Richard Hammond
Richard Hammond
Richard Mark Hammondis a British presenter, writer, and journalist, best known for co-hosting the BBC Two motoring programme Top Gear from 2002 until 2015 with Jeremy Clarkson and James May. He has also presented Brainiac: Science Abuse, Total Wipeoutand Planet Earth Live...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth19 December 1969
CitySolihull, England
machines top-gear plant
Some say he isn’t machine washable, and all his potted plants are called ‘Steve’. All we know is he’s called the Stig.
light horsepower accidents
When the afterburner lights, I haven't got 5,000 horsepower. I've got 10,000 horsepower, and possibly the biggest accident you've ever seen in your life.
cat bmw people
You can stick a BMW badge on a dead cat - and people would still buy it.
italian car mexican
Say German cars are sort of very built and efficient. Italian cars are a bit flamboyant and quick. Mexican cars just going to be lazy, feckless, flatulent...
tree causes
Oversteer is best cause you dont see the tree that kills you
car mexican lazy
Mexican cars are just going to be lazy, feckless, flatulent, overweight, leaning against a fence asleep looking at a cactus with a blanket with a hole in the middle on as a coat.
thinking greed arrogance
I like to think that my arrogance, impetuosity, impatience, selfishness and greed are the qualities that make me the lovable chap I am.
thinking levels body
I think a basic level of fitness can help the body cope with all manner of incidents.
believe beer hair
Ask any Ferrari, Porsche or Ray-Ban salesperson about their average customer and you will very likely hear that he is not, as the adverts would have us believe, a virile young footballer with shiny hair, a rippling six pack and a trouser pouch like a new punch bag. He is, in fact, a middle-aged bloke wearing more chins than he started life with and carrying the clear evidence of forty years of beer and pies slung across his midriff.
character car
Now, personally, I like a car with some sort of character.