Starting up the car that nearly killed Richard Hammond - 12,000hp jet car
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- Опубліковано 15 січ 2022
- Richard Hammond's jet car crash shook the world back in 2006, and in 2022 the car has returned from its once-wrecked state to be back in working order. With permission from Richard, Mike Fernie investigates this infamous drag racer and tentatively goes for a start-up.
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In fairness to Hammond, he's had a few accidents and he still goes full send in every car! We salute you sir
So you're saying there is more crashes to come?
You might. I don't.
@@brisbaneinsider7139 yes quite. Stupidity for Richard.
@@brisbaneinsider7139 Why do people seemingly try and put words in other peoples mouths?
Richard F has tiny little knackers & us too scared to drive over 40mph.
There could be a whole series. „Driving ALL the cars Hammond crashed in“. I would definitely watch it
There’d be too many cars and too many episodes to cover LOL
I dont know if there is enough Internet for that 🤔
Only two cars lol
@@Unspoken_T187 he's done way more than that, not even counting offscreen
@@acreativename7999 I have watched from the day he started top gear and trust me buddy he’s crashed two cars lol you must be young
The look on that old fella's face when he hit the button... The pride and the sadness tempered by professionalism was intense.
That just sounds like the British way...
He was definitely going through some emotions there, I wonder if he's seeing himself flying down the track 🤘
@@deej8878 almost assuredly. While I can't speak for everyone of the few people I've been lucky enough to speak to who drove/drive dragsters even once they retire the only thing they want, is to get back behind the wheel of one. You gotta remember too often what ends a driver's career in Drag Racing is NOT loss of interest or them deciding they have enough money, it's the physical strain.
I'm sure if he were any younger and in better shape physically (less wear on his body, he's clearly not an unhealthy person) he'd probably still be running that car.
Never mind how the car was rebuilt, how Hammond recovered was a lot more remarkable.
Hammonds story has been done. Nothing wrong with a piece on the car. Wonderful stories...both of them 🖖
Did the BBC have to pay out on their insurance ???
Pause at 13:08.
The whole floor is dry from the jet engine flames. 😂👍
Well cars don't truly die but humans can and hammond has almost done that many a time and still lives mans a legend all three of em are
It's not all about hammond. what happned to him is long gone.
I lived a mile from this airstrip and remember this happening like it was yesterday. I was absolutely devastated. So thankful little Hamster recovered.
Mostly recovered
So somebody tells at just about every time a video about this posted.
@@richardharrold9736 for sure he likes celery now
@@Diggnuts I don't see anyone specifically telling *you* anything.
@@BobMonkeypimp I have no idea what you are blathering about.
the cinematography in this video was simply exquisite. felt like a full length documentary. absolutely loved watching every second of this
It’s a great piece!
Agreed. The guys are getting better and better.
Couldn't agree more, really superb.
honestly better than most of the mainstream docos ive seen
Totally agree. Fantastic camera work and editing.
It's hard to believe that was back in 2006. I thought it was a few years later. Boy how time flies. On that note, both startups were epic.
To be fair, it is hard to keep track of all of Hammond's crashes.
Was one at the time
in 2006 i was -2 years old but for me still mutch part of history
@@rachet3879 I was 4 I remember to this day my mum telling me and me and her sitting down together to write a card to send to Richard
I was exactly 1 month old
40 years after driving the beast on a regular basis, Andrew looks perfectly comfortable (even happy!) getting in it & lighting it up once more, even after discussing Hammond's accident. Total stones.
I get the impression that Andrew would be keen on driving it for a land speed record again. And if the car has other things in store for him, he appears to be okay with that too.
Of course he's excited. It's his and his teams baby. They've spent so many years working hard to perfect it, and now it's almost entirely restored to its former glory.
It must be a truly special feeling, while also quite somber. He knows it's unlikely he will ever get to actually race it again.
"the front right wheel deflated"
*shows cracked tyre*
😅
The other tires are bald.
It's not prepared for immediate set-off, clearly. Just engine check
@@MalachiTheBowlingGod they’re Hoosier drag slicks
How dry rotted they are I wouldn't be surprised if they weren't the spare set at the time of the crash.
