Richard Hammond discusses his Rimac crash
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2017
- Richard Hammond sits down with Mate Rimac, CEO of Rimac, and talks about his crash while filming for The Grand Tour.
See more on Richard Hammond's DRIVETRIBE page: bit.ly/2u3GXZS
In this video, Richard talks about what went through his mind at the time, how and why the crash happened, what he was filming and how the crash nearly didn't happen. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
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.
@Kabuki Kitsune Well that's Hamster for you! Dude survived a rocket car crash, Rimac Crash, falling off a horse, he can pretty much live through any accident.
It provided multitudes of data for then and future safety, it was data they couldn't ever safely get.
It's weird how complicated and involved this interview gets about the corner, when the obvious fact is Hammond failed to slow down after the finish line.
Guess he lost sight of where the finish line was? Seems the obvious answer.
@@george474747 in the grand tour episode he looked hella nervous during the hillclimb
I still kind of wanted to know what was the oversteer caused by and whether a wing at the back could've kept the grip on the back wheels
The fact he survived and still has the ability to walk speaks numbers about the rimacs safety.
Right? Most cars you'd be lucky to have even survived, let alone so little injury. Not bad for a new company without decades of experience in car safety.
bingus
@@stueyphone Nooooo. NOO! Bad Bacca
The fact he still has both his legs.
@@peytonmac1131 also has to do with physics, and a bit of Clarkson's own words. People can survive crashes when cars (in Hammond's case) roll to a stop, compared to "suddenly becoming stationary - that's what gets you." (Clarkson)
Your body can't cope with an impact that stops you immediately.
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.
Bro, no wayyy 😂😂😂😂😂
nice essay... about controversial jokes, that filmmakers develop only to increase dumbness, unbelievability, to attract your attention.
No, they are normal humans, went to hospital with a friend. And film cut to "continue show as nothing happened" is - just a film cut.
@@palohagara105 fghjklæø'
Okay, but they would never have actually done that in the real event.
Read that as “one of them should die on the show” and was very concerned for a minute there
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.
At this point I'm pretty sure Richard is immortal.
Probably something to do with when he got his teeth whitened. Made him immortal. Like Wolverine-esque.
hamsters have 9 lives
BSproduction74,he's secretly german,thats why he kept on surviving crashes
He's a cat.. Hopefully he still has some lives left..
Either that or they haven't found the last horcrux..
This man has reallife plot armor...
The writers gotta plan for dis boi
i mean no mere-mortal, not even the insanest, the most suicidal man in the world would survive that dragster crash a while back so
Facts
His small frame is probably a factor.
If only Paul walker had that
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.
I feel bad for the angel :(
Staged accident
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!
If you crash a car you still need a car to get to work regardless of how passionate you are about driving it's not that deep dude
He's an idiot
@@jamesob2k16
yeah, but most never go racing at 150+ around a track again. Theres a difference.
Still, imagine disliking Hammond
@@jamesob2k16 Most just stop speeding but there are also people that develop a crippling phobia.
imagine sitting indoors having a cup of tea look out the window and see hammond rolling over past you in a rimac
*imagining*
Would that mean he's not coming on then?
@@PaulJBurgess No he's not coming
Nothing out of the ordinary
@@PaulJBurgess well, he crashed a car INTO a house, then down a hill so...no
Rimac CEO has a good sense of humor, this whole ordeal probably brought them more publicity than the car cost them to build.
More than likely, yes, plus I assume it was all insured meaning the customer got refunded.
CEO basked in this. it wasn't a loss at all. that crash only proved the safety of the rimac. that crash would have been fatal in many sports cars.
Bryan Southard exactly. And they gave the car a good review anyway, it wasn’t the cars fault it crashed really
Insurance and free publicity made up for any losses
@@Debaser. this was a C1..
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..."
🤣🤣🤣
He protec
He attac
But most importantly
He crash rimac
(clarkson voice)
On tonight's program:
I have shaky legs
James screams
and Hammond throws a car off a cliff without the script saying to do so.
@@nicholaslokos7949
He would say that
This has me 😂😂😂
Will Richard Hammond make it? Oh, no he's gone off... Pepsi!
Originality not your forté, dear...?
