“Three strikes you’re out,” she told interviewers.

Mindy later admitted that was on his second strike: “I tried to shield them from Daddy’s illness as much as I could, limiting their time together, and I avoided giving too much detail about his injury.”Īfter failing to come to a stop after a hill climb during filming for The Grand Tour Season 2, Hammond and the Rimac Concept One he was driving flew off the side of the hill before hitting the ground shattering his knee. “It must have been utterly terrifying for him.”

“He could feel the anger welling up, and was afraid that he might not be able to control himself. She also added that he became increasingly angry afterwards: “Indeed, when he was allowed home five weeks later, it became clear that Richard’s memory loss was no short-term affliction.” “When I corrected him, he responded: ‘No, you’re not my wife, my wife is French.’ Stating that his memory loss was “disconcerting” after he didn’t recognise her as being his wife. It was really bad.” He said the co-stars were amazed Richard survived the crash and he was fortunate he managed to leave the car so quickly.Mindy was able to retell how she felt after the first incident. When they saw the wreckage on fire they thought Richard was dead. He said: “Jeremy and James both raced down to the scene of the crash as soon as it happened. The Grand Tour’s executive producer Andy Wilman told the Sunday Mirror that initially Richard’s colleagues had feared the worst. READ: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May sign up for new show with Amazon

He was flown by Air Ambulance to hospital in St Gallen to be checked over revealing a fracture to his knee.” The statement said that the cause of the crash is not known and investigations are underway. Richard was conscious and talking, and climbed out of the car himself before the vehicle burst into flames. A statement released by the show said: “Richard Hammond was involved in a serious car crash after completing the Hemberg Hill Climb in Switzerland in a Rimac Concept One, an electric super car built in Croatia, during filming for The Grand Tour Season 2 on Amazon Prime, but very fortunately suffered no serious injury.

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