@@kennorcott7074 They are Hoosiers but they Aren't Drag slicks. Just worn out, dry rotted road race tires.
I remember the original episode airing and just being in shock when the machine went in and started to tumble and roll. To this day still, can't imagine what possessed Hammond to go ahead with it. It's machines like this and Bluebird, where the margin is so thin, of whether you walk away triumphantly, or you don't walk away at all. All too sobering.
Watch NHRA racing. The newer cars are much safer
@XiphiasX10A adrenalin does a lot of cool things
He ran it 7 times that day. Truth is he was far more at risk driving down the motorway to drive the jet car - sure, bad happened, but its safety records is far better.
If you look at the original film you can see Hammond steering towards the wind al lot, the steeringwheel was on 10 o' clock most of the time, it was way to windy that day... I guess thats why one of the the front tyres blew
@@bobrock704 a tire blows because of wind?
I was surprised that Richard got back in it. It still amazes me how he survived the crash. I thought originally, the wreckage was put in a museum
There are a few of these cars knocking about
@@TheRedCassette02 if you mean there's a few dragsters knocking about yes there is but only one vampire, it's sister car hellbender was destroyed in a crash years ago
Just watching the start up sequence being described is terrifying.
His entrance back to top gear was one of the best moments of TV history, a permanent memory
It was indeed. A triumphant return from near death
However it was clear he was just barely ready for it. His eyes were just not focusing and was almost running on instinct.
@@invisiblekid99 I was young so can't remember too much about the episode he returned, but I have read a lot about how he really shouldn't have come back so soon, he still wasn't 100%
@@DannySB991 ua-cam.com/video/iqYQlE3ZGrc/v-deo.html
Not for him
@@invisiblekid99 Iirc in his book he said that he doesn’t even remember the North Pole special because of the brain damage and wishes that he would have taken a year off
You can see being able to talk about something he put his heart into to build not once but twice makes him so happy and cheery,he’s smiling the whole time he’s talking about it as if it’s 1980 again. It’s heartwarming to see all his hard work isn’t lost after all and he got to rebuild it to restore it to its former glory
This 'little' show on the internet has become the best car show out there, honestly.
0:29 13:41 The cinematics, the music Drivetribe editors put into these videos is truly astonishing... Perfectly complimenting to the amazing and scary story this car had. So sad to see Drivetribe go. Goosebumps!
Why close the website anyway?
You could see in Andrew's eyes as that engine roared, all those memories came flooding back. He was reliving his life in that moment.
Yes he was imagining going down that roadp road that fast again
This is perhaps the most remarkable video DT has ever done. It just shows what lunacy true passion can do, what people can create. The tension when Mike was getting to starting it, with the music, the videography, it was amazing.
Spine Tingling when the car fires up.
Hammond was so brave getting back into this in the last video ✊
Either you are overdramatizing, or have 0 faith in Hammond not crashing whilst stationary.
I think the owner was brave allowing him.
@@YourFavouriteDraugr 😆 I think with Hammond anything is possible. But on a serious note, it’s not mentally easy to go back to something that caused you an immense pain in more ways than one.
It did not look like a joy ride, by the looks of Hammond’s face
@@futte2303 Potentially re-traumatizing. That's a thing.
"This car was restored but we left some provenance"
Yeah we can tell. Those tires look like they've been left in the sun since 2006
yeh the looked fooked
New ones coming soon these are just for pushing about
@@andrewhurdle Andrew, any chance of getting Mike to work with you on a video of how the actual restoration was done? Was any recording done during the rebuild that could be incorporated?
@@davidb6576 not enough to make a documentary but we have got some other ideas showing how to start and tune the engine and burner
The world is better with Richatd Hammond in it. I'm very glad we still have him on this plane of existence.
Really interesting! Must have been tough for Richard.
I really don't think a jet car starting needs dramatic music over it, it's a jet car! It sounds great on it's own!
@Sunday Girl true! Great video. Surprised he even went near the thing.
Thanks for covering up the glorious sound of a jet engine on full afterburner with loud music..
0:55 Hold on can we just appreciate that transition for a second...
It was really nice!
Gotta say though I'm sure it's already been said, love Richards and Mays support of the channel, and Mike is a great presenter. Keep it up.