Congrats to Richard on holding the record for longest jump in a Rimac. Glad that he made it through unscathed.
Also longest jump in a Remac off the top of a hill
He didnt make it unscathed, his knee got busted up and had to be held together with a metal plate.
Its like you didnt even watch this video ffs.
Im sorry but to set a record you have to perform the same action twice in a row and then the average value will be the record. (We learned that with the jet car :D)
Yeah..."unscathed"...
@@Zockshadow producer : cut Hammond can you do that take again for me
Hammond: oh god
The thought of losing Hammond actually upsets me greatly. Keep safe man.
I'd prefer it if he worked from home, stay safe Richard.
@@stephenlamb9008 rofl covid work from home, Skype all your conversation streets, and play Gran Turismo or Forza to give a test drive review
"If you're going hard enough left, you'll find yourself turning right."
"Oh right. That makes perfect sense. Turn right to go left. YES! THANK YOU! Or should I say no thank you! Because in opposite world, maybe that really means thank you"
It's called drifting
Rotating right*
Doc Hudson
"Richard Hammond Discusses His Crash"...…….Has good potential to be weekly series. :)
ReclusiveDuck well then they should of started it with the speed record crash
But maybe they can finish it with that
Lol
Richard Hobbs what? Did you miss the joke?
@@sizzlesticks4663 did you miss his joke? Richard made a joke...
Rafiur Rahman/RifRaf oh I thought this was an original post
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.
I think it is honestly good PR for the people who will buy cars like that... it shows that they really do value safety.
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Enrico the cat are you a f'cking idiot?
njshift Love ur pfp! Viper ACR is king!
in the last clip his body language looked rather uncomfortable
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.
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.
And he said he crashed at 212 kmh
“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.
@Syndrome of a Down thats better than exploding though..
Mate that's true mate, but mate you must realize mate that mate is not a good term to use
Honestly it gives me a lot of faith in Rimac that this is their attitude. Nobody reasonable could hold it against them for this fire happening and for the car to hold up well enough that a broken knee was all he got from THAT is a testament to how safe that car is.
_cough_ tesla model s _cough_
Actually no. Fires from car crashes make up of 0.09% of all motor vehicle crashes. Here's your proof. Electric cars are prone to catching fire due to the way lithium reacts with air like most batteries. Petrol cars are generally much safer as they require a petrol leak then a spark, batteries can explode under friction.
saferide4kids.com/blog/car-fires-vehicle-submersion/
Hammond: *Crashes*
James: So he's not coming on then?
No James, he broke is leg and might need time to recover mentally and physically ,so that's a no
Jeremy: "HAMMONDDDDDDD!"
I was looking for this comment xD
You guys really know how three couples act is 😹
@@yaboi5932 I couldn’t believe my ears I was thinking there bad but I never knew them to be that mindless though clarkson has gotten on a bit and the burgers seem to not be doing him any favors
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
The way he deadpan says there's only 7 now 🤷♂
But he does go into detail about their business plan and scaling, I found it interesting, but I could tell both interviewer and Hammond were not interested.
Millions of dollars of free publicity, if he plays it right, and he did.
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! 🇮🇳
And all this with a "standard" seatbelt and no racing harness. Speaks volumes about Rimac.
Speaks volumes how lucky he was.
@@jaja7830 Go put 150 people in 150 Rimacs and crash them like that, watch as 90% of them die.
@@Predator23321 you don't know that, you can't really say that, statistically speaking it has 100% record. Besides it's not just luck, there were crew members and people there. If it was a crash in some other place with no one around, things could be worse.
My point being that the Rimac's 'amazing' safety isn't what kept him from dying, it may very well be an exceptionally impressive car in terms of safety, but happenstance and, as you said, the emergency crew on standby played the majority role in ensuring he didn't burn to a crisp in what could have easily been a much bigger tragedy.
@@Predator23321 But that cerash does show what every crash tests shows, BEV`s are safer than ICE vehicles because of the way theyre made, where the weight is, that it isnt a huge metal block infront of the pedals ETC.
I like how the ceo was not like super pissed off in this. He seems like a genuinely nice guy.
