Organisers Of Swiss Hill Climb Handed £4k Fine For Hammond's Rimac Crash
Richard Hammond crashing in Switzerland whilst filming the Grand Tour. pic.twitter.com/3rTxIrY6Rh
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Auto Sport Schweiz - Switzerland’s national motorsport authority - has not taken kindly to the organisers of the Hemberg Bergrennen hill climb. As a reminder, that’s the event at which Richard Hammond had his dramatic crash in a Rimac Concept One, leaving the presenter with a franctured knee. And as a result of the accident, the organisers have been slapped with a 5000 CHF (£4000) fine.
Hammond - plus his Grand Tour cohorts Jeremy Clarkson and James May - were taking part in demonstration runs separate to the competition, and according to Motorsport.com, Auto Sport Schweiz has ruled these went against the FIA’s international Sporting Code. The body also claimed that the runs were not in the interests of the sport.
In addition to the fine, the race director plus three stewards have been given six month license suspensions - suspended over six months. The high-profile crash - which resulted in the destruction of the Rimac electric hypercar - is thought to have put the future of the hill climb at risk.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Pretty sure you can’t rebuild a Rimac for that money
I’m joking ofcourse
Its racing, accidents happen, i don’t understand why they are fining them
Haha I mean this is amazon we’re talking about, that’s lunch for the crew.
Also, what the hell does “not in the interests of the sport” mean? If there wasnt a crash, it would be great publicity for the hillclimb, which seems like the interests of the sport to me.
£4 000 000 an episode to £3 996 000
Wait…
6 months of suspension, suspended for 6 months.
So…nothing happens to their licenses at all, since the suspensions are suspended?
Motorsports governing bodies are always assholes
watch Hammond youtube video over at Drivetribe, he said Phil Churchward Vicki Henderson husband and Former Fifth Gear, Top Gear and Grand Tour director needed another shot.
Hammond said he kicked off as a 9 year schoolboy, you know phil that the one i crash on Hammond said it was a mean thing to say. told Phil to kick his good leg, and was shaken up when he visited hamster in the hospital needed that extra shot overaction by authority.