Don't they own it?
@@misterdanielsiii True, doesn't mean they *need* to feature on it. Look at Jeremy lol.
@@BagOfH0lding Jeremy is a busy man. He has all of those beer commercials to make and sheep to birth.
Mad props to Richard for even getting back in...that showed courage and bollocks!!
The car that made Hammond like celery….
0:53 can I just say that transition was masterful
This was the most exciting, thrilling and moving thing I've seen on UA-cam in a long time. Thanks a lot, Mike!
This film was epic, performance, production, directing and sound all top quality. Well done!
13:34 This marks a figurative (and literal?) passing of the torch from one generation of TV/auto presenter to another. Huge assignment for Mike.
The beginning of it made it seem like Hammond was going to do this piece but just getting into the car was enough to make him think better of it.
@@Dreded100 Yes, but IMHO that was scripted. There's no way Hammond wants anything to do with the car. Imagine him telling his wife that he's going to start up the Vampire. I'm surprised they got him to sit in it.
@@michaeleaster1815 I think if he even _considered_ doing it, Mindy would finish what the Vampire tried to do back in '06
Please pass on my admiration to Mr Hammond for his having actually driven this f***ing thing multiple times at top speed. Respect, I think, is due.
I keep rewatching the startup sequence, what a masterful work of editing and sound design! Add in Andrews expressive face, the emotions of a professional who's intimately familiar and confident in his instrument yet 40 years on still visibly pumped and excited by the sheer force he handles. Utter brilliance.
What a machine!
So glad Hammond pulled through, tv would never have been the same If we lost him, I remember seeing the crash on the news when I was 16 it certainly Brought a tear to my eye.
The driver is a seriously cool chap, class, charm and intelligence all the way.
"The engine had quite a lot of field inside it" Such an elegant understatement.
Thankfully jet engines aren't that mechanical so having things inside doesn't really damage much
FYI: The Orpheus engine comes from the original Red Arrows aircraft, the Folland Gnat. Since 1979 they have been flying Hawk T1s with Rolls-Royce / Turbomeca Adour engines.
Thank you! The reference to Red Arrow is a bit irritating as it is a group, not an airplane.
Fun fact: the Folland Gnat starred in the movie Hot Shots, bexoming the Oscar EW-5894 Phallus.
Would have been great to hear it running without a Hollywood soundtrack over the top.
Why would you put loud music over both startup sequences?
Did you somehow think the firing up of the JET CAR wasn't exciting enough and the DRIVETRIBE audience wouldn't want to hear the engine?
I actually liked that they choose to present that way 🧐
Is there a reason there's loud music over the engine running? I want to hear the engine!
The camera work and editing in this video is magnificent. Well done.
I'd just like to say the cinematography's been AMAZING on Drive Tribe!
This is one of the best edits from you guys. Ive come back a few times just to watch the startup. The emotion is incredible.
Jesus… I remember the incident like it was yesterday. My stomach turned when I saw the title, say what you want about him but Hammond has got some titanium love spuds. The Rimac crash may have been a ballet of destruction, but THE crash was a straight up Zumba dance battle with the grim reaper. He’s lucky to be alive and we’re even luckier to have him.
Probably one of the best videos this channel has dropped.
Such an aptly named majestic machinery, Vampire.
Hammond, must had been very brave to have even sit in this car, let alone drag it back in the day.
Meanwhile I think, the presenter here on this channel is slowly working his magic on me.
Great job with delivering the emotions lad.
Thank you.
Even if it were in full working order, starting it while its strapped down is about is far as I would take it. Even the top fuel dragsters are terrifying.
I'm pretty sure top fuel cars are faster than jet cars, at least the ones I've seen.
@@MEatRHIT2009 yeah TopFuel can be much faster - but those have been more fine tuned and perfected over the years, and actually have a track record since they are used much more often than the one-off Jet dragsters.
@@thatsgottahurt Jet cars and trucks are surprisingly common in the states as attractions and land speed cars
@@Dr.Spatula from the states, have been to several drag strips or speed events with jet dragsters, jet trucks, jet bus, jet bikes, etc. - awesome to watch, still too much for me to want to get in one.