ADF Audio they just came out with their second car and it’s even faster
It also has a fire extinguisher in the back with “in case of hill climb” on it
@@BenM2291 Aha, I do like that.
@@BenM2291 lol, I noticed that in Forza
The bloke from Rimac and Christian von Koenigsegg may make unattainable dream cars but they're both just car blokes at heart.
I’m glad he’s alive, and that he called his wife straight away.
Hammond: Have you got another car? CEO: Ya, but im not giving it to you! Hilarious
Wtf 177kph on that corner??? Hammond is insane
He crashed after the finish
110.5mph
@@theamazingparkerC Really? Did he actually?
Yes he did he even said once “I cashed after the finish.. like a boss”
@@Mark-uw3hz Yes he did
I knoe im late and shit but they put up a nice little plate at the village signe "hammond corner"
Like Gambon on the TG track
I didn't need to know that, but I'm glad I do
Lol
That's wholesome
Try reading the comment before you post it. Kinda feels like it was written by a 5 y.o
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!!
I love how Rimac is not mad, he said that he is actually happy because Richard didn't died. Respect!!
Hammond should be thankful, he's still alive. Hands down for the safety of Rimac.
Das ist richtig!
freekickerz hi bro
andrew evolution you can hit a wall with every car.. what has his crash to do with rimac?!
andrew evolution, what would you expect to happen? Were you expecting the car to levitate before it hit the ground and fly itself back to the road? No matter how expensive or well designed the car is, it still obeys physics and if you take a corner faster than the car can handle then it will under/overstear and possibly crash if the driver loses control.
andrew evolution why the fuck can't you use proper English grammar, I feel like I'm going to have to break out the Rosetta Stone to translate your jibberish
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 😂
Then they call back “certainly sir it will just be the price of the car monthly”
I mean he's just going to say his name is Richardo Hammondo and that he's a Catholic teacher who occasionally likes to drive around with supercars. Or maybe change his gender to get a cheaper insurance premium. :D
@@KoinzellGaming Like James may did?
@@AudiRS6real I think James May was the only one in that "insurance episode" who was honest about his profession and got f-ed by the insurance company.
i mean. it's not like he has ever crashed on a public road doing normal everyday driving.,
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.
Being Croatia he likely still lived with his parents after 21, even with the company.
People at that age don't have parents who are convicted tax cheat and millionaire-frauds in multiple countries, and were gifted exotic supercars while in school... not exactly a square comparison
@@mothaybabonnam5632 Are you talking about the same person?
@@pleopsidium6960 clearly. his family history and online presence is all quite public information
@@wm2008 I think he lived, grew up with his grandmother actually.
If I remember, he said his parents lived in Germany, while he was in Croatia or Bosnia and Hercegovina with his grandmother.
That’s how he started to bustle, disassemble his cars, no one was around to stop him, grandmother couldn’t. So he would take out the gasoline engine from his cars, VW, BMW, and put electro motors and batteries.
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!
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
Same with the crash in the Jet car back in Top Gear
Wtf
That's why Fighter pilots tend to be on the small side. It's easier to engineer around shorter people.
@@ieuanhunt552 if you're tall and eject from a jet, there's a higher risk that your leg gets stuck somewhere and just dosen't eject with you, which leaves you hanging on a parachute with a leg less. Almost guaranteed death.
@@ieuanhunt552 Pfft!!!! My ex was a fighter pilot and he was 6'2".
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.
To be fair, probably all of them. And with a sweaty brow say "See, he's alive, that just proves its safe".
sucksqueezebangblow That's true. To have such accident and almost walk away with a knee fracture, means that car is very stiff. In terms of safety, Rimac did his homework when they designed the Concept One. And Mate Rimac shows to be a great guy. Hope Rimac is here to stay to the future
safe car?????? you think that other super car companies put so much effort into designing aerodynamics for their cars for nothing? this rimac car is complete crap, empty shell with too much power and insufficient down force.
hbjhvvjvvhggvcgfcfcgvh your opinion doesn't make any sense, empty shell? even though it has 4 motors, 2 transmissions, etc. lol too much power? with the Bugatti Chiron, The One:1, and almost any other hypercar has over 1000 hp
Yes but it caught fire pretty quickly and in a normal situation you wouldn't have emergency services or even anyone immediately pulling you out of the wreckage, that worrries me..
