^ I completely agree on the second part, usually drag races are held on straight, special drag racetracks. The airfield consisted of patched asphalt, not the smooth asphalt you find on a track..

Well I didn't think that other test was really dangerous. I mean, they could pull Hammond out anytime at the test, not during the drag race..

And they wanted to break the record for the highest British landspeed ever reached.. But as JC said, it wasn't even official, they needed to do the run again in the opposite direction, and then divide that by 2. Kinda useless in the first place IMO :(

The clip of the crash has been getting shown more in the public eye as of late (even on network news over here)so this guy is doing all he can to cover his ass.

the best thing is that he is still alive whatever else they are doing doesn't mater anymore

I personally dont care whos fault it was in the eye of the law and such. There should be no law suit over something like this. The tire on the vehicle failed, and there was nothing that Hammond could have done at 288mph to prevent the car from veering off to the side. To me all that matters is that Hammond is a-OK and no one is dead.

So why he did not see the footage before! As the owner, he would have the accesses to see that and analysis it with the police or the authorities.... Why now!

And he could have had blamed him or TopGear long time back....

Maybe it is somehow kinda publicity trick that topgear is pulling, good or bad publicity is always Very Good.

Can't wait to see the 2nd episode :D :D :D

Yeah, that may be the case. But that's going to come out in the investigation, if there is to be one. If there isn't, then there's less reason to slag off in the media.

I agree, to an extent. Hammond was in control of the car and he lost it. I still maintain that driving these sorts of things isn't for rookies.
Either way, he's alive and well, what more could you ask for?

However, if this guys gear isn't up to snuff and he knew it, he put a life at risk and should be punished for it.

I agree that he shouldnt have done it. It would have been fine for everyone to watch the car with its normal driver IMO.

Its kinda shitty to place the blame on Hammond on this point. The owner knew that Hammond wasnt an experienced rocket car pilot and he let him do it anyway. Hitting the brakes is a normal reaction I am sure all of us would have done. Pulling the parachute is something only frequent drivers of cars like these would have done. Its not Hammonds fault the tire blew, someone on the owners crew should have checked it, even if they did, sometimes shit happens.

I think, like others have said, he is just trying to cover his own ass. Perhaps a little too late though.

Looking at the video and how fast the car shot off the road, there wasnt anything anyone could have done about it. Even if he did get the chute out, the car would have been in the grass at that point and would have still rolled. At 300mph shit happens really really fast.

ppppppppsh ... I could have held it :)

But really, 288 mph, what are you really going to do? X2 the shifting of blame too the BBC, what bulls**t. At least hammond got out ok, and Clarkson's generous offer to drive all the fast cars shows how well the BBC is cleaning up :P :fist: