A person who can cause not only admiration, but also a smile of emotion. Favorite audience and colleagues on the set. Cunning man, a car mechanic and just a guy who is able to think deeply and convey his conclusions to society. It is unlikely that modern television could survive without this shot - after all, few people already represent Top Gear without the most charming host on Air Force 2.
Little Richie from Birmingham
Richard Hammond was born on a not so frosty winter day in the late 1960s (namely, December 19, 1969) in a large British family, becoming the next son of a young couple - Alan and Ailey. This happy event happened in Birmingham, Kingdom of Great Britain. In addition to the boy, the couple also had two sons - Nicholas and Andrew.
As a true British, Richard Hammond, whose age is now known to all his fans, grew up a reserved and conservative boy — he didn’t break his knees, he didn’t get into trouble, but on the contrary, he was inquisitive and discovered something new in the world of science and technology.
When the guy turned 16, the family decided to leave his hometown and move to the small market town of Ripon, which is located in Yokshir. For a while, young Richie attended a grammar school, but after the craving for technology, he prevailed, and he entered the College of Art and Technology. There, the guy struck up a close friendship with one of the academicians (Jonathan Baldwin). Among other things, Hammond also mastered photography courses.
The artist’s lucky star
Richie’s path to universal recognition turned out to be difficult and very thorny. The young hero began his stellar career as a radio host. This work was easy for him, so he had to combine work at several stations simultaneously. So, he was remembered by the listeners of Radio Newcastle, Lancashire, Kumbria, Cleveland and York.
The beginning of the two thousandth turned out to be very successful for Hammond. Firstly, he entered into a legal marriage with his beloved woman (over time, the spouse gave birth to two daughters). Well, and secondly, the hero was finally able to break into the TV screens of American residents.
As the saying goes, if the finest hour has come, then you just need to grab luck by the tail and take everything you need from the provided opportunities. And so it happened. Richard Hammond made it to Top Gear shortly after joining the Mens and Motors Channel as the lead thematic program. It was the year 2002.
But ... not without falls
Thanks to his participation as a key character in the legendary show, Richard Hammond (whose broadcasts were impatiently awaited weekly by not only every self-respecting American, but also any other resident of this planet) nevertheless achieved the same much-praised popularity and universal recognition. So several years have passed - issue by issue, plot by plot, curious story behind a dangerous one, and vice versa. Our hero received a funny nickname “hamster” and constantly justified it in practice - he would eat a cardboard box, or even use up a tube of teeth whitening toothpaste in one sitting. He became a favorite not only of the public, but also of his faithful comrades on the site.
In September 2006, Richard became a test of the legendary Vampire, trying to break the world record. Testing took place at the former Royal Air Force circuit. It just so happened that Hammond lost control and became a participant in a terrible disaster. At that time, no one was able to give guarantees - whether the leader will survive. But contrary to fate, Richie nevertheless got out and showed his snow-white smile after a tube of paste again.
Life outside the wings
Undoubtedly, it was created for the film set - Richard Hammond (films with the participation of which you are unlikely to see, since he is a showman to the marrow of the bone), a favorite of women, adolescents and the most ordinary motorists. Together with his wife and two daughters (Willow and Isabella), he lives in a decent house on the outskirts of Payford (Gloucestershire, which is located near Cheltenham).
Outside of filming, the famous TV presenter is a wonderful amateur farmer who holds a small pen of chickens and sheep. In addition, the Hammond family managed to acquire several dogs and even horses. In general, Richie is a wonderful husband and father, outside the screen he lives a calm and measured life.
Richard Hammond: Scientific Nonsense
By that time, when the audience was already accustomed to various tricks of the presenter and even a little tired of them, the hero’s shocking ideas did not take long. Richard Hammond introduced the world to his new development - an expensive bike, which was based on the model of the legendary car - Ferrari. He called his brainchild very intricate - Fahrradi Farfall FFX.
As the developer himself stated, the opening will not travel at the speed of its prototype and does not imitate the roar of the motor, for example. But, in return for all this, the bike exactly repeats the shape of the car, and besides, it costs fabulous money - several times more expensive than the original version.
In general, as you already understood, pedals still have to be twisted. The invention weighs about a centner, which indicates its straightforward filling, but at the same time an original box, like for a bicycle. "Engineering ideas" with Richard Hammond never ceases to amaze - this man, perhaps, will still show himself in the world of science.
Rich about modern discoveries
The developer of the shocking cycle mobile itself is very positive about various kinds of new science and technology related in some way to the modest world of a motorist. Richie enjoys using satellite navigation, delayed engine warm-up and many other pleasant little things that are created in order to make our life more comfortable.
But Hammond has an unfulfilled dream. As he himself admits, he would really like to develop (well, or wait until some other researcher does) a system that will warn motorists of imminent danger: whether it be a truck rushing about from a turn or wild animals running across road through a few hundred meters.
The showman does not deny: maybe someone will not like this idea, but still he does not want to stop believing in his bright dream.
Motorists - who are they for Richie?
Probably the host of Top Gear should respect what he represents. That is how it is. Despite the fact that Richard Hammond is a notorious biker who prefers to ride the track at a dashing speed and risk his own life each time for the next dose of adrenaline, he respects motorists from small to large. For him, this category of people - as a separate nation, with its own laws, law enforcement officers and even violators - well, where would it be without them?
In one of the programs, by the way, the presenter complained about truckers. As he himself said, with all due respect to them (and it seems to him that this feeling is mutual), it sometimes happens that representatives of this profession often consider themselves the most right on the road. This opinion often arises because of their habit of blocking the track, supposedly for the safety of everyone behind those moving. Here is such an interesting observation from our hero. Ritchie himself is indignant about this, although the truckers are very respected - after all, it is often they who give him a place to slip on his bike.
A couple of lessons about life values from the star "Top Gear"
Every fan of this legendary program is surely aware that Richard Hammond is not only a wonderful tester, auto mechanic and racer, but also a storehouse of folk wisdom. In his words, one can often hear a deep subtext about our life values and that each of us cares somewhere in the soul.
It’s interesting what our hero would say, being right next to us or having the opportunity to give any parting words for the coming day, so to speak? Perhaps now we would have heard from him something like: do not give up what you love, under any circumstances of life, and if you have set yourself any goals, then be kind, do not turn on the way to your dream, because, having betrayed it, you, first of all, are unfaithful to yourself.