Can we just take a moment to appreciate how beautiful the concept 1 looks ?
Hammond gets a lot of flack, but he's high key my favourite of the three
@SpiritOfOutrage ...no. Flak (not flack) is a word for AA guns, yes, but in this context it refers to criticism.
I can imagine Jeremy screaming "HAMMOND" with his voice cracking
"Hammond you idiot"
This is the fastest car pause in the world
*Giacomo screams in the distance*
@@JohannGambolputty22 thats the biggest crash ... _pause_ ...in the world
*HAMMOND?*
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!
At this point, i think he is the one that's hard to kill
Indeed, and even more crazy is that this was Rimac 1st car.
I am absolutely gobsmacked he's still in one piece after that.
i think everyone thinks hammond is immune to dying from a car accident.
I love that he brought multiple photo's as aids for Richard to remember almost dying in a car crash slowly in detail.
"The first thing he hit was the second road"...not a sentence you ever want to hear, ever.
Out of the frying pan and into the other frying pan
Well I mean all I can say is that I'm glad it was the road and not the house!
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!!
watch the replay at 0.25 speed and it's clear why crash occured - entry line into that corner was horrendous - far left hand side of the road nearly eating the apex already and still facing directly forwards/to the right towards the hill-edge... tyres had no chance unfortunately
I would say Jeremy is the best driver of the group.
Jeremy is a better driver in my opinion but Hammond is the best mechanic of the trio.
YOU KNOW NOTHING Jeremy is a drift king for sure!! Remember that orange Mercedes Amg Black edition with a huge wing? In his words, "It's like a Bear! A Burning Bear!!!
Even the professional racing drivers who drove with all three of them said that Hammond has the most potential...
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.
Statistically most construction related accidents either happen in the first two hours of the day Due to hangovers/ lack of sleep. Or in the last hour of the shift (17:00+) due to exhaustion.
I used to ride BMX. This was a hard and fast rule for me after several years. When someone says, "Just one more" or anything along those lines, you walk away. Every single time, it goes 100% wrong. Pretty sure every single concussion I've had was down to, "Oh, just one more and then I'll be done."
Wouldn't that entail not doing a first try?
2028 Hammond just stays at home.
10:15 Hammond: “No worries, mate."
Fun fact: Mate is Rimac's first name, lol (though pronounced "mat-eh").
He is british and they use the slanog word mate like friend
@@urosdjukic5222 I know, brate, I lived in UK. 😅 That's the point - saying that, he used the word written completely the same without even knowing.
Other company CEOs : *Damn it ! That is going to cost us !*
Rimac : *OMG Richard Hammond crashed our car :D !*
Yay our car is one of the many other victims of project H.A.M.M.O.N.D
@@wolfrunner6462 As a designer who is designing concept cars, i would be happy if mine got crashed by Hammond xD
No such thing as bad publicity.
I think Grand Tour paid for the crash. I guess. I mean thats logical.
When he crashed, he was doing about 110mph. The car rolled repeatedly and violently to the point of leaving craters, and it wasn't outfitted with anything other than factory components. His only injury was a broken leg, which is incredible. If Hammond had done that in any other unmodified car, he would be dead.
Hammond owes a lot to his hamster height. Staggering how he survived both crashes, the dragster especially.
It’s was not a dragster
@@bobdickinson9663 what was it, then?
@@kikibirdball rocket car
@@paulcourtemanche3549 it was both. Those two things aren't mutually exclusive
@@bobdickinson9663 it was, it was a jet rocket engine dragster.
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.
Love how he said "This could go so wrong" before his first run.
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.
The car was insured and I’m sure the grand tour gave them money as an apology so I’m sure he probably got a lot of money out of it
the costs alone to get this data in a safe testing facility are immmense ;D Hammond should ask for a honorar as dummie. ^^
They're pissed, but they're professionals. Pissed professionals.
If anything this is huge publicity for that car.
You can't buy the level of publicity that Rimac got from this. To get this level of marketing would cost 10s of millions, which is a lot more than the car costs.
