Richard Hammond injured in car crash

[BettySpaghetti]

...whilst filming for Top Gear. Saw it on BBC3 news , something about it here .

I know he has lots of admirers on here

I agree bran.

bran - I hope they don't tame down Top Gear - that's what makes Top Gear so different from other car programmes - they're just bonkers (in a nice way I hasten to add!). I don't think RH would want them to tame it down either...

I agree with CD!

sorry Gingerbear i'm not normally so nasty but moon's post was downright awful and i responded in kind

you know i'm not normally like that

F1 don't get to speeds of 280mph though!

I am willing to hear some good news..

car he was driving

Not flippant. Vile and trying-too-hard.

CD wasn't being flippant - she was urging us to not get our collective knickers into too much of a twist over moondog's nasty remark. It's not worth the energy, really.

i didnt know how fast f1 cars go, was just trying to be positive

Most of their comedy is staged, the seeting the car wash a light, blowing up the caravan etc

Top gear is a fab show, long may it continue and I agree I don't think RH would want it to change, this is what he does, what he loves, he lives for it so why would he want it to change.

i hope to god he is ok, and i too am appalled (sp?) by MD's comments - totally uncalled for.

I can't believe some people. Nice. Your mother's must be proud of you.

It was a pretty bloody awful comment from Moondog..but don't forget, she can be kind and warm too (remember that story from Custardo about how Moondog put a lot of time into finding and photographing the exact spot on a Welsh lakeside where Custy spent her childhood holidays - with her father who died tragically young? That photo evoked lots of memories for Custardo and touched her deeply)

I don't think MD could have meant it - but agree, it would be far better left unsaid

setting the car wash alight...

mothers even

jesus quad, looks like its made from tin foil, looks like it wouldnt provide any protection..........

I think that may be way people are so shocked HMC, becuase it does seem out of charactar. I am a MD fan, she normally seesm such a warm compassionate person.

hmc, I agree with you, but why can't she just come back then and say hey - I made a mistake and I'm sorry?

Wow Moondog's not flavour of the month then...I quite like RH, he seems very sweet.. must be awful for his wife & kiddies...that said..if the whole 'how fast can I drive my car thing under the influence of testosterone?' idea wasn't glamourised by programmes like Top Gear there'd be fewer road deaths...maybe that's what Mooondog is referring to...

Her 1st comment may have been flippant (and, in the circumstances, cruel and thoughtless).

Imagine if his wife read that - though obviously right now she has far better things to think about than a stranger's petty spite.

Her 2nd comment - her "defence" - referred to him being despicable because he was a "white middle class man" who drove fast cars.

Maybe that was supposed to be ironic ? Maybe it was posted to stir us all up ?

But whatever it was, it was racist at face value and appallingly insensitive.

I personally love Top Gear but that's irrelevant here. If someone from A.N.Other programme which I hated was similarly injured, I would feel just as horrified for their family, as does anyone with a shred of compassion when they hear of someone being taken before their time.