Top Gear: The Worst Injuries Suffered By Clarkson, Hammond and May

Top Gear brought us some of the greatest and funniest TV moments ever to be filmed such as Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May finding the source of the River Nile or driving through Chernobyl. But behind these comedic films, a lot of what the trio does is actually rather dangerous. And it's no surprise that sometimes things go wrong, resulting in one of them getting seriously hurt. After all, you can't have a job where you drive incredible cars in exotic locations without there being at least some downsides, right? No wonder the BBC were so worried about them... Richard Hammond Rolls A Suzuki Super Carry https://youtu.be/Mo8TYapTOsA As part of a £1,000 cheap van challenge, Richard Hammond rolled his Suzuki Super Carry while running from the 'police'. While the trio was feeling enthusiastic about the Suzuki doing well in the challenge, it resulted with Hammond flipping the van, reportedly giving him a bad neck injury in the process. Next Page Nissan GT-R Gives Jeremy Clarkson Whiplash https://youtu.be/YXFSVoVqhYw It's safe to say the Nissan GT-R is perfectly deserving of its nickname, Gozilla. In recent years its competitors have caught up with the mindless performance of the Japanese sports car, but when it was first released there was little like it on the road. It was so fast and handles so well that it gave Jeremy whiplash while he drove it at Fuji Speedway. On a fast turn, he suddenly screams and puts his than on his neck before quickly coming to a stop. The GT-R was just too much for him... Next Page A Badly Placed Camera Hurts James May And Richard Hammond Over And Over And Over And... https://youtu.be/lFgjotjRRJY During an outtake from James May and Richard Hammond's race against a Royal Mail Train in the Porsche Panamera, a badly positioned camera inflicts serious pain on both of them over and over again as they accidentally hit their heads against it. It hurts so much that James May ends up screaming at the thing while Hammond watches on in laughter. Next Page James Smacks Clarkson In The Gentlemen's Plums https://youtu.be/feevDGNlAys While joking around with a Porsche 944 S2 and how if you close both doors at the same time the sunroof pops up, James May swings back and accidentally hits Clarkson in the plums. He falls to the floor in pain, and if you watch closely, you can see him taking it out on the mirror. Next Page Jeremy Clarkson Breaks His Thumb Driving A Volvo During Top Gear's first-ever cheap car challenge, Jeremy chose a Volvo 760 GLE as his car of choice. They were later tasked with a braking challenge, with Jeremy eventually slamming his car purposefully through a brick wall and breaking his thumb in the process. Annoyingly, due to this injury, he lost 5 points in the overall challenge. But he still won after revealing to the viewers that the Volvo only cost him £1.00. Next Page Jeremy Gets A Paintball to The Plums... Again https://youtu.be/6Zs-doTDhpQ In an attempt to make car art, Jeremy Clarkson asks his friend and Formula 1 driver David Coulthard to help him create a painting using a Formula 1 car and some paintballs. Some paintballs were placed in the exhaust of the vehicle and Jeremy stood behind it hold a large canvas. When the car was revved, paintballs show out splattering against the canvas and making the art. Unfortunately, one went through what Jeremy was holding and hit him in the plums instead. Next Page James May's Head Is Cracked Open During A Towing Incident https://youtu.be/rT26VIe_VBQ Never get between a car and a tow cable, because when it's stretched between whatever you're towing, it'll move the majority of objects out the way with force. May did exactly this and was forced to the ground hard before the team shouted for the towing to stop. He had to go to the hospital, but was very soon discharged. Next Page Hammond Crashes A Jet-Powered Drag Car https://youtu.be/GKezmOrfNqA Possibly the most well known crash from Top Gear history, Richard Hammond accident when he piloted the jet-powered Vampire drag car. It veered off the road when front tyre blew, flipping multiple times at speeds upwards of 314mph. He was lucky to live through the tale and was in a coma for weeks afterwards. He eventually returned to work with his only reported change being that he now liked celery. Next Page Jeremy Takes A Dive Off His Vespa In Vietnam https://youtu.be/sKg-jCV-YM0 Falling from a Vespa, even at lower speeds, is incredibly painful thanks to dreaded road rash. Clarkson found out the hard way while biking through Vietnam. He suffered from road rash, two broken ribs, a painful foot, but more importantly to him, his suit was ruined. Next Page Jeremy Clarkson Inhales A Bee Up His Nostril https://youtu.be/oza-MyQET94 Driving the Porsche 911 Turbo was certainly one of the best moments for Clarkson during Series 15 of Top Gear, but he was quickly brought back down to Earth when a bee flew up his nose while he was driving at high speeds with the top down. "The thing in my nose has a face!" has to be one of the greatest lines from Top Gear... ever.

Top Gear: The Worst Injuries Suffered By Clarkson, Hammond and May

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