He must be the most expensive of the trio to insure for these programs :"D
They are paying for premium on top of premiums for him.
actually is... some manufacturers don't even allow him to drive the super expensive cars... they prefer May
@@Sum_Guy Captain Slow...
well when you bring may into the equation, i think the insurance company ends up owing them money.
He dont need any insurance the. Healthcare in paid by taxes.
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.
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.
Better luck next time Hammond
Just shows how safe Rimac cars are.
the car is carbon based, if it went 400km he would probably still survive, thats why new Rimac Nevera costs 2M euros
It shook me when they talked about the reactions of the lads.
Richard is the only Biker I know that had multiple near death crashes in CARS!
@@naoised7638 Why would he know your grandad. wtf
@@steelixian1705 😂😂😂😂😂
Ikr
If your grandad died in an escort, then he should have pulled out, first. Lesson learned: Don't buy cheap hookers.
doran idk how’s he meant to know ur grandad 😐
@@steelixian1705 Also why is it just kind of sad.. was he an asshole or something..?
TBH the fact Hammond is here is a testament to how well that car was designed.
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
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.
But if it was a BMW people would be praising it. This is just a case of people being biased against EVs
It's crazy to be honest ...Richard would die if that was some other car ..they should give credit to the body and the engineering that went into it...comparing other car bodies to it ..the latter would get destroyed
Are you dumb its made up with lithium battery so it should catch on fire
It did point out á serious issue with the battery technology, despite the relative safety though. And its something we've known for a while now, lithium batteries self ignite when punctured, burn long and hot, and can not be put out until they've run out of fuel (because they re-ignite after a moment). The car was remarkably stucturally sound, but has its own set of problems due to its method of energy storage.
Hundreds? He didn't crash and dropped hundreds of meters. He dropped around 30 meters
Nice to see that Rimac really does build good cars, even in beeing crashed and protecting the hamster.. Good work Rimac!
what you mean with "good cars" so far, they made a car that has good aceleration, and seems to be safe... We have no words about the rest. Handling, build quality, reliability, confort, fun, etc...
He was lucky the door got torn off, otherwise he would had burn to death in an electric car.
Gixxer983, you talk like that doesn't happen with gasoline cars.
In Rimac you wont find any cheap plastic or any sort of cheap materials, of course it is not Rolls Royce class leather where they have their own cow farm...but none of the models suffered breakdown so far...as far as I saw reviews Concept_One was graded as very comfortable and that it has epic sound
What's it got to do with a petrol car? This is unforgivable in an electric car - clearly this Rimac is designed by chancers - shit design.
22:05 what an awesome analogy, both for the cars and the 3 Legend's; each in their own right
Mate is very well-spoken and clearly highly intelligent. And Hammond’s funny personality is the reason I watch his car shows.
He still walks, talks, gets paid, and most importantly, he still drives fast cars.
‘Drives’ is a relative term
Grindcore Rager 67 grindcore is a respectable genre
Crashes fast cars you mean.
Alex O'Toole there joking
@@kenopsia9013 I once had someone tell me that opeth musically can't hold a torch to the best grindcore bands. I actually think he meant it😂😂
So, does this mean he's not coming on then? No, James - he wrecked a multi million pound hypercar and broke both his legs.
holy hell
LOL
🤣
multi million? it costs 980.000$, not even one million xD
Prototype? So consider all the R&D costs...
This man is immortal. He will never die
🗻🌄🏎This is the road where he crashed: czcams.com/video/MmLviX4wmJs/video.html 🏎🗻🌄
it's literally incredible that he's alive. must be a really well-made car.
Either that or he's a magical witch.
Spenser Or both.
@@spenser9908 considering this man survived the dragster crash a while back, which is much, much more fragile than the rimac i'm gonna guessing it's the latter
TURBO!!!!🖕🏻😤👀👎🏻
Think it was just the fact that he was closed course ripping.. any other situation dead
Rimac CEO just roasted ferrari "some super cars catch on fire by just sitting there"
More so fisker and zenvo
Well, he's not wrong. Happens to Porsche's, Lamborghini's and Tesla's too.
@@randomuser1687 Hasn't there only been two cases of Zenvos catching fire? Granted, they don't produce a lot of cars, but it is hardly enough to say fires are prevalent.
