BMW R90S, which is an "[i]rresistible low mileage example of BMWs first attempt at a sportsbike. The tank's been repainted, but the rest is original." [127] Richard Hammond bought the car YOU specced". YouTube. 19 January 2020. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021 . Retrieved 19 January 2020. This book recounts in great detail the events leading up to Hammond's crash of a jet-engine powered car while filming Top Gear in 2006, and the life-threatening brain injury he sustained. CBBC Programmes – Richard Hammond's Blast Lab". BBC. Archived from the original on 18 July 2010 . Retrieved 28 October 2010. BMW R100RT, which Hammond bought "when some friends, including James May, started a thing called the Crap Motorcycle Camping Club of GB. [...] It's called Eric, after the previous owner and it's done 105,000 miles". [131]

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Whilst reading Mindy's sections of her vigil over his bedside, her agony when he didn't really recognise her and said he had to stop talking to her, as he was married, and that no, she couldn't be his wife, his wife was French, brought tears to my eyes. The book is partly his story, but it's also his wife's story. Over half the book is written by Mindy Hammond who tells what it was like for her receiving that terrible call and what she and her girls went through as they helped Richard through his recovery. Richard admits that he has little or no memory of his time in the hospital. His rehab time is spotty as is the first season of his return to the show. He is, however, doing much better now in terms of his short term memory function and recall.Not just anybody Richard Hammond". The Times. London. 14 January 2006. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011 . Retrieved 22 May 2010.

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a b "Hammond talks to Top Gear co-star". BBC News. 22 September 2006. Archived from the original on 3 February 2007 . Retrieved 8 December 2008. Mr Hammond suffered a "significant brain injury" when he crashed a jet-powered car at a speed of up to 300mph during filming near York. On the Edge This is an excellent book, I listen to it a couple of years ago as an audiobook, but bought it now because 1.) It was so good I want to read it again and 2.) It will look smashing on my bookshelf 3.) I have a bit of a Top Gear obsession (and I’m not even a car fan. After a series of jobs in local radio, he graduated to television and eventually to Top Gear. His insights into the personalities, the camaraderie and the stunts for which Top Gear has become famous, make compulsive reading. It was whilst filming for Top Gear that Richard was involved in a high speed crash, driving a jet-powered dragster.My dirty weekend". drivetribe.com/. 30 January 2017. Archived from the original on 18 March 2017 . Retrieved 17 March 2017. Richard and Mindy Hammond on his life-threatening Grand Tour crash and escaping death for the second time". 8 December 2017. Archived from the original on 24 February 2019 . Retrieved 24 February 2019. Why I love bikes..." drivetribe.com/. 30 November 2016. Archived from the original on 18 March 2017 . Retrieved 17 March 2017.

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Top Gear duo get plenty of mileage out of Telecom's woes". The New Zealand Herald. 20 February 2010 . Retrieved 24 February 2010. I initially read this book because I was an avid Top Gear Fan. I was looking to learn more about "the Hamster" and specifically about the crash that nearly ended his life. Search it out if you've never heard of it. What i ended up reading was so much more. This book is Richards life story. Who he is now, who he was before the crash, and what appears to be a very honest look into head trauma and recovery told by two sides (Richard and his Wife). We get a brief look at how the cheeky young boy became the cheeky young man and how he has been obsessed with motoring since he could drive a toy car. He sketches in a few details of his time in local radio and on "Top Gear" presenter, before recounting the day of his accident. His wife Mindy takes over the story while Richard is easing in and out of consciousness in Leeds General Hospital and you get both sides of the story once Richard has been transferred to Bristol and is more coherent.Entertainment Live: John Noakes missing; Ant-Man premieres". bbc.co.uk . Retrieved 23 February 2019. Startseite – Bergrennen Hemberg am 14. - 16. Juni 2019". Archived from the original on 7 April 2019 . Retrieved 7 April 2019.