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That is pretty dissapointing that people would do that. Lets hope they are punished under the fullest extent of the law...
 
I don't think it's illegal to offer a sum of money to a charity and change your mind at the last minuet, which is what could have happened. It could have been a hoax but if it was try to prove it. On the other hand whoever made the offer may have initially been fully willing to part with the cash but for other reasons was less willing or unable to when the time came. The bottom line is you don't know, and you certainly can't prove it was a hoax, as a result I doubt there will be any legal action taken at all. The donations have been good regardless.
 
It may not be illegal but its just dissapointing, you shouldnt pledge if you cant hand it over... but oh well these things happen...

Im actaully now wondering when the new series of Top Gear will finally air because, as you all probably know it was meant to start like this weekend or on monday but now we may not see it till Hammond is well which the dotors are saying will be 6 months! I know he needs to recover but its a pity we won't have the programme over the winter...:indiff:
 
Well given that the show was due to start a week from this Sunday, I think we may be looking at a month or so untill anything happens. I'm sure that Hammond would appear on the show, given that he is one of the cornerstones, but I think it would probably be a bit of a limited "part-time" role. He has a while to recover, but as doctors have noted, they have been amazed with his recovery thus far.

Who knows? Maybe he will be out there blowing-out clutches in Lamborghinis less than a year from now?
 
its probably some comic geek who's never had a girlfreind in their life, and was bored.

that or someone quite 'ard
 
Scaff
Quite true, it does however depend on his Doctor's assesment of the condition and the nature of recovery, hamster may well have to re-take his test. Now that would make for a good episode and a few choice comments from JC.




I have to ask how exactly did he tell from looking at the pictures? Even on road tyres the speed rating is a single letter code (in most cases) and hardy easy to see even if the car has not been involved in an accident, with motorsport or specialist tyres the coding can be quite different or even absent.

Just found this from a BBC archive site from the original news report when the British Land Speed record was set (by the same team that ran the car for Richard) -



Source - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/uk/821539.stm

Which would seem to indicate that the car was (or has) running tyres fit for the job.


Regards

Scaff
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He's seen Vampire upfront quite a few times. From the pictures too. I am skeptical about it though, as you are.

He said something about them only being saloon car racing tyres (think he's on the back tyres), I myself am skeptical of it. But he normally proves me wrong in anything to do with Cars and engineering as obviously he knows more than me (40 years exp in it).

The front tyre which blew, either blew because it got punctured (but the track would've been swept before hand) or it was a under grade tyre.

I think it's best to wait for the report though, that article seems to suggest the tyres were properly graded.

Oh well, as long as Hammond is recovering that's the main thing.
 
Personally I think it's impossible to tell from thoes pictures, even if you know what to look for. There is so far nothing to suggest the tyre's wern't upto the job, and if they were then it would have been picked up on by now when the incident was investigated. Personally I think it was just a fluke accident where a number of factors came into play which couldn't be blamed on anyone.
 
My thoughts too.

I am right in thinking that the front blew, aren't t I?

I thought they were still investigating it, I've not heard any investigation report being publicly available, anything?
 
The latest Top Gear news. Havent seen this posted yet.

BBC News
Filming resumes on Top Gear show

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.

The accident happened as Hammond was doing speeds of up to 300mph as he was being filmed.

He suffered a brain injury but doctors were amazed by the initial rapid progress of his recovery.

A BBC spokeswoman said: "We are resuming filming parts of the next series that don't involve Richard."

Happy news

Despite production being back up and running it is still not clear when the new series will actually be broadcast.

"The next series will not be scheduled until we have further news of Richard's progress. We remain committed to the future of Top Gear," the spokeswoman added.

"What we've always said is that of course filming was postponed after Richard's accident and now it has resumed. We're delighted by that."

Jeremy Clarkson was back in front of the camera test driving a Lotus Europa at Dunsfold Park Aerodrome in Surrey.

Hammond and his wife, Mindy, have been made aware that filming has started again and are said to be happy with the news.

Messages of support flooded in when the news of Hammond's accident was released.

Well-wishers also sent donations to the air ambulance which flew the star to hospital.

The 36-year-old had been driving a jet-powered Vampire dragster when it veered off the track at Elvington airfield, near York, in September.

The vehicle flipped over several times and crashed onto nearby grass.

Hammond was rushed to Leeds General Infirmary where he received treatment for a brain injury.

After recovering quicker than medical staff had predicted, the presenter was moved to a hospital in Bristol.
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He was a good guy and it's definitely not cool that he is in hospital now. Let's hope he doesn't die and makes a full recovery without profound brain damage.
 
It seems he is, he's been doing a lot better than predicted which is why he was moved to the hospital in Bristol near his home.
 
I heard on the radio this morning that the BBC ARE going to show the crash on TV. It wont be on top gear, but on a special program investigating the crash.
 
No I don't think so, I think we'll have no Hammond in the studio this series it'll be shown this side of Chrismas becasue the filming has been continued. If they hold it back until Spring the entire series will be out of date. If they held it for that long they'd probably have to scrap it and start fresh.
 
Kind of the lines I was thinking.

The new series was what 2 weeks away before Hammond crashed (about that anyway) and they were obviously filming up until then.

And as you say why film now if they aren't restarting TG until the new year?

Maybe Mid November if we're lucky.
 
Has there been offical word as to when the series resumes? All I had read was that they were filming once again and that Hamster's crash would be played on the air. I would have loved to hear an offical "launch date," but my guesses would be that we could expect it back by the second week of November at the earliest... Maybe...
 
The crash isn'y going to be shown on TopGear, it's going to be shown on another program. No news on the series broadcast date yet though.
 
Hopefully the series will be shown soon. But I wonder if they'll have "guests" to keep it a 3 presenter format?
 
Before he headed off for a much-needed nap, he had one final thing on his mind. Richard said: "Do you realise how annoyed I am that I've got no marks on me? Absolutely nothing at all, nothing for the pub.


"There are people who fall off their trikes at the age of four who've got better injuries than me. I've been through hell and I've got nothing to show for it except a chipped tooth! I'm gutted."
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A chipped, really white tooth though!
 

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