@@nicklasjensen9043 considering there are only 15 or so, that's an EXTREMELY prevalent problem.
@@randomuser1687 Ah, I thought they actually produced more than that. But even then data would be inconclusive with so few cars made to claim prevalency for catching fire.
Do you know if there has been any cases for the new model?
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.
What an incredible company. Super interesting interview.
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.
But like the guy said, if it hadn't overdone it with the steering, he would have still go off the road, only front first
you mean they stole the chassis from Factory Five
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.
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.
Hammond: Dies in a fiery crash into a house
Clarkson turns to camera: "And on that bombshell..."
James: Let's go back to the leader board to finish scoring the competition! For not dying I get... 5 points! Jeremy, for not dying you get... 5 point!
Jeremey: Yes.
James: and Hammond died so he gets... 0 points.
crowd: 😆🤭🤣😂😆
James: Now! Onto the scores for the budget!
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.
could have*
still didn't know how many rolls it did though
@@grdprojekt i heard on another video it was 7 but that was from a fellow commenter so...
*_*have_*
"I'm gonna give it the old Scandinavian flick!"
too true, tooooo truuuee
flashback Bedford rascal lol
When you have torque vectoring system, that can control power going to each wheel independently, 100x per sec, Scandinavian flick is impossible - IMHO, except the case, when torque vectoring system profile allows it ;-)
turned it into a Scandinavian flip
It was a joke bud.
Let's have a moment to appreciate that the cameraman dropped his camera right away when Richard crashed. Glorious human being
You know the clip they used was one they found on youtube? Because hammond had already finished the race they had stopped recording.
@@ProdxShakes1 mean the crash is fake?
@@user-hc9zp3mk1b no the crash was real, more the clip we see of the crash was recorded by a spectator, not the cameracrew
@@ProdxShakes1 didn't know that. Thx for the info my man
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.
"Rimac CEO, Mate Rimac, CEO of Rimac" -I think you need to add Rimac and CEO a few more times....
I forget; who is Mate and what does he do?
Mate is the name of the guy, it's not pronounced as Meyt it's not same as a mate, it's pronounced as Mathe and Rimac is his surname, Rimac is not pronounced as Rimak but Rimats, so Mathe Rimats. I come from Croatia so I am correcting you guys. Also, while I'm here. I'm pretty sure many of you know the Niko Belic from GTA IV, this time for him, it's not Niko Belik it's Niko Belich because surname Belic is originally written Belić and letter ć is pronounced like " ch " so Niko Belich, all southeastern European surnames ends on ć every single surname. Modrić, Subašić, Nikolić, Ramić, Dolić, Krajinić, Zorić, Vidić and thousands of others, between them Belić, so it's not Belik it's Belich and it's not Rimak, it's Rimats. Rimac is unique surname here tho :D
Mathe Rimats and Niko Belich :D
Sorry for taking your lovely time
Pronounciation machiune B R O K E
What is "Rimac" ?
Rimac is a surname.
7:46 That clip of Hammond is played in reverse. Nice try editors.
Oh my god yes
how did you see that? hats off
woahhh good catch!
once you notice it it's so obvious haha
Good eyes!
Wishing You Well Richard H..
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Sending You all my best healing Wishes
'What was your biggest fear in that moment?'
'Waking up with with Clarkson and maybe May standing over me calling me a tosser.'
Me: I'll buy an electric supercar when hamsters fly
Rimac:.......how would you like to pay today.
Brutal 😂
Have you ever seen an episode of "Hammy Hamster"?
Ouch! 🤣🤣🤣
😆😆😆😆😆😆
I laughed harder than I should of to this joke lol
Mate is a ridiculously smart human being. Talk about having the right attitude to a bad situation.
I couldn't imagine how James or Jeremy felt while watching that happen. these guys have known each other and have been friends for many years and sometimes act like siblings. you know they all love each other
RIMAC = RIchard Must Accidentaly Crash
Richard inevitably must accidentally crash
Richard's Insanely Massive Arse Crash
Reported. This is awful.
