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RICHARD Hammond couldn’t stop smiling as The Grand Tour bosses put him behind the wheel of an incredible £2 million supercar in a new trailer for the second series.
However, as we know, just hours later Richard’s car careered off the road and burst into flames – with the 47-year-old rushed to hospital.
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Luckily Richard escaped the fireball with severe leg injuries, and The Sun revealed he’d later apologised to his wife Mindy and their two daughters from his hospital bed.
Before the incident, Richard – alongside his co-stars Jeremy Clarkson and James May – couldn’t hide his excitement about getting behind the wheel of the Rimac Concept One.
The trio appear to be in their element with each smiling behind the wheel as they tour locations as far afield as Switzerland and Mozambique.
With his sleeves rolled up, Richard grins as James trundles along behind him in a heavily customised red car.
In typically audacious style, a car and a bike are filmed from above as they drive along a water-logged mud track, while another shot sees a white sports car whizz along a track.
Then there's also a light aircraft, hinting at an aerial element to one of the show's famous stunts.
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Hours after this footage was filmed, Richard lost control of his vehicle and the cameras stopped filming.
Speaking on , the star of the moment he knew he was going to crash: “I was aware that I was up high, and that inevitably the car was going to come down.
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“And yeah of course there was a moment of dread – ‘Oh God, I’m going to die’.
“I mean if you look at those craters, that’s a big hole that’s just impact and it looks like the thing has been dropped from space to leave a hole that big.
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“So yeah I was probably going, ‘Well this is it’.
“In fact that is what was going through my mind. I thought, ‘I’ve had it’.”
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“It was like being in a tumble dryer full of bricks. I was conscious that it was upside down. And obviously your brain is telling you that is not a good place to be.”
Hammond was in conversation with Mate Rimac, CEO of car manufacturer Rimac, as he opened up about the disaster.
Describing the aftermath of the crash, he said: “I was wriggling and writhing to get out which was a bit difficult because I had a normal seat belt on not a harness.
“I do remember saying to them drag me by my arms not my legs because I think I’ve broken that leg.”
It’s not yet been confirmed when the first full-length episode of The Grand Tour’s second series will be released.
Richard told fans it would be in November 2017 while Jeremy has suggested the second series will instead kick off in October.
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