Moments like seeing Andrew's subtle twinge of a smile aren't he gave the engine a little throttle, are what gave me hope.
Banger of an episode guys! Keep it up!
8 yrs after his accident I too had a serious accident and acquired brain injury. I'd love to let Richard know his story and recovery was and will remain to be my inspiration and I put most of my recovery down to seeing him do so well. Great video and to Richard, Thank-you.
Years ago one day i walked into a storage room at my dads old work and saw a newspaper with richards crash on it
It's amazing how they managed to rebuild it. It's even better that little Hammond made a full recovery. But a great shame it's never going to get the chance to stretch it's legs & have a go at increasing the British land speed record. Am afraid if I got the opportunity I'd be wanting to have it do what it was built for.
This gave me goosebumps. Great video! Thank you for showing us this.
The editing and cinematography of this piece was stellar. Great work!
Absolutely brilliant film, Mike. I was waiting for the GT/TG audience applause as it faded to black
I love how they show the wheel that exploded and the tire's covered in cracks
Great production. The lighting, shooting and editing were all top quality.
One of the best videos yet on drive tribe. I think it'd be really cool to see drive tribe collaborate with other car channels on UA-cam and bring this level of cinematography over
When you say Red Arrow, you mean a Folland Gnat... that used the RR Orpheus, the BAE Hawk (current aircraft type used by the reds) uses a RR Adour, I much more powerful engine
This has got to be the most dangerous car in the world. Because we never got Top Gear in the US, I found out about the crash long after it happened. I'd like to see what this could do on the Bonaville salt flats. Thanks.
Not even remotely close to being one of the most dangerous, let alone the most dangerous car. We also did get Top Gear on BBC here in the states
The editing is f'ing beautiful, really well done!
This is one of your best videos in a long time… what a way to kickstart 2020!
Few years out there mate
The videographers and editors need a raise for this one
As the Drivetribe company is folding this month things like that are probably all down to UA-cam now.
Still hard to believe that this accident was 16 years ago!
This was exciting watch, but wow is this ever well shot and edited! Thank you, absolutely Top Notch work!
One of the best produced Drive Tribe videos, great job to everyone involved, nice way to start the year.
This video is excellent. The way that it was filmed reminds me of old school Top Gear. The music combined with the cinematography gave me the feels. What a great video.
13:50 does a nice job drying out damp concrete.
What a Video! Filming and editing are absolutely epic!
To get over those thoughts that we must have shows he is a truly great man
Great to see the old girl restored to running condition. The engine is out of the tiny Folland Gnat that the Red Arrows used before switching to the Hawk they still use today. Great to see a set of ex Honda Racing F1 overall's, ex Arrows and Prost F1 Driver Enrique Bernoldi by my guess
I'm glad *someone* noticed this, I thought we were all just going to ignore it. And yes, it's definitely Bernoldi's overalls, it's easily legible on the waistband. It's not Honda Racing F1, though. The overalls are from 2005 when the team was still called BAR-Honda and Bernoldi was test driver. So they're not race-worn, but they're worn by a guy who had previously started 28 Grands Prix, and who would've used them when helping develop an F1 car, making them at least somewhat valuable as memorabilia.
And there has to be a story here, which I'd love to hear! Does Mike own these himself and if so was he a fan of BAR, Bernoldi or both? I can't imagine that Andrew would just happen to have an ex-F1 driver's ex-F1 overalls in just the right size for a random visitor. Nor does it make any sense for the production team to have supplied an at least moderately-expensive piece of F1 memorabilia when they could've supplied something just as effective for a fraction of the cost.
Random trivia: Bernoldi in an Arrows was the guy whom David Coulthard's much faster McLaren once famously spent 35 laps stuck behind, causing a deeply-entitled Ron Dennis and Norbert Haug to blow a collective gasket at the temerity of his not simply surrendering his fairly-earned position instantly.
Hands down the best video I have seen in 2022. Brought genuine tears to my eyes💗
holly molly I love this! felt back at home with OG TG. please upload more of this please!
We are all so thankful still that Richard recovered..
I've just listened to the audiobook "on the edge" about the crash and recovery. It's narrated by Richard and Mindy and it's an emotional and honest portraial of the circumstances of of accident and Richards recovery, The parts Mindy reads show her love and devotion to her husband as he bravely battles the brain injury. She is an amazing woman. A fantastic uplifting listen.