Lol
@@ThomasHorgan even better
"And I'm not a man who can afford to loose 7mm..." - GOLD :D
Beshev Games not the first time he's made that joke. On an episode of top gear, he went down a hill in a bobsled and claimed the captain of the team had lost 2mm over the years. Then says "I can't afford to lose 2mm"
I hate to be "that guy" but it's lose.... not loose. Loose bolt or a loose cannon. Lose the race, lose your keys.
@@1035pm just be glad it was not the good old there - their scenario. that sh!t is all over youtube.
and it is TO much :- )
Great chat. 👌
Crash footage definitely looks like the back broke traction on the right hand bend before the left, possibly under braking with a light rear end, effectively meaning it was a massive 100mph scandy flick into the left hander.
Glad You Made It, Richard! Excellent and Outstanding Analysis of a Frightening Wreck!!!
So does that mean hes not coming on then?
Well, James, he's tumbled down a hillside and fucked up his knee. So that's a no.
Mason YOU STOLE MY LINE... even if i wrote it after... yeah......
a bit unimaginative. What about "Well, James, he's done cartwheels down a mountainside inside a steel cage and been impaled by his own leg, so that is a no."
He used to be a race car driver... but then he took an arrow to the knee.
@Adam Francuzik
I was gonna say that.
Richard Hammond is looking more and more like Al Pacino.Say hello to my little friend!
DissCo. PartySan ironically that's probably what people say when they introduce him
Alex Healy Hahahahahah😆😂😆😂😆😂
thanx. I was thinking sooo hard about it. yeah, I know this guy from car shows, but somehow he seems to be more familiar than just that...
yes, he does
... That little friend is MEEEE!!!
This is both a testament to the vehicle itself and Hammonds remarkable ability to come out relatively unscathed
I’m still impressed Richard survived the accident as well as he did but still those flames after is scary AF. Since if he was trapped or lost consciousness he could have burned alive
Props to Hammond for willing to talk about it. The PTSD from the crash was probably very real for him.
That's a pretty safe car no one seen all the flips that car actually went through and Hammond still has his life and minimum injuries five star hyper car if you ask me
Frantz Louis ill buy 3
This guy rolled for over 300 feet downhill while driving a 1000hp+ hypercar as fast as he could go. How much crazier of a crash would you expect someone to survive, especially with minimal injuries? lol. I think it's pretty amazing. If it had a regular engine, it could have crushed and killed him.
"I've never been a fan of electric cars. Comparing them to those with a normal engine has always been a bit like comparing microwaved food to stuff that's been in the Aga for a few hours. But that Rimac changed my mind. It was - there's no other word - brilliant." -- Jeremy Clarkson, avowed petrolhead for life, for _Road and Track_ www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a12771135/clarkson-rimac-hammond-crash/
Matt S This is not a competition about who can survive a crazier crash. You cannot reproduce crashes in the open like that in order to claim that a jeep is safer than anything else. I guarantee you if you took 100 people, put them in a crash that involved rolling 300 feet, not everyone would make it out of that jeep. By design the jeep rolls over much easier and it's not known as having the best crash tests so I don't know why you keep bringing it up. If you'd like to compare, the electric Model X got the highest crash test results of any SUV so again your Jeep example may have been pure luck.
would have bought 8 but......
Love it glad to finally here about the crash and how tuff the car is and wow that blue color
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.
I, as a Rimac CEO would not be upset. Hammond crashed my car and now people who know him that never knew Rimac now knows what they are!
I'm pretty sure that anyone who knows who Richard Hammond is also knows who Mate Rimac is. How can you follow auto news and journalism and have not heard of the Concept One yet?
Exactly, lots of publicity because the car is an electric monster but the driver is just a famous car entertainer that ran out of talent.
Having a world famous person who's renowned for crashing fast cars total your car is good publicity, but he's smart in appearing in this video as he explains why it occurred. I think Hammond didn't understand the ceo's point though about the speed of steering wheel input in the crash was the problem causing the cars traction control to try to keep up, causing the car to induce oversteer so it was going in the direction the car assumed the driver intended. Sadly in this case, the excess speed meant recovering that was not possible.
There are a lot of people who know Hammond from things other than Top Gear and The Grand Tour. And even a lot of the people who watch those shows aren't huge gear heads who keep up on all the latest cars, they're watching for the entertainment value alone.
Mate is anything else but upset - because it was a customers car ;)