Archive for the 'top gear' Category

Top Gear Filming Resumes & Hamster Crash Video

October 7th, 2006

BBC have announced that they will continue filming Top Gear:
Filming for a new series of the BBC’s Top Gear programme has resumed, 15 days after presenter Richard Hammond crashed in a jet-powered car.
Source [ BBC News ]
Some footage of the Hamster crash can be seen below

Top Gear postponed indefinately & More on the Hamster

September 25th, 2006

The BBC is to indefinitely postpone the new series of Top Gear until presenter Richard Hammond has recovered from the brain injuries he suffered in a high-speed crash.
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“We would not think of finalising plans for the next series without discussing it with everyone involved,” the BBC said in a statement. “When it is suitable, the […]

JustGiving for Richard Hammond

September 24th, 2006

You may have heard in the news about how a collection has been going for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. This was started by a member of the PistonHeads community.

The clip above is the editor of PistonHeads on BBC News 24
If you are willing to help the cause and would like to contribute then visit the […]

The Hamster is out of intensive car

September 22nd, 2006

Richard Hammond has been moved from the ICU at Leeds General Infirmary to a High dependancy unit and his condition has been downgraded to stable.
More details at Sky News and BBC News

Richard Hammond update

September 21st, 2006

It has just been reported that the crash Richard Hammon was involved in was not an attempt to break the land speed record but was an experiment into speed using similar technologies.
Doctors have also said that the TG presenter has suffered a “Serious brain injury” but they are hoping he will make a good recovery. […]

GET WELL SOON HAMSTER

September 21st, 2006

If you havent already seen the news Richard Hammond crashed a Thule jet propelled car at speeds of approximatley 280mph yesterday whilst filming for the new series and trying to break the British Land Speed Record (currently 300.3mph).
Response teams who were first on the scene said that he was talking as he was removed from […]

Electric Mini

August 31st, 2006

We simply took a standard BMW Mini One, discarded the engine, the disc brakes, the wheels, and the gearbox. These components were replaced by four of our electric wheels, a lithium polymer battery, a large ultra capacitor, a very small ICE with generator (so small it almost fits alongside the spare wheel), an energy management system and a sexy in-car display module