Production in these videos is getting amazing, just what UA-cam needed
What a video! Very well put together and great information there. Love it. Can't wait to see a static display of this iconic car!
Vampire will be on show on the 29th May at the Bromyard Speed Festival. Bromyard is where the car is now kept and where the car was restored.
Amazing car, and best of all, now it’s 40 years old it’s congestion charge exempt, so can drive in central London without paying 12 quid!
Not road legal
@@ajorngjdonaydbr R/wooosh
Really want to see this car at Santa pod, it’s not a match for fire force 3 which is a much more modern car but it would be an amazing past vs present drag race
Brilliant vid. Too bad about the loud music over the engine sound subtracting from the experience. I really hope a RAW edit is released in the future with the recorded sound of the afterburner is in without the over-the-top music on top.
Thank you drivetribe for making this video. If I had to describe this in a word I would say EPIC but even that would be an understatement.
It's amazing he's still with us to be honest.
"What could possibly go wrong" - JC
Amazing production.
Fantastic presentation.
The smile of that gentleman when the afterburner kicks in says it all. He loves the car with all his heart.
Great to see the car restored but agree with the final view of keeping the car for shows & slow speed demos, the jet cars have taken 1 life and almost another plus the Vampire is the speed record holder so doesn't have anything more to prove ✌️
Watching this, I don't even know how Hammond got convicted to do this in the first place..Unbelievable that he recovered that crash.
I believe May was originally slotted to do it - but for some reason he had to cancel, so Hammond stepped up. The doctors said that since May is considerably taller, he would have definitely been killed, whereas Hammond being half a foot shorter saved him.
@Sunday Girl it was supposed to be James run to get captain slow to break the UK landspeed record. Classic TG humour. Glad it was Richard driving his reactions where on point. If it was James driving I think it could have much worse
This is top quality video. Absolutely incredible!
It's great to have Vampire back! Credit to the team who rebuilt it! 👏
It's only watching this video that it really hit home how scary some of the things are that the TG boys would do. This car is flat out terrifying. I cannot imagine tearing up and down a runway in it. Respect to Hammond.
What's interesting is to think that current Top Fuel cars for 30mph faster in a 3.5 second quarter mile
This is by far the best video DriveTribe has ever made. I'm legitimately speechless.
Mike looked as giddy as a school boy when that afterburner kicked in!
Great interview!!
It’s funny people in the comments saying how it compares to a top fuel dragster etc. How they’re faster/quicker to accelerate. A jet takes time to get off the line.
That being said the world quarter mile record was set in the UK, by a rocket car.
But a top fuel car can’t set a speed record. They aren’t designed to drive long or far enough for a record. Plus a record has to be set over the same course in both directions and averaged. A speed record isn’t a simple top speed. Drag strips are designed to be driven in one direction.
This car only went 300mph. Top fuel is 335mph. Miller went 386mph. No matter how you look at it Top fuel is still faster than Vampire even if it's geared to 1,000ft rather than the 5 mile stretch Speed Demon used to go 469mph (also v8)
Reupload without the music
Great job. Really interesting presentation so thank you
Nice editing in this video great work.
I want to point out, this is an Orpheus Engine, this thing was first used in the 50;s, the most famous fighter to use this kind of engine is the FIAT GR.1 which was used both by west Germany and Italy, this thing puts out 12,000hp with a modern British Tornado afterburner bolted on, can you imagine the RAW POOOOOOOOWAH, TO QUOTE Clarkson, that would come out of this thing is if it was using a more modern engine?
It was also used in the Folland Gnat with the Red Arrows flew before the Hawk. Whether this one was actually out of a Red Arrow or not I don’t know. He says it was.
The Vampire uses the afterburner from a Sepecat Jaguar
Imagine how Hammond felt knowing this does what it does and still get in it the guys got some bollox
positively awestruck watching the confidence of Andrew firing that jet up. looked like he missed that feeling.
10/10 editing of this video!!!
This is a crazy vehicle! I wonder what it would go if it was brought to the states?
Why would they go to the states? Bonneville is barely used anymore for land speed records