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In some ways I feel bad for doing this. I’m not sure if I should…
I spent the evening playing Grand Theft Auto with my bro, crashing the Cheetah, the PCJ-600 and the Sanchez when I suddenly remembered “Top Gear! What time is it?” It was 7:30pm. “Phew.” I still had time.
Yes I was looking forward to watching Top Gear. I do thoroughly enjoy the show and would watch it if it’s on and I happen to be watching TV, which isn’t very often but thats not the point. But today was different - they were showing Richard Hammond’s high-speed crash that happened in September ‘06. So naturally we made it a family affair - even my mum sat down to watch it.
I’m assuming it did get some pretty high viewing figures, but does that make it right? I feel I should watch the rest of the series to make up for it. I’m pretty sure I won’t, but I want to. They did do a good job of keeping us hanging. Leaving it to the end of the show. The story about how they managed to fix a road in 24hrs was a bit crap and long. An interesting topic, maybe, though they could have perhaps cut it a little shorter.
Then the moment came. Before showing the clips Richard talked us through what was happening. First run. Then second run, with the afterburner. Each time I saw the clips I felt scared myself. The sound of the engine and the sound of his voice. After the second run Richard felt amazing, so much adrenaline and he felt “so alive.”
They had the track until 5:30pm. It was 5pm, so why not give it another go, eh. Then it happened. Scary indeed.
I really think Richard has handled it so well. The press, the hassle, the questions, and finally, watching it back and having to talk everyone through it.
He has even written a blog post about it on the Top Gear website. Like he said to Jeremy Clarkson after the clip was shown, “Can we never mention the crash on Top Gear again?” he has reiterated this in his blog post saying “Now that we’ve spoken about it on the programme and shown the footage, maybe this crash business will start to fade into the distance.”
I look forward to seeing Richard race around a deserted road in a fast car again soon.
For those who didn’t manage to see the show:
edit - The video seems to have been removed (surprise surprise!), Here it is via Digg Mirror
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