Richard Hammond reveals his wife and kids think he’s a dreadful driver
The 49-year-old said Mindy and their daughters Izzy, 18, and Willow, 15, often rib him when he is behind the wheel
TELLY car star Richard Hammond has revealed his wife and kids think he is a dreadful driver.
The 49-year-old said Mindy and their daughters Izzy, 18, and Willow, 15, often rib him when he is behind the wheel.
Richard, who co-hosts The Grand Tour on Amazon Video, told S Magazine: “I was driving along about ten years ago in an old Range Rover and Mindy criticised me.
“I pulled into a petrol station and said, ‘This is ridiculous, I drive cars all over the world, I’m better than a competent driver’.
“I put the car into gear and set off — and drove straight into a bollard.
“They absolutely wept for about 20 minutes.”
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Former Top Gear star Richard also said he was not up to teaching Izzy to pass her driving test.
In 2006 Hammond suffered brain injuries after a 288mph crash in a Dragster called Vampire while filming for Top Gear.
And he was airlifted to hospital in June 2017 after cheating death in a horror crash.
The Hamster was driving a £2million supercar in Switzerland when he lost control before it flipped over and burst into flames.
The presenter was treated in hospital with serious injuries – the worst of which is a fractured knee which required an operation.
He left the road and mounted a grassy verge where he managed to escape from the burning vehicle.
A source said he undid his seatbelt to flee just before it flipped down the hill and erupted in a fireball.
Richard was attending a car race in St Gallen when he suffered the crash.
He was driving a Rimac Concept One at the time, an electronic vehicle which can reach speeds of nearly 200mph.
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