Here's The Moment Richard Hammond Lost Control Of A Rimac Concept One
Richard Hammond has thankfully escaped serious injury after being involved in a huge crash while driving a Rimac Concept One on Saturday.
He was taking part in the Hemberg Hill Climb in Switzerland, and a video showing the moment he lost control of the electric hypercar has since emerged.
It looks like the 47-year-old was carrying quite some speed toward a tight bend, before losing the back end under braking. The footage cuts just as the Rimac hits a barrier.
The Grand Tour released a statement confirming that Hammond had been airlifted to hospital following the crash, and had suffered a fractured knee, with no other injuries reported.
The statement said that he was “concious and talking, and climbed out of the car himself before the vehicle burst into flames”.
Speaking about the accident on Twitter, Hammond’s fellow Grand Tour presenter Jeremy Clarkson called it “the biggest crash I’ve ever seen,” adding, “thankfully, Richard seems to be mostly OK.”
Rimac has released a statement about the incident, saying:
Rimac Automobili can confirm that the Concept_One, tested by the crew of The Grand Tour against two other supercars in Switzerland this week, was involved in an accident. The filming in Switzerland was ongoing from June 5th and involved various tests – including a hill climb race on June 10th.
Following the accident, the driver – Richard Hammond - was assessed at a local hospital. The Grand Tour team assures he has not suffered any severe injuries.
The Croatian electric supercar builder repeated The Grand Tour’s statement, before signing off with “Rimac Automobili wishes Richard a quick recovery.”
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glad he okay a fracuated knee with rest he be okay.
Is hammond dead ? No . So no problem … Is the rimac destroyed ? Yes … It’s an almost unique prototype that costed lots of sacrifice for the young founder of Rimac and now media will surely say that was car’s fault destroying a brilliant and very innovative company … All for a person that is known for having bad driving skills and poor car knowledge ? This is the same thing that happened when zenvo and caparo took fire on tg track … They killed caparo and almost killed zenvo … Now for you is right this ? I’m happy that he isn’t dead but no more than this …
“Known for bad driving skills and poor car knowledge” How many F1 drivers have crashes? This is the risk of every business. How many cars have TG and GT reviewed without crashes. You got some bad vibes man!
I SAW THAT CAR!
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He needs a couple more lessons from the stig
That must be one heck of an insurance bill..
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The gutsiest guy on earth. Amazing!
When Rimac decide to build One Concept but now they need to make Concept Two
I’m glad he’s ok but isn’t the rimac concept one eletric, how did it explode?