Richard+Hammond

about him
=richard mark hamond aged 37 was born on the 19 december 1969 in birmingham england he is nicknamed hamster because he is 5.7. =  he is known for being a brittish presentor of radio and television but best known for co- presenting top gear since 2002 with james may and jeremy clarkson

his family = richard lives in a family with 2 daughters isabella and willow they also live with furry friends 3 horses ,4 dogs,2 cats,1 rabbita handful of chickens and a handful of sheep. = = my beautiful mindy = = amanda hammond nicknamed mindy was born in cheltenham and when she wasn't doing paper rounds to pay for her riding lessons she went to a high school for girls gloucester. moving on to london she worked in varios offices which paid for more riding lessons and fed the two big dogswith which she shared her small london flat. at night she wrote novels(still unpublished )and exercised too much.she met richard hammond in1995 and together,they moved to her hometownof cheltenham where she worked in graduate training following the birth of their two daughters she now divides her time between ,a menagerie of pets and livestockand managing richards increasing workloads. = = = = questions = = that richard answered = = = = = = = = = = = = the things hes been in = 2002- top gear 2002 2006- brainiac science abuse, top gear 2004 2005-should i worry about, top gear 2005- the gun powder plot-exploding the legend inside a fat mans body richard hammonds 5 o'clock show petrol heads schools out(he was a contestant) richard hammond would you believe it richard hammondthe holy grail top gear 2007- battle of the geeks last man standing helicopter heroes top gear 2007 2008-richard hammond meets evil knievel bbc time watch sports relief top gear 2008- richard hammonds engineering connections top gear 2009- total wipe out richard hammonds blast lab top gear...
 * what is your earliest memory? __showing of__
 * what was you most embarassing moment? __ i once threw up on stage in front of 5,000 people __
 * what is your favourite word? fiasco
 * what would you wear to a costume party? a pirate costume
 * what was the worst job you everhad? shovelling gravel into a water filtrationand potato picking
 * what keeps you up at night? nothing i sleep like a log

 =the crash = in september 2006 richard suffered a serious brain injury sustained a high speed 288.3 crash also known as the vampire dragster crash accident`he was in a jet powered car which had a bristol siddeley orpheus turbojet engine while filming top gear he was trying to beat the brittish land speed recordbubt unfortunetlyseconds before the crash the front tyre burst at the end of january 07 he recovered from his injurys but then suffered from serious depression shortly after that top gear was back on tv and showed videos of the crash.

i'm depressed after the crash he suffered from depression he was airlifted from leeds general infirmary where he was treated for swelling to the brain and bruising and where he stayed for 5 weeks. he returned to the show in jan 07 and told the sunday times it was much to early and although at the time he thought he was better he no longer remembered going back hammond told the news paper(i damaged all the comlocated parts of my brain to do with prossecing and emotional control) the dare devil presenter said he is still prone to memory loss and had damaged the part of the brain that controls spatial awarness what means he sometimes has trouble parking he says "i still have a week when i'm freaking out about somethingand i'll realise it because i'm encountering a new emotional experience"and i have to evolve a new stratagieto cope with it. he said that he was recoveringbut despite an improving memory he sometimes suffers a blank and recently forgot all the pin numbers to his credit cards.

bad horse

richard has been hobbling around on crutches after falling of a horse!