally here about the crash and how tuff the car is and wow that blue color

I’m so happy he’s still with us Big big ups to rimac, that’s a testament to their insane safety tech

At least they can pass the crash test off the check list. It shows the car is very safe.

2020: Richard Hammond discusses his Tesla Roadster crash

I had a similar experience in a sports car many years ago. Very scary experience

This guy has really taken the way a.car drives to a whole new level... how can you make a car better than it has ever been? Mr. Rimac has answered that question... amazing technology